Photos above the rest…
I enjoy films by Alfred Hitchcock. One little clever trick that he employed regularly was camera angles that had, up until that point, rarely (if ever) been used. And he…
Love and hate for things that don’t matter…
We took a break during filming a little promotional today to let classes change and get the reverberations in the atrium in which we filmed down to anything other than…
Frozen wiper blades…
The winter aggravates me. If humans were designed for cold weather, we would probably have a bit more hair. Like, a dog or a bear… At least this time there is actually…
A warm sun on a cold day…
It was cold this afternoon. And even though the sun gives a sense of “warmth” to this black and white image, it is stark. The sharpness of the trees’ branches…
The dark above an umbrella…
Suddenly this defeat. This rain. The blues gone gray And the browns gone gray And yellow A terrible amber. In the cold streets Your warm body. In whatever room Your…
A solid portrait and a fragment…
Yesterday, I talked about portraits with un-boring backgrounds. Today, it’s a boring background. However… The portrait up top is an example of what I call a “solid” portrait. While the…
Editing the background…
So, I learned early on in photography that backgrounds are a significant part of the photograph. It is basic Photo 101 stuff to talk about “mergers” and distracting backgrounds. Now,…
Speaking to a distance…
I teach a Junior-level photography/photojournalism class at the University. Today we Skyped one of my good friends, Philip Holsinger. I think it is a positive sign when the class dismisses…
Saying things for everyone…
One thing I hate more than almost anything is speaking on camera. I don’t really even like to give interviews for print, either. Rarely is what comes out in print…
Cold places don’t last…
Except in the ridiculous latitudes north and south or around the equator, the changes of the seasons mark the passing of years. It becomes more apparent when another summer has…
Pyramids, traffic, and a misunderstood world…
If you’re just now joining me, I’m in Egypt this week. “Egypt!?!? You’re crazy! It’s so unsafe there!” It couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve been all over the…
To a year behind…
The year 2013 will be the first since 1987 to have no duplicate digits. Just saying… But 2012 was a pretty good year, double digits and all. It really was.…