Whatever our creative endeavors, we all hit our personal walls. It's just an unavoidable feature of being human beings. Some of these...

If there were no accidents there would be no creativity. Artists depend on them. Inventors, another kind of artist, depend on them. ...

There is an understandable but unnecessary emphasis on lens sharpness, that is sometimes associated with acquiring the latest and...

I love this photograph. However it is hardly a photograph as once defined by ancient tradition, and the aging priests of our religion. ...

Another spring. I don't take them for granted. Too much trouble in the world. In the midst of all the hardness and cold, spring...

A crushed leaf It was almost gone, crushed into the bricks underfoot. High above mundane pursuits, it once observed the dark path below. ...

The Beatles were prophets: Considering current events, music naturally comes to mind. How did John and Paul know? Anyway. One of my silly...

Another family portrait from my “AA” days… “Ansel Adams” days that is: 4×5 view camera, Tri-X film, and Zone System. Need I say more?...

The Who’s Roger Daltrey called The Rolling Stones a “mediocre pub band.” The guy must just need some love, which I am certain his...

No photograph presents reality. It is an object to itself. At the very best it conveys an idea. Cropping, angle of view, and the...

I went for a walk. Another walk. But a walk. With the rain coming, this will probably be the last of the color until next year. The...

I won’t make this excessively somber. Today, September 11, 2021 is the 20th anniversary of that fateful day. The question is always...

I’ve been photographing now as long as I can remember. I have a camera with me almost all the time, and taking photograph is a reflex. ...

These are just lichens on a stump. Rather, they were just lichens on a stump. Where’d the color come from? When we see the dull, natural,...

One of my favorite driving songs is Born to be Wild by Dennis Edmonton (a.k.a. Mars Bonfire) as performed by Steppenwolf, which became an...

It is a rare thing. I’ve been photographing since I was just a kid. If my sensibilities were not formally schooled they have developed...

Art is a strange land, filled with odd characters and personalities, gregarious party animals, solitary monks, the generous and stingy,...

What’s the difference between art and stock photography? Shutterstock, one of the top 4 stock photography sources, accepted the image...

This is a brief pause from displaying my own photographs, to give you a couple recommendations how to protect your camera, especially...

How to start. Stream of consciousness. Leads to a stream I have hiked many times. Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs,...