digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
I'm excited about my upcoming exhibit at San Francisco Botanical Garden's Helen Crocker Russell Horticultural Library. Please join me if you can for the reception on Sunday, June 11, 2023…
This Rojasianthe superba, sometimes called "White Sunflower Tree," was growing in the entry garden of San Francisco Botanical Garden, where (with permission) I cut this specimen. The seeds of Rojasianthe…
What is love? It is, of course, a "many-splendored" thing: supple, wonderful, wistful, and maybe all of these at once and maybe more. The passionate rush of dopamine when encountering…
I'm proud of our bush Peony. For a toddler---I planted it close to two years ago---it certainly produced a huge and beautiful flower. It's hard to get a sense of…
This is from the February 2023 issue of the PSA Journal: "The first clue that you’re about to read a unique book is on the Table of Contents page where…
A great deal of our energy lately has gone into clearing my parents' house to make it ready for sale. This is a thankless task and emotionally very difficult. Fortunately,…
This image is a composite of three photos: a scan from film of an image of a caribou skull that I made long ago on the north slope of Alaska's…
Fun to photograph things besides flowers on my light box! Rosettes of pasta are shown here, with an inner spiral added in Photoshop representing a reduction in the size of…
A single blossom from my garden is apparently the essence of simplicity. The power of these images of flower blossoms relies on this apparent simplicity: you are supposedly looking at…
I've been working with some wonderful colored Calla Lillies on my light box. Adding blue Irises to the mix seemed to create a great garden party!
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My flowers are like frilly Goddesses. But not in a fey way, or an overly cute way. The textures these blossoms provide could almost be fabrics or garments. The beauty…
In the wake of the death of my parents, I created a new garden on the shaded side of our house. This is a mostly ignored narrow strip between our…
Recently I processed this image from Orvieto, in Umbria (Italy). In the morning the fog was thick. I took advantage of the evocative lighting, and framed an ancient, cobblestone passage…
I like to photograph found objects---"talismen"---that I can think of as magical objects with power. Those shown here are a mixed bunch: an enamel box with the apotropaic symbol for…
This is my grandfather James Young Palmer at age eight in about the year 1900, found while going through things in my parent's home. James was of course young once…
Images created from my Tulip Pano and Sunflower Bouquet decorate the United States Postal Service 2022 Stamp Yearbook. I'm pleased with how my images look. Click here for info about…
I constructed this free-form mandala on my light box from flowers in the condolence bouquets that kind folks sent us for the recent loss of my parents. The practice of…