The negative is an equivalent of composer score and print is the equivalent of the conductor’s performance... Ansel Adams Replace...

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. ...

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

Flowing Light, shadow, line, form, texture, motion, time.  I probably missed something. I recall years ago learning how to give water...

Sometimes it’s dark. That doesn’t at all mean hopeless. Even the Psalmist felt heaviness at times. Actually, this image may be much more...

I’ve published three books on Amazon lately. They are catalogs of black and white and color images, nature, scenic, details, and street...

Georgia does not offer the sharply chiseled granite cliffs, deep blue, haze free skies of the West. Our mountains are rounded green or...

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’ve never enjoyed digital photography as much as film. I’ve been shooting digital since 2001 or 2002. When did the Nikon D100 get...

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. ...

I have a lot of creative energy, just not a lot of time. So I devote time to some things while neglecting others. So it is with this...

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...

Weddings! It is remarkable how many photographers enter into the field totally unprepared. I don’t mean technically unprepared. There...

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