You’ve heard the old “Your oven makes great cakes” thing before, right? In a recent article a comment someone posted prompted this whole thought process in my head. I feel it is a topic worth discussing … again. The gear comment Here is the comment and my reply: “So, in
If you want to learn to make art, you should learn from artists. A few years ago I learned an important lesson by contrasting painters and photographers. Painters do an activity called “En Plein Air,” which refers to painting in the open air; photographers would call it shooting on-location. There’s
I have a confession: School was incredibly hard for me and I actually hated it most of the time. There were, however, a few classes that I really liked and excelled at, like Anatomy, Art and History. Looking back on it now I realize a lot had to do with
If you’ve been online in the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen people talking about the NFT art craze. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are unique (that’s the non-fungible part) units of data (that’s the token part) that live on the blockchain for different crypto currencies (mostly Ethereum). I talked to
With Luminar 4 on the horizon, the talk about the ethics of sky replacement tools has never been more in the forefront. I’ve seen several social media posts slamming the technology, for being unethical and not showing what real life is like. At the same time, I’ve seen just as
Making marketing pictures at schools is one of my favorites activities. There’s endless variety in subjects and every classroom offers unique challenges in lighting. Last week I was making pictures in Oregon for a longtime client, the schools foundation. They raise money to hire teachers for science, art, music, etc.
Alfred Stieglitz is a name many photographers may recognize as “a big deal” but also a name that they might not be well acquainted with. While Stieglitz sets a lot of things in motion for photography’s growth, I want to revisit his earliest days in photography. Beginnings In 1881, Stieglitz
Category: Street Photography Photograph: “Concentration” by Patrick Gorden The aptly titled “Concentration” by Patrick Gorden gives us an intimate view into a scene of an artist creating. The look on her face is a blend of intensity and love of her craft, a look seen on every artist’s face when
