Spend A Little Extra Time

Whenever you can, spend a little extra time before and/or after a workshop (or any business trip for that matter). You go to great places. You always want more time. You might want to see a location again. Or you might want to see a...

Photography – My Favorite Form of Exercise

Photography is my favorite form of exercise. Sometimes you walk a lot. Sometimes you walk in challenging terrain. I love walking in dunes. It’s great exercise. Low impact. Lots of climbing. You lose your breath by the time you reach the top of a dune....

Walk a Mile – Join the 1% Club

Want to feel like you have a National Park all to yourself? Join the 1% club. Rangers say less than 1% of visitors walk more than a mile. This can make a big difference when you’re photographing. For instance, when you’re photographing sand dunes, near...

Take Inventory

When you first approach a subject it can be helpful to take an inventory of all of the components available to you. At White Sands, New Mexico, I made a short list of all the elements available. It quickly became clear that I was most...

Time the Light

During my White Sands, New Mexico workshop, we’ll be photographing in the same area for the next four days. On our first sunrise shoot, I timed the light and how it affected subjects. 5:45    Color on horizon 6:00    Color in sky 6:15    Color bright on...

Packing & Shipping

Getting there. It’s important. How you do this is a sign of professionalism. Imagine. Your work is great. Your prints are great. Your mats are great. Your frames are great.  Your presentation and follow up materials are great. But, you ship it all in a...

Use Writing to Help Clarify Your Story

I’m getting ready for my White Sands workshop this coming weekend. Reviewing my sketches and writings from previous trips, I got more ideas. After many trips to White Sands, I thought I knew exactly what I needed to do but now I’m sure there’s more....

Storytelling

Every picture tells a story. Every picture? Every picture! Even abstract images tell stories. The stories they tell are not about their subjects. By definition they don’t have subjects. Or do they? They have themselves. So they tell stories about themselves. They tell stories about...

Illuminating Creativity

Recently at B&H I spoke on Creativity. Now you can enjoy my lecture online here and at B&H. Get a good cup of coffee, pen and paper to help you catch all the good ideas that come to mind as you watch it. Check out...

Noise – Reduce It At Capture

Noise comes in three types or patterns: 1) Random noise 2) Fixed-pattern noise 3) Banding noise Noise often has two components—brightness and color: 4) Image noise 5) Luminance noise 6) Chrominance noise Knowing the type and kind of noise produced will help guide you to...