Tomorrow loved, just not today…
Oh, plays… theatre… things on stage… In the past years, you’ve seen Scrooge, Fiddler on the Roof, The Wizard of Oz, and… something else I can’t remember. Anyways, this one is…
Doom and gloom and garden lights…
This week is the University’s homecoming week. Spirit week. Whatever you want to call it. So there’s a load of stuff planned. And it just happens to be the build-up…
For what every music is worth…
What a great subject matter to make the 700th post on the Fledgling Photographer Blog! Concert photography is one of my favorite genres. And it looks like it will be…
Variety never gets old….
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ~Confucious I was told early on by my mentor Jeff Montgomery, the only…
…and in dryer times.
One day it is cold and raining and generally gross outside. Then, a few days later, its back in the 80’s, sunny, and everybody is out doing their usual thing.…
On moisture…
…and the one day it rains all month but nobody takes out an umbrella. . . I find it interesting what people carry in their hands. On a…
An unfortunate fall to bear…
It was one of those tough games to see end. On Saturday I drove a while with fellow photographer Jeff Montgomery and shot a football game. The team was on…
A third of a day…
Teaching a class on the “Rule of Thirds” bothers me slightly. Why? Because I break the “rule” more than I follow it. I teach my students the “Suggestion of Thirds” to…
Grass in still…
I hope the recent swath of black and white images on the blog have not dampened your mood any. Well, this one is back to the usual photojournalism. Sports photography,…
Exposure to tests…
If you weren’t aware, I teach at a university as an adjunct professor. For the test, a bonus questions on this first test was: “Within two stops, give the…
Fluttering by, staying home…
Portraits for an upcoming issue of my university’s alumni magazine… …you’ve been seeing them for a few days now. Its a simple story about the things that students use to…
And now to teach things…
Simple principles, really. If you are not aware, I am teaching a university class these days. Photography, of course, the only thing for which I’d be remotely qualified. These are…