High Key to Low Key and Back Again
Today Phyllis and I gave the second webinar in our black and white series. This episode showed conversion to black and white, starting from a few images that I made…
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May 26, 2020
Creative Black and White Webinar, Part 2: The Assignment
I'm teaching the second live webinar in the Creative Black and White series on Tuesday, May 26 at 10am PT. Here's the registration link. I've decided to take a chance…
May 14, 2020
Under the Yaquina Bay Bridge
Under the Yaquina Bay Bridge has become, somewhat to my surprise, one of my iconic images in the sense that there have been quite a few prints sales, image licenses…
April 10, 2020
What’s my line?
Sometimes an image is simply about a point, or a line. In this high-key image across the Bay on an overcast day, I created an image of a train bridge…
March 11, 2020
Under the Dumbarton Bridge
For reasons I won't go into at this time, I find myself these days often driving south to Palo Alto on the peninsula. It's about an hour from my home…
January 16, 2020
Echinacea Seed Pod X-Ray
Very special thanks to the scientists in the Photon Science group at the Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs who used the Beamline when it was in maintenance mode…
December 8, 2019
Under the Dumbarton Bridge
In 1982, a new Dumbarton Bridge replaced the old, cast-iron cantilevered span across San Francisco Bay from Hayward to Palo Alto. The hardest part of the construction was the giant…
December 7, 2019
Leek and Lichen
Leek & Lichen should perhaps be the name for a pub on the outskirts of London, somewhere past Elephant & Castle and nearby to the Queen's Head and Artichoke. Alas,…
November 4, 2019
Snows of Yesteryear
Thinking about the upcoming photography conference in Yosemite led me to browse through some of my archives of work of Yosemite in winter's past. Digital means never having to say…
November 2, 2019
Magic in Everyday Things
In the morning, Phyllis called me over. She had the vitamin bottle upended, looking inside for pills she noticed them on the circumference of the circle at the bottom spread…
August 31, 2019
Clematis that Remains
This spiral structure is what remains when you don't deadhead a Clematis flower, and leave it on the vine. You can see how the core of the flower has expanded…
August 24, 2019
The Story of a Cactus Flower
Phyllis told me she saw a giant cactus flower at about camera height near the small shopping area of Kensington, California about 1/2 mile from our house when she passed…
July 25, 2019
Creative Black and White 2 Ed Now Available (with Discount Code!)
I'm very pleased that my new book, Creative Black & White, 2nd Edition, is now available. The publisher, Rocky Nook, is offering a 40% discount. Click here to buy Creative Black…
July 21, 2019
Black and White Cookies: What’s in a Name?
The Black and White cookie, shown here in an iPhone grab shot converted to black and white in Snapseed, goes by many names. In New York City, where I come…
July 14, 2019
Did the Serpent Get a ‘Bum Rap’?
I think the serpent may have gotten a bum rap. At the very least, there is some indignity to an honest snake for being depicted as a kind of lizard…
May 11, 2019
X-Ray Floral Medley
Working with Dr Julian Kopke, I laid out this x-ray composition on a sheet of plexiglass above the sensor. The results you see are actually two x-rays combined, because there…
April 25, 2019
Curves Ahead
Starting with sunlight coming through vessels with color, I pared down my abstractions. But lately we have been under a river of rain. Sunlight is scarce. But it doesn't take…
February 16, 2019
Apparently Home to Manatees and More
After my workshop in West Palm Beach, I had a morning to explore south Florida. I rented a car, and drove through scrub and pre-Everglades marsh inland to Lake Okeechobee---seemingly…
February 13, 2019