Chock-Full-O-Paper!
posted 10 months ago and has 1 comment
The digital photo revolution has brought many good things along in its wake. One of the wonderful creative options that you have as a photographer is paper. You may say “what is she talking about?”. If you go to the office supply stores, your opti...
Reporting Back from the Big Apple
posted 10 months ago and has 1 comment
I’m back from the gigantic PhotoPlus Expo in New York City, and I do mean gigantic. The Jacob Javits Center Exhibition Hall was full of camera manufacturers, album and self-made book companies (very big this year), tripod and camera bag vendors, i...
Autumn Photo Fun
posted 10 months ago and has 3 comments
We photographers sometimes get so wrapped up in our lenses, depth of field, assorted equipment and just plain “stuff”, that we forget to have fun. A good laugh and a playful attitude go a long way in making a pleasurable day of photography.
As I ...
As I ...
Leaf it all Behind!
posted 11 months ago and has 5 comments
Pardon the play on words here, but it is the time of year that focuses on leaves. Here in Maryland we are seeing the first glimpses of fall, as some leaves lead the march into color and change.
The air has developed a bit of a crispness, and the...
The air has developed a bit of a crispness, and the...
Leaf it all Behind!
posted 11 months ago, updated 26 minutes later and has 0 comments
Pardon the play on words here, but it is the time of year that focuses on leaves. Here in Maryland we are seeing the first glimpses of fall, as some leaves lead the march into color and change.
The air has developed a bit of a crispness, and the...
The air has developed a bit of a crispness, and the...
Divine Proportion
posted 11 months ago and has 0 comments
If you guessed that divine proportion referred to Marilyn Monroe’s figure you got this one wrong. The law of divine proportion is often called by many names: Golden Mean, Golden Section, Magic Ratio, Fibonacci Series, Phi and more. They all refer ...
Panoramic Photography
posted 12 months ago and has 2 comments
I’m frequently asked about how to make panoramic photos. In my book, Digital Collage and Painting, by Focal Press, I devote a whole chapter to the creation of panoramic images, complete with a fold-out page. Some folks would have you believe that ...
Welcome Anne!
posted about 1 year ago and has 6 comments
Celebration is in the air. We just became first time grandparents! The joy and awe are un-describable. Our grand-daughter, Anne, arrived a week ago, and I was fortunate to be present at her birth. What a miracle it was.
Anne was 16 days late and...
Anne was 16 days late and...
Don't Forget those Shadows!
posted about 1 year ago, updated 1 minute later and has 1 comment
Photography is all about light, wouldn’t you agree? If the light is right, all is good with the world. Photographers and artists go to great lengths to visit locales known for their fabulous light quality, like Provence, France, and Santa Fe, New ...
Photographing Flowers
posted about 1 year ago and has 7 comments
Summer is peaking in many areas, including our flower gardens. This is the time of year when we admire nature’s handicrafts. If the weather has been kind to you this summer, you may be rejoicing in over-flowing hanging baskets, sporting riots of c...
