Journal | A genius, so to speak, for sauntering

Today we're going to look at one of the tiny little marvels of fluid dynamics that happen in front of us everyday in those invisible fissures of time that elude our vision. What follows is one way to shoot water drop photos

These are very easy to make, require minimal gear, and you can end up with some surprising and beautiful results.

The tools we use effect us more than we like to admit. We are so accustomed to working on computers that we tend to forget that the interface of a modern operating system is little more than a set of visual metaphors.

Some notes regarding color categories, perception and language.

Shooting still life photos with some very old Polaroid 4x5 film

Using flash and portrait techniques is useful in landscape photography too and the Nikon CLS system makes it really easy

What is most interesting from the point of view of a photographer, however, is the way Barocci has lit his subjects. It looks surprisingly like electronic flash. For a photographer this is a common backlight situation; although somewhat obscured by clouds

Music school provided a great photography education; that's where I learned to practice. And you do learn to practice. Practice in itself is a skill. Yet photographers are generally not taught how to practice.

I've been away again for several weeks in Wyoming pursuing some personal work which included among other things photographing behind the scenes at the Cody Stampede Rodeo. I'm back home for a while and will be editing photos and making blog postings here…

I've been broadcasting dead air here while I was in Texas shooting a large assignment for the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These kind of jobs are the reason I am photographer—to ...

Although it's been years since I've loaded a roll of 35mm film into a camera, I still shoot some transparency and b&w film in large and medium formats. I like the options my 4x5 camera affords and the digital options in large format

Summer. High noon. Hazy, piercing light. Those are the conditions in the above photo. You can see the disastrously sharp, contrasty shadows on the back of the saddle and the bright flare from the latigo holder. All common wisdom about ...

This image was shot for DePaul University's admissions material. It is part architectural photo and part environmental portrait. The fun part of this image is dealing with three light sources: the natural light in the windows, the tungsten stage and ...

The above photo shows an interesting way of dealing with an enormous canvas print. The print was created on an epson 11880 printer and printed on Breathing Color's Chromata White canvas. The print uses the full width of a 60 ...

If you look for advice on panning techniques for still photography you will find countless images of race cars and cyclists. One of the virtues of cars and bikes when it comes to panning is that they move essentially in ...