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Top 3 Creativity Killers
July 28, 2024 - In a field of sunflowers, I went looking for Van Gogh. Instead, I found two things: One – I had no voice, nothing origin...
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Here Comes the Sun... Working with Natural Light
April 20, 2022 - For many photographers, natural light is their only light source. When there is enough light, they take photographs. Whe...
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Refracting Light
March 24, 2022 - Refraction of light occurs when the light passes from one medium into another. Think of a ray of sunshine passing throug...
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Ambient Light - The Basics
February 22, 2022 - Ambient light is defined as any light the photographer does not bring to the shoot.
By definition, sunlight known as “n...
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Light Painting - The Basics
January 07, 2022 - Intensity, Direction, and Color, the understanding of light starts with these three principles.
Intensity is how bright...
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2022 - The Year of Light and Love
January 04, 2022 - The topic of light is like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates. On the surface it seems very basic, but it is only as you e...
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Photography and Framework
April 01, 2021 - What is the first thing you see when you look at a photograph?
What is your framework for the experience of photography...
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Modern Still Life
May 08, 2020 - Still Life is an art form that depicts inanimate, everyday objects.
What objects can you include? - food, flowers, rock...
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I can fix that in post.
March 11, 2019 - Old film guys did not say "I will fix that in post".
I remember a time, when I could afford one roll of Kodachrome. Jus...
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Inspiration or Theft?
February 12, 2019 - Annie Leibovitz, in her on-line Master Class, discusses pulling books by other photographers such as Robert Frank and im...
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Hanami
May 15, 2018 - Hanami is the art of slowing down to enjoy the flowers. It is a celebration noted for its connection to Cherry Blossoms...
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Behind Door Number One
December 04, 2017 - This was photographed using a 24-70mm lens at F4. By putting the focus on the light on the handrail, it creates a photog...
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Story Telling in a Photograph
December 04, 2017 - One of my favorite composition techniques is to tell the story in a reflective surface.
Reflections give a distorted...
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Zoom Burst
December 03, 2017 - The first question intermediate and advanced photographers ask when viewing a photograph like this is "What is the EXIF?...
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Light and Bright
December 02, 2017 - The emotional impact of a photograph can be found in many of the elements such as composition, placement of the subject(...
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Carol of the Balls
December 01, 2017 - We often find ourselves drawn to simple compositions with repetitive elements. It is the appeal of a zen garden full of...
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the Insight project; executing a vision
October 20, 2015 - Eye photos taken during Artomatic 2015
Artomatic 2015 opens the 30 th of October and runs through the 12 th of Decemb...
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Climbing up the Ladder
March 24, 2015 - Climbing a ladder is symbolic of success in the corporate world. It can also literally represent success in photography.
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Lens Capped
March 03, 2015 - Staying inspired to create new work is an on-going battle for most creative types.
Writers call that dead zone “writer’...
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Stop, stop, stop
February 09, 2015 - Last day of the BIG THREE
Aperture
ISO is set in response to how the sensor will register the available light. Tv (t...
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Click, click, click goes the shutter
February 07, 2015 - The BIG THREE
Part two – Shutter Speed
What is shutter speed?
It is merely how fast the shutter opens and closes....
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ISO - Part one of the BIG THREE
February 07, 2015 - The Big Three
Part One: ISO
This is a three-part look at ISO, shutter speed and aperture. If you are ready to move pas...
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