Stonington Harbor, Maine
When you saw the title of this blog story, I'll bet you thought it would be illustrated with images of picturesque lobster boats, lobster traps, and so on. Well, there…
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August 24, 2016
Rockland Breakwater
The Rockland, Maine breakwater is a loosely laid wall of large granite rocks that protects Rockland harbor, and stretches about a mile out to a lighthouse. The photo below shows…
August 16, 2016
Penobscot Crossing
The observatory at the top of the bridge across the Penobscot Narrows bills itself as the highest bridge observatory in the world. Be that as it may, on a rainy…
August 13, 2016
Isleboro Ferry
Today I took my workshop class on a field trip to Isleboro, a short ferry ride from the Maine mainland. One of the techniques I asked the group to practice…
August 9, 2016
Three Poses and a Two-Fer
I had fun photographing a model from Los Angeles the other day. Mostly we did multiple exposures, but I also did some single poses. The single poses are shown above,…
July 27, 2016
Handsome Gargoyle Devil and the Pinhole Effect
A gargoyle is a carved grotesque, with (sometimes) the practical function of serving as a down spout for rain, and often the emotional purpose of warding off evil spirits. The…
July 13, 2016
Kira in a Cafe
For the demonstration of how to add a post-production selective soft focus using an Iris Blur for my forthcoming book from Monacelli Press, The Photographer's Black and White Handbook, I…
July 10, 2016
Rooftops of Paris—Split-Toned Version
I used my image of the Rooftops of Paris as a demonstration image for my new book, The Photographer's Black and White Handbook. In my book, I use the image to…
July 5, 2016
As Time Goes By
On a late November wet afternoon, as dusk turned to sodden night, I wandered the banks of the Seine River with my camera. My idea was to render the street…
July 3, 2016
Inside Prague’s Old Town Square Tower
For a book about black and white photography I am working on, I needed a few more images from Prague in the Czech Republic. This image shows the inside of…
June 29, 2016
Magic Reflections
Warped, photo-composited with a horizontal mirror of itself, and converted to black and white with a partial etching effect, the Abbaye Sainte-Foy in Conques takes on an illusion and appearance…
June 7, 2016
Succulent from our Garden
Fortunately, this succulent was in a planter so I could bring it indoors and out of the wind to photograph. 85mm macro, nine exposures at shutter speeds from 1/4 of…
May 29, 2016
Old Train Bridge near Calvignac, France
I clambered up the steep embankment, and followed the faint path that ducked under the barbed-wire fence. Once on the train tracks, I headed onto the old bridge across the…
May 27, 2016
Nanzenji Aqueduct
Nanzenji is one of the Five Great Zen Temples of Kyoto, Japan. Wandering through the grounds at Nanzenji, I came across a huge red brick aqueduct, built in the 19th…
May 24, 2016
Gourds
I realize that I never blogged this iPhone image of gourds, which I rather like. It was photographed locally at the wonderful Berkeley Bowl produce market. I processed in on…
May 18, 2016
Remains of the Clematis
What happens when the bloom on the clematis fades? When the leaves fall off, and all that is left is the wabi-sabi of the central flower core? Shown here photographed…
May 15, 2016
Fetish
Technically speaking, a fetish is defined as "an inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit." I photographed the…
May 11, 2016