OT- Sunday, #1: Darkness, Cello Madness and Jazz
Sometimes I have an opportunity to discuss other topics than photography. These times are rare, of course, but they do exist. I thought it...
Read More“Average is Over” or Why Good Enough Sucks
Thomas L Friedman, in a post today at the New York Times, says that “average is over.” And he is right. It is. You can see it...
Read MorePreparing a Game Plan for 2012
Looking to start the year off right? Great. We all feel a little bit of a spring in the step and some empowerment at the first of the...
Read MoreFeature Article in Rangefinder: July 2010
My friend Bill Millios wrote a nice article on me and the good folks at Rangefinder ran it in their prestigious July “Portait”...
Read MoreTake This Photograph, It’s FREE! Free is GOOD!
So I get a tweet ‘alerting’ me to this interesting argument. This photographer says his photograph is not free: From...
Read MoreMacro 4/3 Cameras Get A Pair of New, Fast Primes
These look pretty cool. “As of now, photographers with Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Thirds cameras and Sony NEX-series cameras...
Read MoreThe “Business” of Photography: Have I Lost Perspective, Or Simply Disconnected?
OK… Snarky Rant follows: You have been warned. So there’s this photographer on Google +, Colby Brown, and he is writing a book...
Read MoreWhat Happens When You Do Everything Right, And It Still Doesn’t Work?
There was a very interesting post over at Kirk Tuck’s blog this week. It had to do with only being as good as the last shot, and how...
Read MoreWhy I Teach: A Personal Perspective
(NOTE: I would like to thank those students and alums who helped me become one of the top workshop teachers on Photo District News,...
Read MoreOn Balance: Challenging the Nature of Gravity
There has been one strong thought in the back of my mind lately. It sort of hangs there like a candle that is almost ready to die, but...
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Glad you dropped by. This is my love and my muse. We talk about photography here, as well as the folks who make images. I am very focused on commercial and fine art photography, and we don't really spend all that much time on weddings and such. I have written 5 books - two I give away here, and two are for sale at Amazon, and the 5th one is being edited and designed right now! Thanks for visiting, leave a comment or join me the social networks...