Picture: Fountain Garden at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Cotswolds Region, Oxfordshire, England A couple legal tidbits worth noting: First; Are you an author? Do you have a book of your photography or writing that’s been published before Janunary 5th, 2009? If so, you may want to look over the following pdf…
This weekend, thanks to my mom, I got to spend part of a beautiful Spring Saturday afternoon in a dark movie theater, along with my wife & son, watching the new Disney Nature Film, EARTH. Narrated by James Earl Jones (Darth Vader to my son) the movie has the same…
Few people would argue about the influence that Ansel Adams has had on modern landscape photography. Some people may not appreciate his photography as much as others, but I have always been a fan of his work. I still remember to this day going into the city with my parents…
Pictures: Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, California. The first is a straight RAW file; the second represents my standard image processing, which took less than 30 seconds, and the third is a “hyper-processed”, highly-saturated image like might often be seen on Flickr. Processing note; the only other manipulation…
Picture: Tourist family photos being taken by mom while kids stand at the center of the Four Corners Monument, on the Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado borders. I just heard this on the news… It could only have happened in the days before GPS. Yes, I’ve been there. Yes,…
Most here will know that my recent recovery period allowed me a chance to catch up on some reading, both online and offline. I want to take a quick moment to pass along a few items that have caught my interest in the online world. I hope that if you’re…
Photographer’s Forum Magazine is currently having it’s Spring Photo Contest, and it’s only open to Amateur Photographers. I mention this because I’d actually was a finalist winner in one of their Spring photo contests years ago. Current deadline is April 20, 2009 for the early bird entries, and May 11,…
Photo: School of fish. Courtesy of Vancity Allie cc/attribution license via Flickr. I’ve had a lot of down time lately as I’ve previously expressed. I’ve used some of that time reading over a variety of photo forums. One thing I’ve noticed is a lot of discussions about “How do I…?”,…
My recovery continues; I still can’t hold a camera, but it is getting easier to type. Thankfully, I’ve been putting some of my typing time to good use, updating areas to my weblog. If you find them useful, I hope you’ll feel free to bookmark them or pass them along…
Picture: Photographer taking a picture of the Colorado River canyon at Toroweap, Grand Canyona National Park, Arizona I really can’t begin to tell you all how good it is to be slowly getting myself back into the real world, and for a chance to start getting some work done; like…
And now back to our regularly scheduled business programmig: First is an announcement for those living and working in the Southern California region, and following that is a strong suggestion for everyone who dabbles in stock photography The West Coast Chapter of the ASPP (American Society of Picture Professionals) is…
Picture: Grilled Prime Rib, Eggs, and Hash Browns for breakfast at Marlene & Glen’s Diner, Highway 49, Plymouth, Amador County, Sierra Foothills, California This will be my last note on the medical side of my life for awhile as I continue on with my recovery. I will say however that…
Picture: Golden sunset light on red rock cliff in Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah It’s been just over three weeks now since I had my accident, walking right off the edge of a 40′ cliff on a dark desert night in Death Valley. I still have no clue as to…
Short Story: 1100 Mile Two-Day Drive to Death Valley, 1 picture. It was supposed to be a two-day photo workshop + a week shooting for my new book project. Instead it turns into a 40’+ fall off a cliff around midnight. I awake to find myself lying in a heap…
Subtitle: “We care not about your stupid photo idea, just deliver us eyeballs and page views for our branding and ad revenue.” A few weeks ago I first heard about an upcoming photo contest, Name Your Dream Assignment, where you could win $50,000.00 to photograph your winning idea. Sounds great,…
Picture: Photographers lined up at sunset to photograph Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California Every so often when I see other photographers in the field, I’ll ask, “are you a Pro?” I do this mainly because I pay attention to photography credit lines, and I wonder if they are someone…
Photo: My wife, Connie, in the snow at Lake Tahoe, California Anyone that knows me knows that I hate “Hallmark” Holidays. I don’t need a ‘special’ day to tell my wife or family I love them. I do that every day. This year, our plan is to spend Valentines Day…
Photos: Maggie; Maggie & Rocket – courtesy of Michael Routh Today, one of my best friends, and talented photographer, Michael Routh is having to say a sad farewell to his beloved Maggie, following a fight against an increasing painful cancer. I’ve had the pleasure of sharing a number of photographic…
I hate making tough or difficult phone calls. I know from personal experience in the past, and again this morning. Due to certain scheduling circumstances beyond my control, I’ve had to cancel my participation, and highly anticipated trip to Nanpa’s 2009 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM. In addition to missing…
We all know the internet lingo codes, like LOL, FWIW, IMHO, and the expressive WTF?? The latter can be kind of crude, but it’s variation has earned a place in my photographic heart. Yes, I’m referring to WTD?? In long hand, that mean WHAT THE DUCK??, a comic strip about…
Photo: Taking a photo; Three young women riding horses on the sand at Oceano State Beach, Oceano, California Like the girl in the photo seems to be doing, every once in awhile, you need to put yourself front and center. So allow me to do a little self promotion, and…
Thanks to my friend Ross for sending me this. Photographer David Bergman as at President Obama’s Inauguration. And he’s got a stitched image from a Gigapan Imager to prove it. His image is made up of 220 Canon G10 photos, and measures approx. 60,000 x 25,000 pixels. Yep, it’s got…
Photo: Alpenglow at sunrise on North Peak, Twenty Lakes Basin, Eastern Sierra, California With a post titled “A New Beginning”, you might think I would be referring to today’s Inauguration of President Obama. I certainly do wish him, Us, and the planet well. However, I get to announce my own…
Once again the Boston Globe’s BIG PICTURE has scored an impressive collection of images I felt compelled to pass along. This time, it’s a collection of photos taken from NASA’s Earth Observatory. These are remarkably crisp, detailed portraits of our planet, and well worth a look. The image above is…
