Category: Photography
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What about black and white? Chapter 5- conversion
Conversion of a color digital image to black and white can be accomplished in a number of ways, and the way you choose to do it matters.
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Photographing Datura: A Mystical White Flower Important to Pollinators
I delve into the world of Datura, exploring its symbolism and the significance it holds for our pollinator friends.
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Majestic Peaks of Northern California: Mount Shasta and Mount Shastina
Mount Shasta and Mount Shastina through my eyes, in black and white, two towering volcanic mountains in Northern California.
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Four reasons to stop participating in juried arts shows
I elaborate why Juried exhibits are generally a waste of time and a money flush for artists.
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The beauty and bleakness of California’s Central Valley- part two
My second chapter in the project “The Beauty and Bleakness of California’s Central Valley” and how it relates to California’s happy cows.
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We are each to each other dreams of others’ dreams
Do you have a philosophy about the nature of reality you would like to share? In this post, I share mine.
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Haunted Halloween composition featuring the Itaipava Castle in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I have a small collection of Halloween-themed photographs, and this year again I celebrate Halloween with an old image featuring the iconic Itaipava Castle.
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Photographing intimate fall landscapes with wide apertures at 85 mm, two examples from Ashland, Oregon
I write about my experiment taking intimate landscape images of the fall colors in Ashland, Oregon, with a wide aperture and a 85 mm lens.
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The African Iris flower, a beautiful example of impermanence, only lasts one day
I write about two photographs of the African Iris flower, a beautiful example of impermanence, and how I obtained them.
