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Do You Abstract?

October 13, 2024 - We all begin with a SOOC image. Everyone of us does. What is a SOOC image? It’s a Straight Out Of Camera image. One that...
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How And Why I See The Way I Do ~ Part Deux

February 03, 2024 - Between being exposed (yes, that’s a pun 😉) to the work of Jerry Uelsmann at an early stage in my photography, and then...
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How And Why I See The Way I Do

January 18, 2024 - This image titled, “I’ve Just Seen A Face Series ~ Metropolis (Tape residue on metal)” I was only able to notice and the...
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Nothing To Teach, And No One To Teach It To.

January 15, 2024 - The title of this post is attributed to Alan Watts who was an American philosopher and teacher of Zen Buddhism in the We...
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RAW On Screen ~ Ready For Your Closeup?

December 16, 2023 - It all started with a question, as many things do. A fairly innocent question: What is the difference between two comput...
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RAWPower: There’s A New Sheriff In Town ~ Almost

December 07, 2023 - A funny thing happened on the way to RAW photo editing: I met Gentlemen Coders. Well, not exactly and not in person, Gen...
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The Art Of Sensibility

November 21, 2023 - Sometime back I wrote a post about how photographers should not spend time searching for a “style” to set themselves apa...
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This Is Not A Face

November 05, 2023 - “Ceci n’est pas un visage” But it could be. With the utmost respect for René Magritte and his iconic image of surreal...
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Do You Have A.I. Phobia?

August 10, 2023 - Fear is a powerful thing, and it has a useful purpose in our survival. That said, it can best be utilized as a guide, an...
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A.I.? D.I.Y.!

July 15, 2023 - When it comes to creating (*generating) images using Artificial Intelligence tools, I ask students (really any photograp...
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A.I. and Ethics

July 11, 2023 - Are there any moral or ethical considerations to be calculated when using Artificial Intelligence to “create” Art (or is...
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A.I. and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”

June 29, 2023 - So what is all the uproar about Artificial Intelligence and the creation of images/artwork? I have a few thoughts 💭… No...
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It’s the LUT Life for Me!

June 23, 2023 - A while back I did a video tutorial on how I create LUTs using Affinity Photo to color grade images and import them into...
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One Lens to Rule Them All!

June 21, 2023 - Now let me start by saying I am NOT by any stretch an optics engineer, nor do I fully understand the physics of lens cre...
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I’m A Skipper

May 03, 2023 - I am a “Skipper”. No, not the boat kind, I skip software versions, and hardware upgrades on a regular basis (but not eve...
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How I Did It :: Used Film Post 1

November 06, 2022 - This is the first in a series of 11 blogposts in the “Used Film” series describing the thought processes, creative decis...
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How I Did It :: Used Film Post 2

November 06, 2022 - This image of a ram’s skull was fairly simple to photograph, it was in the “processing” that the qualities really brough...
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How I Did It :: Used Film Post 3

November 06, 2022 - If you are following this Used Film series in order, you’ll recognize the technique I used to get this second ram’s skul...
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How I Did It :: Used Film Part 4

November 06, 2022 - This image titled, “Feather, Stone, and Light” was inspired by the title track from the collaborative album of the same...
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How I Did It :: Used Film Part 5

November 06, 2022 - Ah, now this image I feel was truly inspired! What is it? Technically it was created as a background only for a watch ad...
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How I Did It :: Used Film Part 6

November 06, 2022 - This image was originally created for an editorial cover illustrating the human senses. This one turns up the notch on c...
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How I Did It :: Used Film Part 8

November 06, 2022 - This image, unique from the others in this series, comes from a 35mm Black & White infrared film negative re-photographe...
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How I did It :: Used Film Part 9

November 06, 2022 - So, you have to make a course to teach students about all the creative fine art possibilities of various Polaroid films.
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How I Did It :: Used Film Part 10

November 06, 2022 - So now we get to the place with Polaroid film where I spent the most time to master, the famous Polaroid Transfer techni...
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How I Did It :: Used Film Part 11

November 06, 2022 - This image I’ve titled “When Picasso Met Josephine” is the last in the Used Film series, and another example of using th...
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Zen and the Art of Aperture

October 16, 2022 - I love beauty and beautifully designed things. The adage that “form follows function” is true, and when both are in perf...
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I’ve Never Been Married… To The DSLR/SLR Camera Format

September 11, 2022 - I’ll be honest, I’ve never been married to the traditional 35mm film camera format, the SLR (Single Lens Reflex) and now...
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Aperture :: Iterations and Variations

May 16, 2021 - Picasso was asked, "When do you know a painting is 'finished'?," to which he is reported to have replied, "When it is si...
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Aperture :: And The Unsupported Image Format

April 05, 2021 - If you are an Aperture user (I know, we are a very small but dedicated and scrappy bunch), this is the one thing you hop...
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Tools Too :: Photography Gear Matters ~ Or Does It?

