I‘ve seen some questions about printing recently, so I thought I’d share my thoughts on the subject. My thinking on photo papers is limited to my experience with printing my own work and therefore limited to relatively inexpensive inkjet printers. I’ve been told that laser printers are faster that inkjet, but not as capable of […]
Do you ever get asked that question? Do you ask it yourself . . . of your own photographs? More important, do we, as photographers answer the question . . . can we answer the question? It occurs to me that too often the answer is a blank stare. It’s a critical question if we […]
How many of us in Central New York have used this phrase lately? “Starting to look a lot like winter.” I know I’ve heard it and used it myself more than a couple times. For some reason this phrase popped into my head as I was heading outside to photograph the spruce that caught my eye […]
Last night, all of a sudden, the water in our home stopped flowing. That can ruin your evening I assure you. But, we found out it could get worse because we woke up this morning to a cold house, still without water of course, but also without heat and lights because electricity in the neighborhood was […]
Anyone who knows me, or has followed my blog at all, probably thinks I’m obsessed with my search to try and define phrases such as “Fine art photography.” For certain, I want to understand, and I want to help others understand, what it is that qualifies a photograph to be described as “Fine art.” So, […]
One of the things I like about these days between real autumn and real winter is that it forces me to keep things simple. There’s not a lot in the grand landscape that’s interesting to me most days. Still, with a little patience and attention to “tiny landscapes”, or extracts, we can come home with […]
While we are almost constantly thinking about our aperture and our shutter speed when out composing and capturing our images, most experienced photographers barely think about the relationship between the two fundamental elements of photography because it quickly becomes almost intuitive. Still, it’s one of those elements of photography that puzzles many of the newer […]
Looking back at our victories as well as our failures can spur us on as we move forward. Photography can be a great tool to aid our retrospective glances. Whether we are photographers or not, looking at photographs can help us remember. . . and dream. I choose to remember the good things. The experiences […]
It’s difficult during the drab days between autumn and winter and that’s especially true on days like today, when winter is threatening with thick dark clouds and therefore minimal color in the landscape. Add to the fact that the colorful leaves have all fallen, lay on the ground as pretty much a soggy mess. It’s […]
My life seems to be all about cleaning-up messes these days . . . at least my photographic life is. For a few days now we have been talking about “AF Fine Tuning” because I had a couple of my lenses refurbished and wanted to make certain they were working properly. I really appreciated everyone’s […]