a view from the Nation

by | Jan 27, 2010 | inspiration, personal projects | 6 comments

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...

the editing process

by | Jan 17, 2010 | Fine Art, tips and process | 8 comments

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,...

Tenderness

by | Dec 31, 2009 | inspiration, Uncategorized | 3 comments

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...
Early lesson

Early lesson

by | Oct 22, 2009 | inspiration, Uncategorized | 5 comments

Alain Briot, noted Southwest photographer and founder of www.beautiful-landscape.com said to me “sometimes you can make a beautiful image in this bright sunlight”.  We had been walking all over Chaco Culture National Park, in JULY, and we stopped by this...