Huntington Witherill

Huntington Witherill speaks eloquently about photography addressing issues as diverse as technology, manipulation, and composition. His images alone are worth watching these for. Learn more about Huntington Witherill here. Read our conversation here.

Color Is An Event

Color doesn’t exist out there. Color is produced inside us. Color is the human response to vibrations in a narrow part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Color is an event. In any color event you need a light source and an observer – and often an...

Identifying 3 Types of Color

There are essentially three kinds of color. Ideal Ideal color (often thought of as accurate color) is produced when the color of objects is unmodified by temporal or atmospheric effects or enhancement. Forensics and product photographers favor this type of color. Ambient Ambient color is...

Framing

You’ve been framed. It sounds terrible right? But, when it comes to your prints, it’s great. It’s a sign that after all that work you’ve arrived. Think of how many photographs you make; a lot. Now think of how many of those actually get selected...

Made To Stick

Chip and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick is must read material for any communicator – artist, businessperson, social advocate, politician, partner, parent … well, anyone really. Made To Stick will give you a proven formula for making any message more memorable and effective. SUCCESs their...

Budh

“I didn’t know it then, but it was the beginning of a whole new series. I knew it after it began happening repeatedly. The process had led me to a new point of departure. The work was a surprise. I hadn’t planned on doing it....

Winners – Juried Exhibit – Elements of Water at CFAP

I had the pleasure of jurying The Center for Fine Art Photography’s upcoming exhibit – Elements of Water. 50 images were selected from over 4,000. You can see them now online at CFAP. Juror’s Selection – Barbara M Ventura Juror’s Honorable Mention – Kathy Beal...

Elements of Water – Deadline November 17, 2009

I’m selecting the winners for The Center for Fine Art Photography’s upcoming juried exhibit Elements of Water. You could be included if you enter by November 17 . Theme Water is both physical and symbolic. Water can be a solid, liquid or gas. It covers...

FADP Highlight – Print Presentation

Print presentation is the final aspect of fine art printing. Mounting, mats, framing, portfolios, bodies of work, environment, light. All of these things affect the way a work of art is perceived by viewers. They might seem like incidental after thoughts but they’re actually integral...

FADP Highlight – A Sense of Destination

One of the key concepts Mac Holbert and I emphasize in our digital printing workshops is developing a clear sense of destination before you start editing a file. Once you have a sense of destination what you need to do to an image becomes much...