John Paul Caponigro – Environmental Artist & EpsonStylusPro Master Printer

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Breaking the Rules

In his book Photography and the Art of Seeing, Freeman Patterson offers excellent advice. List all of the rules of photography. Then break them. If you do this, you’ll develop a better understanding of the medium. I recommend you take this advice one step further....

Things That Make Images Weaker

During reviews in my workshops we discuss what keeps some images from working better and how they could be improved. Here’s a list we compiled during my recent Iceland workshop. Avoid these thing and make your images stronger. Lack of Focus (Not Deliberate) Limited Depth...

Things That Make Images Stronger

During reviews in my workshops we discuss images made in terms of what makes them strong and how they could be made stronger. Here’s a list we compiled during my recent Iceland workshop. You can use any one or more than one in combination to...

Iceland 2010 – Participant Images Second Reviews

We do lightning fast reviews of participant’s images in my digital photography workshops. We discuss what works and why and what doesn’t and why not. It’s wonderful to see how different the images are, made by individuals in the same situations using the same tools....

Iceland 2010 – Workshop Participant Images First Selects

We do lightning fast reviews of participant’s images in my digital photography workshops. We discuss what works and why and what doesn’t and why not. It’s wonderful to see how different the images are, made by individuals in the same situations using the same tools....

Lighting Midnight At Iceland's Glacial Lagoon

Ragnar th Sigurdsson treated us to a midnight display of lighting techniques at Iceland’s glacial lagoon Jokullsarlon. Multiple exposures for multiple Photoshop layers. Fantastic light. Glowing icebergs beached on black sand at tide line. Venus on horizon. Magic. Taking artificial light into the field is...

Travelling in Iceland

I’m leading a Focus on Nature workshop in Iceland this week. Destinations include Jokullsarlon (glacial lagoon), hiking on glaciers, behind the glaciers north and south routes, gray and blue lagoon. We’ll share images and experiences along the way. Posts will be sporadic until later in...

BookSmart Fine Art Metals

“Booksmart Studio’s inkjet printable fine art metal allows you to print directly on metal surfaces, the metal has a coating applied to accept most popular inkjet printer inks. These fine art printable metals are offered in aluminum and gold and provide a very durable &...

Epson Signature Worthy Papers

“Only the highest quality Epson papers receive the designation of Signature Worthy. Watch the introduction and view the complete interviews to see why these industry leaders choose Epson Signature Worthy Papers.” Lois Greenfield, David Lynch, Matthew Jordan Smith, Vincent Versace, Art Wolfe tell you what...