The Early Signs of Genius

by | Dec 27, 2013 | Articles

Tis the season to look back and cringe and wince and groan at all the excesses and travails that we each have suffered this past year. Those added pounds, those accumulating images we haven’t deleted, the pictures we didn’t get, the horrible ones we did....

A Holiday Assignment

by | Dec 23, 2013 | Articles

My sister is doing a self published engagement calendar combining some of her minister’s prayers and some of my photos. I am glad to support her in this and she is free to plunder my pile of images for the few that match the imagery of her chosen prayers. There...

The Not So Obvious Composition

by | Dec 19, 2013 | Articles

Most of the time composition is a pretty simple thing- it is a matter one short question and a few more easy rules (firm suggestions). The question is “what specifically do I like about what  I am seeing” and the rules are 1. Answer the question with a...

And While We Are At It

by | Dec 14, 2013 | Articles

I had a nice surprise yesterday, one that many photographers get prickly over but that I find to be complimentary. A friend, Tracy, showed me a painting she had done of one of my pictures. Tracy is new to painting, been at it only for a few months and she was looking...