I was getting ready to leave and head back home when I decided I wanted a picture with my dad. Neither of us was feeling particularly well at the time. We were both having health issues, we hadn't…
Every so often, I come across a photograph that I know I wouldn't have cared much about years ago. Nothing dramatic is happening. The light may not be spectacular. There may not even be an obvious…
Twenty minutes doesn't sound like enough time to do much with a camera. At least, that's usually how I've thought about it. When I imagine going out to photograph, I tend to think in larger blocks of…
Every so often, someone mentions one of my photographs and catches me completely off guard. Not because I don't remember the photograph, but because I didn't know they had seen it. That happened…
Suppose someone found one photograph of mine and knew nothing else about me. What would that single image tell them? Podcast Notes:…
This was my perspective earlier this week. I found myself on the crow's nest floor with my feet up, trying to figure out what to do next. To explain how I ended up there, I have to go back several…
I recently attended a wedding as a guest, and afterward I had a chance to look through some of the photographs taken by the wedding photographer. One detail kept pulling my attention away from…
After all these years of photography, I know what will make me stop. A beautiful sunset can do it. So can wildlife, a waterfall, an old building, an interesting street, or a moment that suddenly comes…
For the last few weeks, I've caught myself doing something I don't normally do. I'll open a map and start looking around. Not because I have somewhere I need to go. Just because part of me wants to. I…
There is a strange point in learning photography when instruction begins to work against you. At first, advice is useful. You learn how aperture changes depth of field, how shutter speed affects…
