Departures
I've just returned from a long trip to Brazil that was hard work, thought-provoking, and often just plain good fun. But the circumstances just prior and after the trip have kept me thinking about the deeper meaning of travel. I'll explain: Our destination is usually...
web of life, rebirth
Yes, it's strange that I would have a boxing picture (of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter) on my blog. I don't enjoy violence or violence as sport.....but here are the reasons that it appears. While reading the NYTimes Lens blog (my favorite photography blog) I saw that...
A new opportunity ~ Commissioned work
Readers of this blog know that I do a great deal of work with horses. I'm expanding that by offering horse owners, breeders, and barn owners the opportunity to have a custom portfolio made that expresses the love and passion you have for your horses and farm. This...
Mirroring
It's been too long since I've been able to put up a blog post. My apologies. I've been thinking about it nearly every day though and until yesterday I hadn't a clear idea of what I wanted to say. One of my favorite concepts in relationship (any kind of...
lunch with a friend and the business of photography
I had lunch today with Tim Grey, friend, author of many great books on image editing, creator of wonderful instructional DVD's, and the Ask Tim Grey newsletter. As always, it was great fun catching up and exchanging stories, but the crux of the conversation was this:...
glow….and Happy Valentine’s Day
As I type this I am struck by how awkward the word glow looks. Yet the quality or attribute of glowing in a photograph is anything but awkward. I'm talking about subtlety...not a plug-in or technique. I'm not anti-plug-ins, the truth is I have very little knowledge...
serendipity: aka photographer’s luck
"We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting." Kahlil Gibran Last weekend I went to Healdsburg to photograph a client. Because this was the first time I was photographing a person for a job I had more than the usual nervousness. As the insecurity...
a view from the Nation
The Navajo Nation. From an outsider's viewpoint, it seems to me that the Navajo people exist in several worlds at once, perhaps uneasily. I've traveled to the Chinle, Arizona, area many times now and have made good friends there. On several occasions I have been...
on shepherds and breathing life into art
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. Winston Churchill Family and close friends know that I am an ardent admirer of Winston Churchill. Aside from his magnificent careers in politics and literature and...
carrying the water
As a photographer I have dreamed of creating the kind of work that Damon Winter, James Nachtwey, Lynsey Addario, Ron Haviv, Colin Finlay and many other amazing people do every day. Perhaps one day I will. But for now, these folks are carrying the water...doing the...
the editing process
I am engaged by photographs that elicit an emotional response. I want my own photographs to meet that standard and yet I realize that it is totally subjective. What one viewer finds sorrowful or joyful will likely be different from another's view. But still, if we...
words and photography, initial thoughts on bookmaking
I generally prefer to look at photographs without any distraction on the page. I enjoy clean lay-outs, devoid of the mark of the designer (though it was probably well designed if there are no distractions from the image). However, just as a good musical selection can...
Flypaper Textures
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