I think one of the best ways we have to improve our photography to get serious about what we’ve done well in the past and even more serious about what we’d like to do better with our photography in the future. These are the two objectives that we try to achieve during the image review […]
I really don’t know how many people have asked me about “that yellow thing wrapped around the base of the head on my tripod.” It’s definitely a conversation starter. but, of course, it’s much more than that. Simply put, it’s a bag that’s rolled up and cinched around the base of whatever head I’m using […]
What’s the saying? You can’t make a silk’s purse out of a sow’s ear. Well, that doesn’t mean you can’t try. As I left home this morning I wasn’t thinking of this saying specifically but the general thought was there. I knew I had flat light to deal with along with really fine, wind-driven snow […]
Today was one of those days when photography turns out to be delicious. A sunny afternoon was what we call “the cherry on top” when it follows a night of freshly fallen snow. Everything was clean . . . except for the occasional footprints of some critters. I wish I knew what critters left the […]
Sometimes you have to just go with the flow. Tonight, right around dinner time I was hurrying to try and come up with my photo for today, as part of the Hundred Day Photo Challenge. Not only did that mean that I’d be late for dinner but as I raced to the venue for today’s […]
When I climb out of bed in the morning typically one of the first things I do is take a look out my bedroom window to see what the morning might be offering, photographically. This morning, I felt like I might have hit the jackpot. What I was seeing was a heavy morning fog and […]
The lesson I learned today is one we’ve heard before. Go back. Go back to places you’ve visited before and photographed before. So, I guess you’d say my lesson today was one relearned. I was in a bind having not realized my photo for the ninth day of our Hundred Day Photo Challenge and I’m […]
I took a total of three images early this morning as a day of in and out snow showers got underway. I was in a hurry (why does that sound so typical?) to get down to St. Joe’s Hospital so I decided to head straight to Strong Road near Tully, NY because it would give […]
You know, sometimes I think it’s fair to compare nature photography to playing the one-armed bandit at the casino. One day you may begin to think you’ve had enough and the next . . . you can’t get enough. Today was one of the latter. It was one of those mornings I’m always talking about […]
It has quickly become obvious that the challenge to create a new expressive photography every day for 100 days is really a challenge. Here it is only day number 5 and I was finding it difficult to find time to get outdoors with my camera. Now, getting outdoors isn’t a requirement of this challenge, but […]