David’s Blog
How to Write a Book
Since you didn’t ask, I thought I would give you, my lone reader, a personalized insider’s view of the hows, whys and wherefores of writing a book. I have done this 12 times in the past and I still don’t really know how it happens and I certainly haven’t learned how to not torture myself through its completion. Ok, you’ve decided you want to write a book....
Old Errors- even worse!
I just found this photo of the same bear that is even worse! Talk about composing in an uncomfortable way! I see this all the time during critiques and image reviews- closer is not always better. You've got to let the animal, or kid have space to move into otherwise it looks like solitary confinement! I should've listen to me! It was a thrill to be...
Old Errors
One of the results of me going through all my old slides and picking a few to be scanned (by Scancafe) is that I had some fun looking at old images and reliving old memories that had faded with time. The memories are always fond but not all the images I see are always perfect. Many, I now wish, shouldn't been photographed differently- they would've been...
Facebooking!
I know, who would've thought! Yes I am now active on Facebook. I've had a Facebook page for many years but I have not actively contributed to it but now I am. I will soon have the two linked so anything new on one appears on the other. My Facebook page is strictly a professional page- photography, writing, anything I'm doing actively in my career. There...
Shooting Transitions
It is that time of the year when Winter is mostly gone but Spring hasn't quite sprung yet. What's a photographer to do? I find that most nature and outdoor photographer, actually most all photographers wait for the perfect day, perfect situation before they start to take pictures. That of course makes sense but it sure is limiting and makes for a lot of...
Spring Photo To-do List
It's mid-February, the worst of the winter photo-doldrums and time seems to have stopped advancing as we wait for the photo opportunities of Spring. What is a photographer to do? Here's your To-do list: 1- Go visit your favorite Spring photo locations and scout them for any changes. Has the access changed? Has there been any winter damage? Do you see any...
Super Wildflower bloom
Just in case you haven't heard there is a 'super-bloom' for wildflowers going on right now out in our western deserts. It is due to heavy El Nino rains this last fall and the reports I have seen are that there are flowers in places that haven't seen flowers in a decade. Death Valley National Park has been mentioned frequently as has Joshua Tree and the...
Time, Space and Waves
A) Is it only me or have you noticed that there are a lot of drivers out there who have taken a fancy to backing into parking spaces? What's with that? It is hard enough for most people to go forward and get between the yellow lines but backing in? It doesn't take Einstein to figure out that it is easier and faster to simply pull into a parking space. It's...
Frost!
It has been suddenly so cold here for the past three days that all the moisture that was in the ground from our unusually warm winter has turned into beautiful frost patterns where ever there is the smallest bit of water. I went out for a walk and found a small puddle near a spring that was wonderfully etched with frost. Once again without my camera (will...
Trying Again
One more time I ventured out into the cold to try to improve upon my last image with the contrasty light. I was really going out just for a scouting trip but once I got there I pulled out my phone and took some pics just for fun. I went back when it was -18 out with a -32 windchill but it turns out that my mind was as dysfunctional as my camera at that...
Looking for winter
It's been a very unusual winter here in Vermont. Despite what you may have heard or surmised northern New England has not been visited by winter this year. The big snow storm that hit Washington DC and New York City delivered not a flake here (we have plenty of our own) and the last one a week ago missed us as well. Looking out my window as I write this...