JOINING A PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP
Photographers often see the world in somewhat different ways from other people. This perspective is sometimes referred to as “a photographers eye”. It is an …
PROCESS
FINDING A PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALTY
A vast number of people take possibly millions of photographs every single day. With the advent of the modern full-featured smart phone, essentially a hand-held …
A TURN OF PHRASE
It is clear that many of our favorite writers have a gift for using language. Whether the writer is describing a scene, expounding a truth, …
PREPARING FOR WINTER STORMS
Both of my parents were children of the Great Depression, growing up on farms in Northern New York. Both families had been farmers for generations. …
JOYS AND SORROWS OF A DIGITAL DETOX
Many people complain regularly that the world of the internet is an open sewer, filled with garbage and trash. Others will point out that there …
THE CAMERA YOU HAVE WITH YOU
Are you one of those photographers who takes a camera with you almost every time you leave the house? Many of us carry a cell …
THE ART SHOW
Any person who creates a form of art will likely think about the possibilities of entering their work in an art show. It doesn’t matter …
TRAVELING THE “BLUE HIGHWAYS”
Recently I traveled to an out-of-town wedding, an event where the daughter of family friends (and who has also become a friend in her adulthood) …
MEDITATIONS ON STACKING FIREWOOD
Whenever I work on stacking firewood for the winter, I find myself at some point singing that 1960’s song, “I Fought the Law and the …
WHEN ROUTINE OVERWHELMS INSPIRATION
As writers, how often are we stuck with no subject to write about? Our daily lives, our routines, can sometimes overwhelm our inspirations and we …
URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY – SAFETY IN A STRANGE CITY
Note to Readers: I have been on an extended trip to the central portion of the U.S. The trip was primarily for a short-term work …
INCIDENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON A TRIP
Note to Readers: I have been on an extended trip to the central portion of the U.S. The trip was primarily for a short-term work …