David’s Blog
Off to Kenya!
I am off to Kenya tomorrow on a trip to support a friend's non-profit organization, I-KODI. I will be taking the photos they need to more effectively tell their story and to energize their donors. I will also be following up on the Luci Lights I sent to I-KODI last year to see they are being used, how they are holding up and what effect they are...
Dunes!!!
I love dunes!! No, really. I really, really love dunes!! there is so much to photograph- the abstract ripples, the incredible leading lines, the ever changing light, the fascinating little details- beetle tracks, dead wood, blowing sand- and the sensuous forms- the dips, hollows, curves, bulges- WOW! It would be fun to do just a dunes workshop- 4 days of...
In Death Valley!
Out in Death Valley National Park for my last workshop of the year! So far so good- I haven't incapacitated anyone and no one has taken a shot at me. Here are a couple of shots I took out in the park the day before the workshop started. We are heading out there tomorrow morning (4:30 wake-up!!) with clear skies and I hope enough overnight winds to clean...
Dining with Walt!
We should all go out dining with Walt Don't hesitate, linger or halt 'Cause with camera hand His vision is grand He sees the simple gestalt!
Vermont Workshop Review
Vermont had both a beautiful and difficult fall color season this year. On Saturday, October 4 the color was magnificent- great reds, golds and strong oranges were everywhere. This was the peak day this year in mid-Vermont, about 7-10 days earlier than the traditional peak color. For the 14 years I have been living in Vermont the peak color has varied from...
Maine Workshop Review
I have just returned from another wonderful workshop on the Maine coast and Acadia National Park. The weather was pretty good other than one early morning of rain that we turned into a tasty breakfast for the class at Jordan's in Bar Harbor. The biggest potential problem was the idiotic government shut down that the children of our congress finally ended....
Jersey, My Way
Will you look at this! Cows that are neither black or white or black and white! They are brown!!!!! Who knew that cows came in colors? Why didn't someone tell me? Okay, some photography for you purists out there- 70-200mm lens shot on the longer side, high overcast for nice soft light (essential!), nice background because of the...
Photographing Phall!
It's that time of the year again- time for my Tips to Photographing Phall! You should know that these tips are the same tips that I wrote 20 years ago for an article in Outdoor Photographer, 10 years ago for New England AAA and 3 years ago for this blog. It's not that I can't think of anything else to write, it's that fall doesn't change and neither does...
My New Friends!!!
So I am out wandering around the four farms that I am photographing here in Danby with every intent to follow what is on my shooting list- landscapes- and to work deliberately and efficiently when my eye catches on a small herd of angus cattle tucked into the shade of an old barn. Perfect, I think- I need pictures of these animals and they are in the...
Back on the Farm!
Well, I'm back on the farm, annoying people who are trying to do their work by poking a camera in their face and asking endless questions. Ahhhh, it feels great. I'm am sure the farmers would disagree but they don't have any choice but to cooperate- I don't go away easily! Smokey House Center is a 5,000 acre conservation and ag. education foundation right...
Death Valley Workshop!
There are just a couple of places left on my Death Valley workshop I am doing with Brenda Berry November 13 - 17. It is a nice small group (all returnees!) so Brenda and I will have lots of time to spend helping people out when we are photographing and class sessions won't be as jammed packed with things to do. But most importantly you should come to...