David’s Blog
On Photography
There are rules, guidelines, suggestions, recommendations, procedures, instructions and directions in photography and all of them are handy most of the time and dreadful some of the time. As is said “Rules are made to be broken.” But there are also Laws in photography that are sacrosanct, to be broken only under great penalty. Curiously, most photographers...
Sitka!
Hello All! About to get on a red-eye flight to Chicago from Seattle after spending the last 10 days in Sitka, Alaska teaching a Crossroads Photography Workshop. there will be more on the workshop in posts to come but I wanted to pop up a couple of my favorite images of the week.
What to Photograph in August
Are you lacking photographic inspiration at the moment, wondering what to do in the summer doldrums? For me, August equals dull- the thill of the spring and early summer is over and the joy of fall colors is still a couple months away. What is a photographer to do? Let me help. 1. Go to the coast, any coast, east, west or south. There is always...
Photography for the Greater Good talk
Earlier this summer I did a presentation in New York City at the Optic 15 photo conference sponsored by B&H Photo. The topic of my talk was Photography for the Greater Good- making a difference. I tried to illustrate ways that we all can use our photography to help image poor non-profit organizations further their good work. If this topic interests you...
Inside Wood
Just in case you were wondering what I have been doing these last few weeks I will let you in on my activities- I've been putting up my firewood. Yup, that's about it. I've done 12 cords so far- cut, hauled, split, stacked and admired- that's a pile of stacked wood 24' deep, 16 feet across and 12 feet high. Only 4 more cords to go to make me winter...
Wish you were here #2
Wish you were here! July 12, Central Colorado Rockies, at 9,000'. Shot with a Nikon Coolpix 340!
Wish you were here
Wish you were here! July 11, at 12,000' in the Indian Peaks, due west of Boulder, CO. Shot with my iPhone 6!
Photography according to Thoreau
Who knew that Henry David Thoreau would be the author of the best photography advice you would ever get? I didn't until I read it on an old t-shirt, the one I'm wearing right now, in fact. Yet I have been following this advice for many years. "Simplify, Simplify, Simplify" is what Henry David wrote. I have to admit that I don't think Thoreau was thinking...
Wish you weren’t there
That's right. I wish you weren't there- right smack dab in the middle of the picture, your ugly mug smiling at me blocking all the neat stuff beyond. Your nose is blown all out of proportion, your cheeks look like you just ate two squirrels and your head looks like a pimple that should have been lanced long ago. There I said it. I hate, hate, hate...
Getting to the Point
I was going to continue with my weather/photography related posts hitting bright sun, heavy overcast, etc. but even I got bored with the thought of reading them. So I'll get right to the point. Rather than deciding what you want to photograph and hoping the weather will cooperate instead see what the weather will allow and then photograph that. This is a...
Back to the Barn!
I was nosing around this morning at the farm and came upon these two gear still lifes. There are at least a dozen old barns on the farm and each one has stuff hanging on the inside walls- many have stuff hanging on the outside walls as well. The top photo is of a favorite location just inside the horse barn- a wall of tools. Notice the diversity of the...