The center of the known world…
And despite everything, New York will always be there. In all of its extraordinary glory. Travel to London, Paris, Dubai… still… all the others seem to pale in comparison to…
Art for art sake…
I think this is a dangerous trend… blurry photos. I was told of a story once from the Digital Journalist about the absurdities of blurry photos and artsy-ness. He said he…
Grounded places…
To truly know a place you must spend time on the ground. Now, I have been back in my hometown for a few weeks now. The year’s insanities have yet…
For the significance of a thing…
A number of times before, I have written, at length, the importance of photographs. This blog has become my photo journal. I suck at writing things down. From time to…
On “making” photos vs “taking” photos…
Quiet moments. I interrupt them with a soft click of a shutter. In places like this, the power transformers hum incessantly while the impossibly quiet crackle of a heavy draw…
The real and imagined…
You’re not seeing things… …that is Mac OSX running on an iPad. Well… sort of. So… as a freelance photographer and mobile photojournalist, I’ve always been slightly frustrated at the…
In a single image…
A suiting image, I guess. This morning, I looked at my schedule and saw three things. I thought, “Oh, not so bad for Friday of Homecoming!” By 1pm I had…
Some days you spend on the ground…
…and some days you don’t. It is a different situation entirely to photograph a place that you know quite intimately from a completely new perspective. The university sent me up…
Teachable moments…
Photography is not difficult. It is easy to press the button. Turn it on, auto, point, click. Its why I appreciate my friends in my photography class I teach at…
Learning from a learner…
Today, I began teaching a class at the university. Oh, what an experience THIS is going to be! I’m working for the University as the university photographer while my old…
Do you have a couple thousand hours to spare?
A while back, my dad read a book called “This is Your Brain on Music”. In the book, the authors cites a whole bunch of studies concerning “mastery” and becoming…