Continuity

Continuity. Every screenwriter needs to create it. Every storyboard needs to interpret it. Every director needs to guide it. Every editor needs to refine it. If you’re a still photographer, you may be called to do all of these things. Continuity lies at the heart...

Art Of Substance & Absence – Alwar Balasubramaniam:

Alwar Balasubramaniam’s sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal — or conceal — what’s really out there. At TEDIndia, the artist shows slides of his extraordinary installations. Find more of my favorite TED videos here.

Engage Your Inner Coach

“If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you would have left them long ago.” – Carla Gordon We’re told that to improve and reach our full potential that we have to be our own worst critics. There is...

Photographer's Survival Manual

I don’t know anyone who knows more about artist’s copyright than Reznicki and Greenberg. That makes this a must read must have resource for all visual artists. “Written by the president of the Professional Photographers of America, and a leading New York copyright attorney, this...

Nik Radio

Visit Nik Radio and listen to advice and inspiration from top pros using Nik software; the growing list of offerings includes Tony Corbel, Moose Peterson, Rick Sammon, Tony Sweet, Vincent Versace, and many others. Want more inspiration? Read selections from 42 conversations with photographers here.

Caponigro, McClelland, Orwig Agree – You Can Learn to Be More Creative

Chris Orwig, Deke McClelland and I talk about the artist’s life. We all agree. Creativity can be taught. We can all learn to be more creative. Listen to the conversation here. Learn to be more creative with my free Lessons. Learn to be more creative...

Smithsonian Features My Process Sketches They've Collected

The National Museum of American History’s Blog features preliminary sketches, both physical and digital, that detail my creative process while developing images for my series Correspondence. Line drawings, pastels, and digital sketches were all used to explore possibilities before committing to the final composited results....

Dano’s Glossary of Fine Art Related Terms

Thought you knew what a hickey was? Never knew paper had a tooth? Had no idea it out gasses? Learn these terms and you’ll not only be able to speak more knowledgeably about printing, you’ll also know what to look for in prints and how...

Condensation – How Looking Inward Illuminates The Outside

Enjoy the text from my book Condensation. . Condensation . Light . All photographs are about light. The great majority of photographs record light as a way of describing objects in space. A few photographs are more about spaces they represent than the objects within...

You're Invited ! – Annual Open Studio Exhibit – 7/31-8/1

You’re invited! Come visit my annual open studio event July 31 – August 1 from 10-5. Gallery talks are at 2. It’s been one of my most prolific years to date. Producing more than one hundred new images, four bodies of work, in progress for...