Target Fixation
I recently returned from a fantastic workshop in Alaska and have a funny story to share about target fixation. Of course I came home with many many images and other stories, but this story stands [ read more ... ]
Creative Workouts
I encourage you to engage in some creative workouts whenever you go out with your camera. I’ve often spoke of creativity as a “muscle” that needs regular exercise to stay fit and responsive and so [ read more ... ]
The Importance of Black Levels
What is the importance of black levels in photographs and why should you care? Black levels, including both the intensity and quantity of blacks, throughout an image can greatly influence the perceived image quality and [ read more ... ]
Dust Spots
Yes, dust spots. I know this is not a flashy or dramatic subject, but it is an important one if we as artists....1. value and take pride in our images and 2. we show our [ read more ... ]
The Little Things
Don't forget to look for and pay attention to the little things as you compose your photographs. The little things can make a dull image interesting, a good image great, or just provide some additional [ read more ... ]
Friendly Editing
As I'm packing up to leave for the Olympic National Park, an idea popped in to my head and the best way to describe it would be to call it friendly editing and it's something [ read more ... ]
Emotional Connection
Do you ever strive to create an emotional connection with your images to a viewer? Are you successful at it when (if) you do try? In this post I wanted to share a few thoughts [ read more ... ]
Processing Recipe
When you come home from a photo shoot and want to work on your images, do you create a processing recipe for images you work on? A list of all the adjustments you'd like to [ read more ... ]
Cropping
I've been thinking about writing a blog post about cropping photographs for some time now and just lately I've noticed more discussion out on the inter-web about cropping photos to create "better" images. So I [ read more ... ]
Creative Skill versus Technical Skill
Today's post is a bit about creative skill versus technical skill and how we as photographers use one, or both, to create our images. I would define the difference between the two as: Technical [ read more ... ]