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Steichen, A Life in Photography – Book recommendation

If you appreciate the very best in photography, and want to know more about Steichen, the history of photography, and how photography became accepted as an art form, this book is for you
Haunted Halloween composition featuring the Itaipava Castle in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A Halloween composition taken in the Itaipava Castle (Castelo de Itaipava). Happy Halloween!
Hiking the Spooner Lake to Marlette Lake trail in California in the Fall.

I went on a fall hike at the Sierra Nevada, from the Spooner Lake to Marlette Lake.
Of the photos you have taken, which ones will people keep, and which ones will they throw away after you die?

Some black and white family photos from an unknown photographer
“Folded in”, an aborted photography project featuring the California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica

Not all photography projects end up being completed, but all of them result in learning. In this blog post, I write about an aborted project portraying folded flowers of the California poppy.
Dogwood portrait, 2022, at the upcoming PBS KVIE Art Auction

This year’s submission to the kvie arts auction.
Photography opportunities at the Marin Headlands (California, Sausalito), part II- natural textures and patterns

Natural textures and patterns Photography at e Marin Headlands, Sausalito, California.
Milkweed seedpod macrophotography at the UC Davis Arboretum (California, USA) using an off camera speedlight

I show how I photograph milkweed seed pods with the help of a speed light.
Rush Ranch, 2022 story on Frames Magazine online

This week’s blog post is a link, to the story behind my photo Rush Ranch, 2022, which went online last week as a FRAMES Magazine story
Home sweet home – still life photography in a home setting

While visiting a friend, I fell in love with a natural fruit arrangement in her house and decided to write a blog post about my experience with this genre of photography.