Creative Goals
Well, now that we've entered in to 2017 my energy is split in two different ways; finishing up processing the images from 2016 that I want to include in my yearly retrospective book, and then, [ read more ... ]
Getting In The Zone
Want to pass on an observation about myself as I'm getting ready to head to the Tetons next week for some early winter photography. One of the buzzwords in photography is around this concept of [ read more ... ]
Forethought
...Forethought: Careful consideration of what will be necessary or may happen in the future.. I'm pondering the importance of forethought in photography today and thought I would put down a few thoughts around this idea [ read more ... ]
Vision and Visibility
For me, one of the most profound learnings through photography has been how it has changed the way I see the world around me. Where once I just used to look at a pretty scene [ read more ... ]
Simplicity
Sometimes simple is more powerful than complex I'm going to leave that sentence out there for a bit. Go ahead, read it again. In this fast paced world with ever increasing noise, the general trend [ read more ... ]
Pushing My Boundaries
At the urging of a fellow photographer, who I have to say is much younger than I and is from a more electronic generation, I am now taking some initial steps into the video realm, [ read more ... ]
A Test in the Hoh
This was shot in the middle of winter in the Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National Park. The Hoh is officially the wettest place in the continental US and it was raining the day i took [ read more ... ]
Balance
Why do some images "work" and others don't? Unfortunately there is no one, simple answer to this. Many factors go in to making an image resonate with viewers and it's not down to camera specs [ read more ... ]
Whats The Story?
Always a student of photography and of psychology, I had an interesting realization as I look back over the year across numerous photographic outings. During 2014, I spent a lot of time shooting by myself, [ read more ... ]
Feeling Nature
Last weekend I took a much needed trip out into the Columbia River Gorge to shoot some creeks and waterfalls. It’s been a while since I have been immersed in an intimate forest scene with [ read more ... ]