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. ...

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. ...

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...

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

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...

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

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

I’m stuck on mooshie. I just like the sound of it. I worked in I.T. for ages for a large airline, before I went to a huge retail chain,...

Mmm. Mooshie is a strange, funny word. I used it incorrectly for a long time, substituting the word mooshie for mushy, kind of as a play...

Keep moving. Something may be gaining on you. My dad lived to his mid-eighties. He was one of the “Greatest Generation” as they are...

I did a baaad ting. I went for a walk when I am supposed to “shelter in place.” Wuh Woh! Actually, Georgia has been a much more liberal...

Artist and Flower Mural Always have your camera ready. I was returning home from an appointment and opportunity presented itself, twice....

Everyone is affected. No one is immune. You will be exposed. You may become sick. After that, who knows how your body will react to...

Half the world will tell me, “You are exploiting these people.” The other half will say, “You need to publish this photograph.” In the...

Family Photos There are inherent tensions within the art of street photography. Contradictory things. Internal conflicts. First, it is...