The key issue in photography is who the photographer is, how the photographer sees the world, and whether the photographer can create images that resonate and emotionally rock.Nothing else matters. Period.So the next time, don’t ask what camera an image was made with. This is like asking a painter what brush he used. Ask instead …
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.’ …
How many of us have read Fox In Socks to our kids? It is one of Dr. Seuss’ fun tongue twisters that I spent many a night reading to my son and daughter. I read most of the Dr. Seuss books when I was a young boy and always enjoyed them. I enjoy them just …
I just read a post on David duChemin’s Craft & Vision blog yesterday in which he discussed the photographic skill of patience. David talked about our need as photographers to pass through time gracefully and intentionally, waiting and remaining receptive and open to possibilities. That resonated with me and prompted me to reflect on how I …
Trees are a company that I seek often, and I think I am probably drawn to cottonwoods more than some. They have so much character and elegance and dignity about themselves. They have a distinctive beauty in each season. In winter they stand in stark defiance of the cold and wind and proudly display all of …
Even when I see and feel the power of images of mine like this one I still have to constantly remind myself of the importance of heeding that spark when I pass something along the way and wonder if I should go back and explore it with my camera. I wonder why that is: do I …
“I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.” — Galen Rowell I certainly feel what Galen is referring to in this image. I can vividly remember standing out there in the silence …
The little village of El Rito is nestled in the hills of the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico not far from Abiquiu where Georgia O’Keeffe lived. The drive up from Santa Fe takes you past Camel Rock, through Espanola and past Hernandez where Ansel Adams made his iconic Moonrise Over Hernandez image in …
This small elevator complex just as you are coming into Texico from the west is one that I have photographed a number of times over the years. I believe one of the first times was probably twenty years or so ago with my Zone VI 4X5 view camera. Time, the elements and man have taken …
With so many different unsettling things happening around the world of late I am feeling today that I need to offer up a small bit of peace and a prayer. So my small bit of peace is this simple little image of a dried leaf or flower that I made a little bit over a year …
