Posts Tagged ‘photography’

Seattle, Washington

February 19, 2013 | 2 comments

I’ve chosen Seattle as the next installment in my trip blogs, for no particular reason. It is a vibrant city, full of colorful and interesting neighborhoods. It is close to the spectacular Olympic Peninsula, and not a far drive from the San Juan islands. It is a city divided by water. It is the home […]

PRINT, PRINT, PRINT!

February 7, 2013 | No comments yet

One of the biggest takeaways from my recent trip to the west coast was a reaffirmation of the importance of physical prints. Especially now, in this digital age where photographs are more disposable than ever, there is something special, something almost bespoke, and certainly something beautiful, and original, in a good print on quality paper. […]

Quick Travel Tip for Photographers

February 6, 2013 | No comments yet

I just wanted to make a quick post this morning about something that I discovered while trying to figure out how to easily carry all my camera gear on my recent trip to the west coast. Because I was doing some paid work while I was out there, I needed to take a backup camera, […]

Checking In: A Memo from the West Coast

January 29, 2013 | No comments yet

Hello from Eugene, Oregon! I have been up and down the West Coast over the last week, from San Francisco, California up to Seattle, Washington. I have already had a crazy rich experience, and I still have a week to go. This trip has been full of affirmation and awe, and I think very important […]

Reflections on a Workshop

January 20, 2013 | One comment

Before I debrief my workshop at West Point on the Eno yesterday, I want to mention something remarkable: I am writing, and more importantly, POSTING, this blog from 30,000 miles in the air, somewhere between Milwaukee and California. The birth of flight was only a mere hundred years ago, and now not only can I […]

Photographing Things the Wrong Way

January 8, 2013 | No comments yet

There are some rules, written and unwritten, about photography. Longer focal lengths and wide apertures are for portraits, wide angles and small apertures are for landscapes. There are reasons for these rules, of course–with portraits you want to emphasize your subject and remove distraction, and with landscapes you want everything in focus and often want […]

Not Everything Needs to be “Beautiful”

December 11, 2012 | No comments yet

The wintertime is a favorite time for me to photograph. You have to dig a little deeper, you have to work a little harder. The days are short, the nights long. In North Carolina, the heat and humidity are gone and I feel like I can breathe, that I can move around comfortably. The colors […]

Photographers Persist

November 27, 2012 | One comment

Also, photographers are (generally) patient. I read a great little article by Thom Hogan recently, in which he explained that landscape photographers are data collectors as much as they are photographers, and that lots of observations over days or weeks or months lead to the great photos that they create. There is always chance and […]

You Won’t Be Remembered For The Camera You Used

November 3, 2012 | No comments yet

I was watching an interview with Don McCullin this morning. I was struck–as I always am with his photos–by the immediacy, the palpability of the anguish, suffering, and perseverance of the human beings in his photos. I contemplated how the photographer must be haunted by what he has seen, and by what his legacy will […]

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