new images from looking back
For the last couple of years I have made sure that I photograph first thing in the morning on the first day of the new year. This morning was no exception, but it had a little twist. I have been driving by this particular scene each day, twice a day, for over a year...
Tenderness
Perhaps it's the time of year and the time for looking back that has placed the word tenderness in my heart and on my mind. Holidays, combined with thoughts of re-birth with the coming new year keep thoughts of family and friends present. I've been reviewing the...
Road Trip, part 2
The most viewed images from the first road-trip post are the horse images.... so I thought I'd post a few more of my favorites. The inherent beauty of the horse makes them marvelous subjects and it also makes it easier to create a successful photograph. But there...
thawing out from road trip
I'm just back from a 4.5 day roadtrip that began in Healdsburg, California, and ended in Seattle. I was joined by Rick Holt, fabulous image editing instructor, fellow teacher, and photo buddy. Our plan was to photograph horses in Healdsburg at Debra and Dominique...
thoughts of Joy
“If nature has made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart. And though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that.” -Frances Hodgson Burnett I love this time of year. I find my...
A Thanksgiving post
I've spoken of gratitude in previous posts and yet today it seems appropriate to give thanks to my teachers and to teachers everywhere. I'll take this idea a little further and give thanks to my students as well. For they are the reason that teaching is a joy. The...
knowing your subject too well?
In my last post I mentioned that in order to photograph your subject well you must know it deeply. But knowing my subject too well became a challenge. Upon my return from Europe in the summer of 2006 I was deeply frustrated photographically. I had spent the...
The landscape of memory
Thinking of Eudora Welty's landscape triggered thoughts of my own. Growing up on a small farm outside of Shepherdstown, WV, shaped me in particular ways. It was a quiet place with 40 acres to roam that was bordered by larger farms on all sides. There was a marsh...
Eudora Welty and the photography of the South
I mentioned yesterday that I wanted to write about a literary background for photography, not just my photography, but how it shaped a landscape for others as well. When I first picked up the book, The Well and the Mine, by Gin Phillips, I was attracted to the cover...
“If you want to be a better photographer….
....be a more interesting person". This quote is from Jay Maisel's interview with Chris Orwig. Here's the link: http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2009/11/08/jay-maisel-interview/ I've had the pleasure of assisting Jay on a couple of occasions while he was...
of painting and photography
A comment from a friend has encouraged me to write about my deep belief in the connection that painting has to my photography. Though I am not a painter I am a lover and longtime collector of paintings. Decades before I had any thought of creating a life in...
Grace and creative inspiration
Ephemeral, yet the impression is lasting and grows in strength as time passes; this is how I recall moments of Grace. The experience of having recognized an extraordinary moment, and then created an image that communicates the essence of what I saw, fills me with the...
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