Walk With Someone

Paul Tornaquindici (top) and I (bottom) walked together many times in Namibia. Standing a few feet apart, we made very different images.   Walk with someone and photograph together. Then compare the results. You’ll see a different way of looking at the world. You’ll also...

Creativity Exercises

  Looking for new perspectives? Try these practices.   22 Ways to Find Inspiration  How do I find inspiration? Eyes Wide Shut Tap into your other senses. Gesture  Connect with the implied motion in your images. Get Physical With Your Subjects Touch and be touched...

John Macintosh’s New Book – Tell Us, What Have You Seen?

. And What Is Art?         And what is Art whereto we pressThrough paint and prose and rhymeWhen Nature in her nakednessDefeats us every time?  Rudyard Kipling . The most gratifying thing about being a teacher is seeing your students grow. One of the pinnacles of my...

33 Great Quotes On The Color Blue

Enjoy this collection of quotes on the color blue. Which is your favorite? Have one to add? Leave a comment! “It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my...

How To Strike Up A Lively Conversation With Your Images

Decades ago, my friend Jeff Schewe asked me, “We both know how to do a lot of things to our images but how do you decide what to do to your images?” My response surprised him, “Talk with them.” Let me expand on that for...

Coach Yourself

A voice inside my head was grousing, “There’s nothing here. It’s not good enough. You’re not good enough. Someone else has done this before. You’ve done this before. You’re uncomfortable. You’ll have better luck next time.” I’d heard it all before. So I changed my...

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