5 Photographers With Signature B&W Styles

You can learn a lot just by looking at great photographs. Want to learn more about black and white images? Start by studying these five photographers. Alfred Stieglitz explored the softer sensibility of platinum with muted blacks, very full highlights, and a surprising range of...

Saturation – The Essential Key To Color Palettes

One of the most distinctive features of a visual artist’s use of color is their use of saturation. Many photographers are often asked, “Are you a black and white or color photographer?” (Curiously other visual artists are rarely asked this question.) While many people who...

Great Quotes On Photographic Prints

Enjoy this collection of quotes on photographic Prints. “We should always remember that  the practice of printing – of using an object to control the form of a repeated picture – has had a role in human culture from its earliest days.” – Richard Benson...

The Top 20 Photography Books That Influenced Me

“Enjoy this collection of photographic books that have influenced me during some of my most formative years.   #1 Paul Caponigro – Megaliths Watching the production of this project from start to finish had a profound effect on me. The book was the culmination of...

25 Great Quotes On Visualization

Enjoy this collection of quotes on visualization. “Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.” – Bo Bennett “Visualization and belief in a pattern of reality activates the creative power of realization.” – A. L. Linall, Jr. “Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action.” –...

Is It A New Or Updated Edition?

Revelation XLIII Digital technology offers interesting new possibilities for print editions. The appearance of the print may change. It has long been an accepted practice that artists will change the rendition of their images over time. Ansel Adams famously remarked,  “The negative is comparable to...

13 Quotes By Photographer Stephen Johnson

Enjoy this collection of quotes by photographer Stephen Johnson. “There were a huge variety of movements in photography during the 20th century, some based on 19th century landscape photography, some evolved as a reaction against realism in painting and photography, some evolved has a way...

Issue 15 Of PHOTOGRAPH Is Out !

“Issue 15 of PHOTOGRAPH magazine is dedicated to the art of landscape photography and seeks out the ideal web of trees, explores what makes a good impressionistic landscape, catches the perfect wave, and examines at how including yourself in a vast scene can tell bigger...

The Benefits Of Selecting Your Top Images

View my Annual Top 12 Selections here.   When asked, “How many good images do you make in a year?”, Ansel Adams replied, “Twelve good images in a year is a good crop.” Imogene Cunningham responded, “One in a lifetime.” Both perspectives are useful. We...

28 Great Quotes On Open-Mindedness

Enjoy this collection of quotes on Open-Mindedness. “We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more...