New Rule!

New Rule!

I have a new rule when it comes to anticipating photography on a tourist trip- the better the pictures in a brochure the less likely you are to get them. This struck me when I signed up for a two hour puffin cruise along the coast of Maine this past week. The photos...
Photographic Puzzles

Photographic Puzzles

Have you ever been faced with the need to photograph something  that you have never, ever photographed before? (and get a good picture!) If you answered “no” then you need to get out of your comfortable little box and go explore with your camera something...

Oregon Coast workshop

I wanted to let everyone know that there are still a few places left on my Oregon Coast workshop coming up July 20 – 24. This is a great workshop with lots to photograph- beautiful lighthouses perched on rocky headlands, great tidepools, piles of colorful...
Autofocus Technique

Autofocus Technique

The fourth of July holiday has given me some time to ponder the last few workshops I’ve taught and think about what I have learned. Yes, I learn something on every workshop I teach- sometimes it is a better way to teach something or a better way to demonstrate a...
Shooting Like a Pro class

Shooting Like a Pro class

The Shooting Like a Pro class that Scott Rouse and I taught finished this afternoon and I must say that everything went very well. Most of the last two days we spent developing each student’s ideas for a project or two (or three!) and as I went around the room I...

A New England Celebration

Its been almost 12 years since I came back east so perhaps a bit of reflection is called for. Before I returned east, I grew up in upstate New York, I lived for more than 15 years in Colorado and Oregon and loved every minute. My first books were done out west, I...