Looking at one photograph at a time
While I was in Eastern China at the beginning of the year, I embarked on a study of the construction and changes occuring there. Thos photographers were subsequently labeled "industrial landscape photography" at the Palm Springs Photo Festival portfolio reviews. I must admit, I was tapping into my technical background, but I thought those phtotographs were... Continue Reading →
Hopefully you will not confuse the picture posted here (Lake Elsinore, CA) with Independence, MO, but I have not had a chance to process any of the images yet. Stay tuned! So we just finished a long weekend side trip to Independence, Missouri for a surprise birthday party for my sister-in-law. Nice when something like... Continue Reading →
My friend Ellen Butler just sent me a "heads-up" and provided a link to the Creativity Network. If you scoll down, you will find: Doug Stockdale and my recent SoFoBoBo book Places Amongst Us. very nice. I guess I need to update my web site with some of the images from Places Amongst Us. That will have to go on... Continue Reading →
Still working on the editing of the work from Eastern China. Seems what is working for me now is to concurrently develop the two series, with still the idea that they may come together. But one is a collection of found images while the other is set of found circumstances that help illustrate a project in... Continue Reading →
Yes, editing and more editing. Does the image capture my heart, does it have an emotional connection, does it work with my head and stay within the boundaries I have arbitrarily chosen, is it a keeper, dud or maybe I just don't know yet. The photograph (an instant recognition and reactionary shutter release) that has taken a brief moment to... Continue Reading →
I am where my emotional connection is developing with regard to my photographic projects from Eastern China, specifically the industrial landscape, such as this photograph. Kinda like the let down that occurs weeks, months or even years after a tragic life event occurs. At some point, the defenses are far enough down that the events wash over and... Continue Reading →
One thing that I have been striving to do is to include a stronger human presense in my landscape photographs. And seems that others have noticed as well. What I did not notice until it was pointed out to me recently, is that the people in the photogaph seem to be moving away from the... Continue Reading →
I received my other book production proof this week, the second book that came in is the second production proof of the softback version of In Passing. It was my first book production proof of In Passing last April that set me off to develop my POD sharpening book. I did not use the B3 custom color for the softbound version of In... Continue Reading →
I keep coming back to the couple of days that I spent in Xitang photographing the old water village. The 1200 old structures were very intriging, especially since this village is a not a museum, people still live here and continue their normal lives. But there are shops that do cater to those who come to... Continue Reading →
While I was on out on assignment today, my updated book Places Amongst Us was delivered. As you might recall, I was disappointed with color of the first production proof, it was like they had put the entire book in a tonal compression chamber; the shadows were blocked and the highlights were blown. It did not... Continue Reading →
