Ice #111: Before and After
What you see above is after post-processing. At the end, I’ll show you what I started with. In this case, […]
Seeing, Style & the Creative Process
Henri Cartier-Bresson: “Just Plain Love”
“What matters is to look. But people don’t look. Most of them don’t look. They just press the button…” -Henri
Too much complexity?
Generally speaking, the more you can reduce an image to its essential elements, the more powerful it becomes. Simpler is
The Textures of Winter
Hold your eyes and your heart open. Keep your imagination and your camera handy–images are everywhere!
Dec 2012 Flatirons Club: Lessons Learned
Last night was our annual Flatirons Photography Club end-of-the-year holiday party and photography competition. Great fun! We went through all
No cats!
Don’t EVER, EVER put any of these things in your portfolio if you are to be taken seriously as a photographic
Very Abstract Images
There is abstract…then there is very abstract. The above is in the “very” class. I think there is also a
Robert Frank’s “keepers”
One year, 760 rolls of film, over 27,000 photographs.Want to guess how many “keepers”? 83 (That’s eighty-three!) The photographer was
Simplicity
I continually relearn this lesson: simplicity will often result in a stronger image. My first shutter actuations often include too
The camera as teacher
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” –Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) And so it