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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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Gestalt Theory for Photography
March 07, 2023 - Gestalt theory, based on Gestalt Psychology of the early 1900’s, is summed up in the adage “the whole is more than the s...
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Going Au Naturale with Color
August 18, 2022 - Natural light varies in color temperature from early morning to sunset. On an average day, color temperatures can start...
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Didactic, Descriptive, Reflective
June 03, 2022 - “I want the photo to stand on its own.”
“I want the viewer to make their own interpretation.”
There is an element to...
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Creating Portraits on Both Sides of the Camera
April 20, 2022 - So far this year, we’ve worked in Light Painting, Candlelight, Ambient Light, Refraction and Natural Light. It is time t...
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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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Candlelight - The Basics
January 24, 2022 - Candlelight illuminates subjects in such a romantic way. When used for portraits it can produce both amazing shadows and...
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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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5 Things You Should Know about Social Media Engagement
August 17, 2020 - 1) Algorithms can't read, but they are set to look at word counts. They give priority to comments of 5 words or more. Le...
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Inspiration Point - 100 Thoughts and Ideas to Jump Start Creativity
July 15, 2020 - Among the damage of COVID-19 and the restrictions which keep us spaced apart or close to home, is the lack of inspiratio...
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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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Twin Views of your Hometown/City
May 06, 2019 - Cities can be fascinating subjects. Watching how the daylight plays around the buildings, or how night falls and the cit...
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Judge and Jury
April 18, 2019 - You are finally ready to put yourself out there. Take the big next step. Go beyond the "Likes" your friends and mother g...
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Ethereal Obessions
March 29, 2019 - Each spring, I start stalking the Tidal Basin cherry blossoms. National Park Service horticulturalists monitor the Yoshi...
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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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Food for Thought
February 21, 2019 - I yearn for spring and its colorful blossoms, but instead am greeted daily by the gray light of winter. When nature cann...
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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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Light and Shadows
December 15, 2018 - Photographers learn to read light and shadows. Portrait photographers are especially sensitive to seeing how light falls...
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What is so fine about the art of photography?
November 01, 2018 - Maryland Federation of Art just hosted their annual Collector's Choice event. For a price of $185 ($250 for the VIP opti...
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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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One in Two Billion
July 27, 2017 - One image in 2 billon.
As of 2017, there are an estimate 7.5 billion people in the world.
Based on 2014 statistics, th...
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One New Thing
March 18, 2016 - When I reach a stagnant point in my photography, my art, my life, I always go back to this. Do one thing different.
Thi...
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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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Any Idiot with a Camera
February 19, 2015 - One of my favorite photos is a long exposure of the Jefferson Memorial taken just before sunrise, in the minutes before...
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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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Going Around in Circles
February 03, 2015 - About a decade ago while I was teaching piano, a friend introduced me to the concept of circular learning. Prior to this...
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Nothing to Say
February 02, 2015 - Now that I have figured out how to start a blog on this site, I have nothing to say.
We know that won't last long....
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