Mademoiselle Zara
Ever since becoming aware of Robert Doisneau's work (several decades) it remains one of the "go-to" sources when my battery needs...
And now for something completely different.
I grew up in rural Illinois and Edgar Lee Masters' book "The Spoon River Anthology" was pretty much required reading in high school. ...
A successful portrait sitting ....
Wah Lui (owner of the Yuan Lui studios) said that a successful portrait sitting is one in which I get at least one exposure that both the...
"You can't take funny pictures if you don't live in a funny world."
Elliott Erwitt sure lives in a funny world. Once in a while somebody reminds me that I do live in a funny world -- or at least visit it...
Light is all I have to work with.
Ruth Bernhard was right. If you are a photographer you are required to be very conscious of light. It's the only raw material you have....
Between complicated and difficult
My Notebook (thanks, Doug). "There's a big difference between complicated and difficult" I wrote this in my notebook at a gallery talk by...
There is Nothing More Surreal Than Reality Itself -- Brassai
I have a bit of a taste for surreal – not the over the top Salvador Dali type. I prefer the less flamboyant Rene Magritte “make me think...
Kathy's Piano
My photograph “Kathy’s Piano” will be in Tieton Arts and Humanities’ annual show “10x10x10” August 6 through October 9. The show will be...
The Kiss at the Stone Bridge -- continuing a theme
This stone bridge across the Danube was originally built in the 1600s but Regensburg Austria was already very old by then. It has a...
The Kiss at the Ganges Market
"The golden rule is 'work fast’. As for framing, composition, focus -this is no time to start asking yourself questions.You just have to...
