I'm very pleased and excited to be leading a sold-out session of Photographing Flowers for Transparency next weekend here in Berkeley, CA. If this topic interests you, we are running…
First a kingdom, then a republic, and finally an empire---for a thousand years the pax Romana held. Today the glory that was Rome amounts to a curiosity, ruins of an…
I am used to leading two kinds of photography workshops: one is close enough to my home base in Berkeley so it is easy to set up the workshop room…
Ever since the era of Adam and Eve, there has been something enticing about an apple!
The Digital Doodle shown above comes from the black and white Embarcadero Center (shown below) via I never wanted a cubicle (monochrome) (bottom). To get from Embarcadero Center to I Never…
Free this weekend? Interested in a last minute extraordinary opportunity to photograph San Francisco with a master of digital black & white photograhy? We are photographing San Francisco in black…
I am very pleased and honored that a print of my Starry Night (shown below) is on exhibit at the Weston Gallery in Carmel, CA as part of Night Vision:…
We still have a few remaining spaces in Advanced LAB Color (Nov 12) and Photographing San Francisco in Black & White Weekend Workshop (Nov 19-20). Note, the San Francisco in…
Nestled in a valley in the Tuscan Hills, the Abbazia di Sant'Antimo---Abbey of Saint Anthony---dates originally from the eighth century. If you arrive at the right time, you can hear…
I've been listening to a Nobel prize play-list of Bob Dylan---both his own voice and cover versions of his songs---while photographing and processing my White Phalaenopsis Orchid and Variegated Phalaenopsis Orchid images.…
Being a Professional Artist Means Business As a successful professional artist and photographer—and, not entirely coincidentally, a business person—I am aware that sometimes you have to spend money to make…
There's nothing I like better than to capture romantic landscapes. Of course, any landscape can be romantic in the right light, and almost any landscape can be grim in harsh…
This one is more colorful than the white-on-white Phalaenopsis I photographed yesterday!
Nice to be back to photographing flowers on my light box after so many adventures in the field...starting with this orchid blossom!