The Craft
Photographers often talk about practicing the craft of photography. Do you refer to photography in this way? Some opinions vary, but I feel that photography is a visual ART FORM, like painting or sculpting, and [ read more ... ]
Quiet Borders
Here's a thought for you as you compose your photographs in the field and then process them in the digital darkroom...work to have quiet borders in your images. Quiet borders is something that's subtle, [ read more ... ]
Podcast interview with Guy Tal
We just returned from leading a workshop in Katmai National Park and one of the first things I did when returning home is post our latest podcast interview with Guy Tal. Guy is one of [ read more ... ]
Natural Abstracts
I love shooting in the Palouse area of Eastern Washington. There is so much variety and creative possibilities. However, there is one thing that I really look forward to shooting and when i see something, [ read more ... ]
Photo Editing Software – The Golden Age
It seems like we are in the golden age of photo editing software, with endless choices and possibilities for editing our software. We should rejoice and be thankful for all of the choice available to [ read more ... ]
Creative Dead Zone?
Do you ever get in to a creative dead zone where you just don't feel any creative juices flowing in you? Perhaps you don't feel like getting out of bed at oh-dark-thirty to head out [ read more ... ]
The art of art in photography
I was recently having a conversation with someone who is wanting to improve their photography skills and the act of the conversation started a train of thought for me. I do generally find that when [ read more ... ]