Best of Both Worlds – Analog / Digital

I was thinking how incredibly lucky I’ve been to have started my photographic career working with film and traditional photographic processes. In just a matter of a few years digital technology has literally hijacked all aspects of the Photographic Industry. Students entering the field of photography (in most cases) are not exposed to the magic [...]

The Photographic Print

I never really thought about the “Thingness” of the actual printed photograph before taking A.D. Coleman’s online workshop on Photo Criticism. The term “thingness came out of one of our skype discussions on photography. Since the digital era the photograph has been displayed, shared and transmitted digitally without ever making it to printed form. The [...]

SPE Conference – Information Overload

I’ve been going non-stop since arriving at the SPE National Conference Wednesday afternoon. This is the most well attended national conferences I’ve ever been to. This organization just keeps growing and growing. I haven’t had time to key in my notes so here are a few pages I shot with my trusty cell phone camera. [...]

In Search of Pictures

“I see no reason for recording the obvious.” Edward Weston I took a drive last weekend to a place called Goose Creek State Park. I got a wild hair to just go out and make some photographs. I don’t get out nearly enough to make pictures because there’s always some other demand on my time [...]

The camera captures light, our minds capture images.

Photos have no narrative content. They only describe light on surface – Garry Winogrand

Smartphone Photography vs. Digital SLR

Let me start off this blog post by wishing everyone “out there” a Happy New Year! I’m feeling pretty good about the coming year – I hope you all are as well. It’s going to be a busy one for me, but I’m sensing good things on the horizon. OK…..So I broke down and bought [...]