Photography is about a lot of things and other than “light” I’d say the “journey” is the most important. The fantastic thing about photography is that one’s mastery of the medium & artistic vision is a journey as much as the quest for each photo. Just as you never know what is over the next hill to photograph you never know how your view of the world might evolve. In both regar

So many times I’ve read that photography is the art of light, but in my experience first and foremost photography is an art of observation. Observation of light and shadow, color and texture, pattern and shape, and of course subject. What has most energized me creatively over the years is the charge I feel when I see and create something that so many others look past with indifference. I’m a firm believer

One of photography’s great paradoxes is that it’s the journey that matters most not the end result. The majority of what we read in relation to photography is how to capture an amazing image.  A goal we all have no doubt, but… For every outing to a particular location to get “the” photo I find numerous other great subjects to photograph. If I can’t squeeze in a shoot of these new s

The video below “Chladni Singing” is exceptionally cool where by an artist sings certain tones to create patterns in salt on a Chladni plate. Beyond the cool factor of this what struck me is that this is a great visual example of an artist not just creating art, but imposing an impression of themselves in their work. If it were a computer generated tones the patterns would snap to exact formation, but thi

One of the most attractive things about venturing out and exploring nature is witnessing its raw beauty. Nature’s raw beauty is often put on a pedestal by nature photographers. Nature unadulterated or minimally edited is the intention of many photographers and by all means a noble goal. Yet this documentary style of nature photography is a narrow view. Photographers have the ability to bring their own perspecti

Earlier this week I was forwarded a link to a blog post highlighting “X number of most breathtaking landscape photos” and every single image seemed to be post-processed in an over powering manner. The question arose in my mind, “Is digital post-production killing photography?” I then dissected the question I posed to myself… What assumptions was I making about nature and landscape photog

There’s been a lot of discussion with in the California photography community this week in regard to the Wildflower Hotsheet run by Carol Leigh coming to an abrupt end. Opinions and questions abound, but I decided to hold off on sharing my take on the matter until I had a chance to hear back from Carol regarding an email I sent her. I feel for Carol. She is certainly in a tough spot and I sympathize with her. O

Funny thing about photography, it’s all things to all people. There’s never just one “right way” to learn it. There’s never just one “right way” to do it. There’s never just one “right way” to develop or post-process it. There’s infinite subjects. There’s never just one “right way” to share or show it. There’s an audience for virtuall