David’s Blog
Photograph’n with Lisa- Part 2
I have photographed a lot of horses in my time- from old nags on old farms to prized thoroughbreds in Kentucky- so I know a little bit about how to shoot a horse. But watching my friend and professional fine art horse photographer, Lisa Cueman at work is always revelatory. Lisa works angles and perspectives that would never occur to me. I have always shot...
Photographing Winter
Time for the annual ‘How to Photograph Winter’ report, something that is written every year and the same thing is written every time. So lets get the obvious suggestions out of the way with little else said: it’s cold so wear warm clothes- hat, gloves and boots; don’t take your camera from a warm humid place to the cold, dry outside. It’ll fog up and...
Holiday Happies
Holiday Happies to one and all!!
2013 Workshop Schedule
Well I have finally gotten my workshops for next year figured out. You can find brief descriptions on my website for now, more detailed information will be posted shortly. Here is my thumbnail 2013 workshop schedule: May 21 - 26 Pacific Rim National Park, Tofino British Columbia June 23 - 29 Thinking Like a Pro, Manchester, Vermont July 17 - 21 Oregon...
All About the Light
I recently did a 3-day drive from Vermont to Colorado to be in the Rocky Mountain snow for the holidays. I know, I know, there are airplanes that will do the same trip in just a few hours but I like driving across our country and reacquainting myself with the ever-changing landscape. Three days in a car gives one a lot of time to think and while most of my...
A Plea
This is an essay from my friend Brenda Berry. I am sharing it here because I think it is important and beautifully written. Please indulge me and read it. It’s past time for me to do another blog post, maybe one of those ubiquitous year-end lists, or something about photo highlights of 2012, but in light of the shootings in Connecticut it all feels...
Twilight
Tis the season when our thoughts turn indoors and sugar plum fairies dance merrily on our photoshop keyboards. We really can't be blamed. It's cold outside! For the northern half of the country going outside during the pretty light of dawn and dusk means braving finger-freezing temperatures and turning our toasty tootsies to ice. For the southern half of...
Inside a Church?
I know, it's not my normal habitat nor is it my normal place for photography but sometimes you just gotta let all your rules go and and go have some fun. These are from inside St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. St. Peter's is the biggest church in the world...by a huge amount...and it is where the Pope hangs. The Basilica is beyond (just filling in any...
Arthur Cooper
His name was Arthur Cooper, although it seemed most people in the bar called him simply Cooper. He was an older gentleman, in his 90’s I figured, dressed as a solid New Englander- a checked, button down, LL Bean shirt with a beige cardigan and worn brown slacks- neat but nothing fancy. You would call him natty in his day but his day was mostly...
More from Venice
It was a dull and dreary rainy day here for most of the day. when the rain finally stopped it was simply dull and dreary. but I am in Venice so I went out and took some shots and then played with the windows of Venice. Nothing original about any of this but it occupied me and forced me to look at more of the details of the city than just the canals and...
On a Walk in Venice
I'm in Venice now. The train arrived last night, got to my hotel room at 9:30, in bed by 10pm. Sunrise is at 7am so at 7:15 I was out wandering the streets of Venice. I didn't go out earlier because the streets were too murky and since I didn't have any twilight intentions and was concentrating on street photography 7:15 was perfect. Even more perfect was...