Fun in Venice

Okay so these aren’t my standard shots but what the heck- when in Venice by whacky! I processed these by what I call my Slider Slapping technique- In Lightroom slapping the vibrance and saturation slider as far to the right as they could go. No thought, just...

Gesture

Many times it is the little things that make a big difference in your photography. And lots of times we don’t even notice these little things despite their importance. When photographing people or animal portraits gesture is a very compositional element of your...

Stained Glass

As I was wandering around Notre Dame I became captivated by the beautiful stained glass windows. Here are a few that I took. don’t look at the photography, look at the stained glass! Look at the intricacy and the colorfulness and think of the time it took to...

Notre Dame Cathedral

Went to see Notre Dame this morning and spent a hour wandering around inside awe struck by its immensity and beauty as well as the  hard work over many generations it took to build it. My pictures aren’t ground breaking but they are new for me so that is good...

Live From Paris!

The Withering Look Chronicles  (or how my days are going in Paris) Instance 1. On the predawn trip in from De Gaulle airport amid a lovesick chorus of “Look France!” and “Ah, Paris” of francophillia I ask the driver “Where’s this tower thing I’ve heard so much about?”...