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Random thoughts (turkish taffy)
Ok, it’s pretty common knowledge that I’m impressionable. I’ve had to deal with bouncing around from one style to another in all three of my professions (to this point), being pulled and twisted like...
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Random Thoughts: When great becomes commonplace
Random Thoughts: When great becomes commonplace I remember years ago, after submitting images for an article, a phone call from my editor. “Please….no more slot canyon shots. Please…”. I was...
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Iceland 2016 – Summerama #1 (B&W)
Iceland 2016 – Summerama #1 (B&W) Recently, I have found the beginnings of my B&W voice. I have a long way to go, but am pretty excited about getting deeper into the process and finally...
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re-re-re-re-re-revisiting the Lonaconing Silk Mill
re-re-re-re-re-revisiting the Lonaconing Silk Mill After over a year hiatus, I went back to the Lonaconing silk mill with a couple dozen friends over the weekend. It’s always been fun, and this weekend...
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Random thought: Discussion Point
I just posted this image from our Smoky Mountains winter shootout on FB and thought it was a pretty nice image. Then, I noticed three problem areas: No opening in the fence for the eye to enter the...
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Charleston 2016 workshop series epilogue
Charleston 2016 workshop series epilogue We just finished our annual Charleston Creativity workshop series. Our Visual Artistry workshop followed by our software intensive Digital Edge workshop were...
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“It not what it is, it’s what you want to make it.”
“It’s not what it is, it’s what you want to make it.” Whether you think this way or not, the temptation is becoming more and more irresistible to clone, crop, add/ subtract elements, colorize,...
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Madeline Island workshop 2016 epilogue
Madeline Island 2016 epilogue We finished our 2nd annual workshop at one of our new favorite venues, The Madeline Island School for the Arts. This year, we further explored this image rich locale,...
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The Palouse – Photography Etiquette
The Palouse – Photography Etiquette We just arrived in Colfax to begin our Palouse harvest workshop on Sunday. On the way, after exchanging information with a couple of local photographers who conduct...
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The Palouse abstract landscape
The Palouse abstract landscape The Palouse is one of the great American landscapes, often referred to America’s Tuscany. A search of “Palouse images” will yield myriad red barns, old cars, rolling...
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The unexpected: keeping an open mind
The unexpected: keeping an open mind We got our group to the old Texaco car lot in the Palouse on a bright overcast day and everyone was pretty stoked to photograph, as was I. After instructing...
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Badlands 2016 Epilogue
• Badlands 2016 Epilogue Our South Dakota Badlands 2016 workshop is history and was an extraordinary cloudscape week. Being one of our perennial workshops (20 years), we are still surprised and...
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Ellis Island Photo Tours
• Ellis Island Photo Tours September is our third photo tour in this incredible and historic site, in cooperation with Save Ellis Island, where we have unprecedented access to non-public areas and can...
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Ellis Island Photo Tours- a look to 2017
Years ago, when I would tell my mom that I was going to photograph at a local venue, her reply would always be, “Haven’t you been there before?” And my reply to her reply would always be, “Well, yeah,...
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Iceland Aurora Madness Epilogue
Our Iceland – Aurora Madness fall workshop was beyond all expectations: non-stop photo ops! To begin with, we had auroras at least 5 nights, 4 of which we were able to capture! The fall color...
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Iceland in infrared
Iceland in infrared Lava field Our Icelandic “Aurora Madness” Odyssey lived up to its name, with seeming non stop auroras, but I had a second agenda on this trip, and that was to shoot a lot of...
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Acadia Fall 2016 epilogue
• Acadia Fall 2016 Epilogue We took a hiatus from Acadia for the past three years, opting for different venues. Returning to Acadia to conduct our workshop, one of my first locations when I started in...
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Film days are over…not.
Film days are over…not. Like many of us, when we fully moved into digital, followed by an inundation in processing software and techniques, I forgot I ever took a transparency, although I have numerous...
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Winter Infrared
• Winter Infrared Since my re-emersion into infrared about a year ago, I’ve shot infrared in myriad conditions throughout the year and am discovering how the angle of light, quality of light, weather,...
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Cuba 2017 Epilogue
Cuba 2017 Epilogue: For our seventh trip to Cuba, a lot of changes were rumored, including staying in casas instead of hotels, as the big travel agencies seem to have most of the rooms blocks. So, I...
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