Take a Visual Inventory
Visual Inventory is Critical One of my strongest pieces of advice to my clients and students is to take a visual inventory of your composition before you click the shutter button and then when you [ read more ... ]
Shoot the conditions, not the subject
One thing I tell my workshop attendees all of the time is to shoot the conditions, not the subject. That's not to say we don't need a compelling subject in our images, however, you need [ read more ... ]
Creating Calm Borders
How much do you pay attention to the edges of your composition, before AND after taking the image, and do you have calm borders? One of the lessons I was taught early on in [ read more ... ]
Recommended Photography Books
For this blog post I'd like to give you a a small list of some of my favorite and recommended photography books. During this time of social distancing, one of the things I've done is [ read more ... ]
Creative Rut
As photographers and creative people, at one time or another, we will probably find ourselves in a creative rut. That's a very broad term and it can mean different things to different people. Perhaps you're [ read more ... ]
Vignette Your Images
We all have our own way of post-processing images and I'm not here to tell you the "right way", but I am here to say that the one thing I do to every single image [ read more ... ]
H&Y Magnetic Filter System
As a landscape photographer, I believe in using filters in the field to get the best capture possible before I head back to post-processing. Getting it "right" in camera is part of the artistry. And, [ read more ... ]
Sonoran Desert Photo Workshop
Sonoran Desert Photo Workshop I am just returning from a week in Arizona leading a photo workshop in and around the Sonoran Desert. In fact I'm sitting in the Denver airport as I type this, [ read more ... ]
Arctic Light of Lofoten Photo Workshop
Lofoten Norway Winter Photo Workshop Here is a recap of my arctic light winter photography workshop to Lofoten Norway to capture the amazing arctic light in a fantastic location to photograph and experience! After spending [ read more ... ]
Ultimate Iceland Winter Photo Workshop
Iceland Winter Photo Workshop Here is a recap of my week-long winter photo workshop during winter to the south coast of Iceland. I'm going to start this post with a bit of a rant.....as I [ read more ... ]