Arriving in Strasbourg
I got some decent sleep on the long-haul flight over to Paris, and at the airport caught the train to Strasbourg. Strasbourg is the capital of Alsace, a region of…
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October 25, 2022
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Dreaming of Venice
I'm beyond excited about heading back to Europe in a few days for an extensive photography trip that will include one of my favorite cities, Venice. May the photographic stars,…
October 20, 2022
2023 | Off-the-Beaten Track Japan Photography Journey with Harold Davis
What: Step into the fabled Japan of myth and legend. Journey back in time to a Japan that few westerners are familiar with. Join a small group of compatible photographers led…
October 19, 2022
(Digital) Darkroom Prowess
The two very different images shown in this story have something in common: digital darkroom prowess. In other words, both images make extensive use of post-production tools and techniques to…
October 12, 2022
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is a World Heritage Site, and believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited structure in North America. The core of the present adobe complex was probably initially built…
October 9, 2022
Victor, Colorado
Victor is a gold mining town in Colorado. Partially depopulated, located at an altitude of almost 10,000 feet on the southwest shoulder of Pikes Peak, it is part of a…
October 5, 2022
Maine and Colorado
Here are two images from my recent trip to Maine and Colorado. The first image is of a stairway in Fort Knox, Maine. That's right: there is a Fort Knox…
September 28, 2022
Steam Train
I was photographing some derelict factory buildings in La Jara, Colorado, when a natty gentleman came out of the mostly disused train station beside the overgrown train tracks. He was…
September 21, 2022
Bottle Collection
Today we photographed many beautiful and magical things---like the glass bottle collection shown here, and continuing to a very wonderful and rather weird historical fire-engine-restoration workshop. I'll show the fire…
September 13, 2022
Rockland Breakwater and the Endless Summer Flower Farm
Today my Maine workshop group photographed at the Rockland Breakwater, and also at the Endless Summer Flower Farm. The idea, borrowed from Composition & Photography, was to start with simple…
September 12, 2022
Coming into Maine
Coming into Maine in the cool of the evening, I spent my first night in Maine in a cabin off-the-grid on the verge of the great northern forest. I woke…
September 11, 2022
Helichrysum bracteatum
I photographed this Helichrysum bracteatum (strawflower) blossom on my light box (far below), then inverted the image in LAB Color, and converted to monochromatic (directly below). I'm headed tomorrow to…
September 8, 2022
Video Games Are Actually Good for Your Brain
A little more than fourteen years ago, my daughter Katie Rose was born very prematurely. Today, Katie's Video Games are Actually Good for Your Brain has been selected to be…
September 6, 2022
Butterfly of Flowers
It's fun to use flowers to create animistic shapes on the light box, like good-luck dragons and this "Butter-flower" shown below.
September 4, 2022
The Eternal City: Albumen Print Simulations
I'm excited to be headed back to Italy this autumn, and have been looking through my archives. What work have I done in Italy, and how can I make progress…
August 29, 2022
Dancing with the Pasta Stars!
It's amazing what one can do with pasta stars, a light box, and LAB color. Dancing with the Pasta Stars was created using LAB in Photoshop from the version of…
August 25, 2022
Seize the Day
Having been occupied by family matters lately, it is hard to make the time for flower photography. Work on a light box does not respond well to impatience. The time…
August 15, 2022
Household Magic
When you look at everyday, household objects with fresh eyes, it is possible to see their magic. For example, someone told me the image below (Jaws Inversion) looks like a…
July 28, 2022