I Never Really Liked Ansel All That Much
There. I’ve said it. I never really liked Ansel Adams all that much. While I appreciate the technical precision and the innovative groundwork laid by his work and the well composed symphony that is his...
View ArticleDean Collins On Ansel, And Much More
I’ve mentioned my great admiration for Dean Collins a few times here before. To understand lighting, he is all you need. I was going to move on to some writing about shooting film, but since this ties...
View ArticleZoo Pictures Don’t Have To Suck
I hate elitist shooters. I call garbage when I see it, but I don’t call anyone out on subject matter unless there’s an absolutely good reason for it. Back years ago when I was in a camera club where...
View ArticleAnd Now For Something Completely Different ;-)
Yes, I’m a Monty Python fan. But it was a completely different day for me yesterday. The coffee gang decided that we all should get up off of our collective asses and actually go out with cameras and...
View ArticleDamn, I Missed It
Sunny days are at a premium where I live. It seems we are socked in by an omnipresent cloud bank from November to May sometimes. Ok, it not really that bad, but when that beautiful low angle winter sun...
View ArticleJanuary Light
We get so wrapped up in all the gear, and as everyone knows, I certainly love my toys. But as I’ve said many times before, you just don’t get nice photos without the good light. This was taken the...
View ArticleHomage To Pete
A meager but well intentioned tribute to one of my favorite photographers, Pete Turner. While I can’t even hold a small candle to his work, when I saw this out of the corner of my eye, I said to...
View ArticleFound Objects
There’s only one really good thing about winter in my opinion, and that’s the End Of It. As the weather warms and I get out and walk more, the melting snow reveals some strange things. Over the years...
View ArticleBook Deal Of The Day? How About Free?
Photographer and author David duChemin is offering two free eBooks from the Craft & Vision collection for the astronomical price of Free. A quote from page 35 of Craft & Vision 2 That’s where I...
View ArticleA Portrait By Joey L Done With A Flashlight
ProFoto, Elinchrom, Kino Flo – just the mention of these brand names and you can actually feel the money in your pocket disappearing. Check out the portrait above by Joey L. Want to know how it was...
View ArticleMaybells With The 35mm CCTV Lens
If you’ve been following along here, you know that I have been keeping the 35mm f/1.7 CCTV lens on the m4/3 camera for the past few weeks. It’s been a self challenge of sorts. I wanted to see if I...
View ArticleBackyard Poppies – My Ultimate Nemises
Just like my other flowers disasters, shooting the backyard poppies has not exactly been a barrel of fun either over the years either. In order to get anything good with the variety I have, good timing...
View ArticleBare Basics For Backyard Astrophotography
It can be just this simple, and if you have a longish lens and a good tripod, you can get some nice shots too. There are also great sites like EarthSky that will help you get tuned in to what to look...
View ArticleCan I Shoot Crap? Yes I Can!
Do I shoot garbage sometimes? Do I have misfires? Of course I do. Here’s proof. The autofocus on the lens I was using is dreadfully slow in low light. When coupled with too much power from the flash,...
View ArticleSummer Shadows
Mid summer at high noon is definitely not the best scenario for walkaround photography. But there is one way to improve your odds. Look for shadows and make use of them. Keep your eye on the ground....
View ArticleAugust Light
August light. It’s sweet beautiful light, and the mid weeks of August are absolutely my favorites of the year for shooting. This one snapped in late afternoon when those shadows were just a little bit...
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