January 31, 2021 - A few years ago I wrote a post called "Tools:: On Why Gear Really Does Matter" and I have wanted to do an update, or at...
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What I Want ~ Aperture '21

January 12, 2021 - This post is part fantasy, but more importantly a really close look at a beautifully designed program for RAW image, and...
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Aperture, Noise and Film Grain:The Quest for a Filmic Portrait

December 20, 2020 - This final portrait edit was created entirely in Apple's Aperture software here at the end of 2020. Yes, I'm still runni...
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It's 2020 and Adobe Is Finally Catching Up with Color Grading

October 08, 2020 - So, it's 2020 and Adobe has finally started catching up with the color grading world of still photography. Catch this re...
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Is RAW Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?

September 15, 2020 - Not all RAW converters are the same, that's not a new revelation. When I was photographing in the analog film days, all...
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Creating & Using Custom LUTs in Affinity Photo and Exposure X5

September 06, 2020 - Creating and using custom LUTS for still photography is easy and fun using Affinity Photo and Exposure X5. (the above vi...
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The Case Against Subscription Software

April 24, 2020 - This is the third and final post in a series on photo software. A lot has been said and written about the whole Adobe mo...
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"He Of The Darkroom Eyes" ~ On Mentors, Teachers, and Senseis

December 13, 2019 - "Sensei: Portrait of Jerry Uelsmann" "You can do that?!" That was a revelatory question a young photography student nam...
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Learning To Love Layers

April 30, 2014 - Ok, I love layers! I'm not talking about the Photoshop Layers feature, although that is great and how most of us think o...
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Torn Between Two Lovers

January 27, 2014 - I've always smiled at the thought of American Poet Robert Frost's epitaph, which reads, "I Had A Lover's Quarrel With Th...
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We Were Mod Once :: Last Of My iPhoneography Books

January 19, 2014 - Feeling nostalgic for things we grew up with is as natural to humans as breathing. We're simply wired for nostalgia. Som...
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Reflections :: A 2013 Look Back And A Look Forward

December 18, 2013 - As this is the last post of the year, I can't help and do some reflecting on this past year, and looking forward to 2014...
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Are You "Seriesous"?

November 26, 2013 - Creating a new body of work can start with a whiff of inspiration from anywhere, and that inspiration can come to you at...
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"But It's Not A Portrait"

November 12, 2013 - These two images of my mother's hands are part of a new project I'm working on; a long term project to create portraits...
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Create Custom Textured Brushes For Unique Portraits

November 07, 2013 - Creating a completely unique and customizable look to your images can be as easy and fun as painting with textured brush...
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Got Film? Digital Photographers Now Have Choices

November 04, 2013 - To answer the question above, it can now be argued that "yes, indeed", digital photographers have film. Or rather "film...
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Forget About Finding A 'Style', Cultivate A 'Sensibility' Instead

October 31, 2013 - So what exactly is " style", and why are so many photographers looking for it? Put a group of photographers together: pr...
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Why Pixelmator Matters

October 27, 2013 - This post could be subtitled: " How's that working out for you without Photoshop?" All said, I have to say I'm only scra...
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The Fine Art Of Texture Overlays For Creative Portraits

October 20, 2013 - This two part tutorial on creating fine, textured overlays and backgrounds for creative portraits, is a companion piece...
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When Good Lenses Go Bad

October 08, 2013 - So, what to do when a good lens goes bad? Let me explain: The other day I was on location shooting portraits when my 17-...
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iPhone Tintype For Creative Portraits Tutorial

October 03, 2013 - This tutorial on creating tintype textured backgrounds and overlays for creative portraits was inspired by a recent crea...
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On Jobs, Apple, And The Pursuit Of Excellence

September 23, 2013 - Apple Wallpaper Some two years + since Steve Jobs passed on, his legacy for the pursuit of sheer excellence is still...
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Photoshop :: A Personal Declaration Of Independance

July 22, 2013 - With July seeming to be the month of great declarations of independence, (America's 4th of July, and France's Bastille D...
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"Excuse Me, Do You Know The Way To Paris?"

May 08, 2013 - Ah, Paris! City of Lights, City of Love, City of Culture, City of Photography. The history of photography, relatively sh...
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A Day At The Museum With Maggie Taylor :: Certainly No Ordinary Day

May 06, 2013 - I believe I fell in love this past April 20th, on the last day of Maggie Taylor's exhibition at the Polk Museum of Art....
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A Navajo Rose For Rosa :: And An Artists' Reply

April 26, 2013 - This post is a reply to a very well written response to my earlier blog post, "Who Is An Artist?" My friend Cedric says...
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The Problem With Numbers

April 22, 2013 - The other day, a photographer friend was talking about his " numbers", referring to his social media following. This bro...
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Who Is An Artist?

April 15, 2013 - For as long as there has been Art, there likely has been debates about what it is, and isn't. Not as often debated is th...
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Navigating A Life Photographic

March 27, 2013 - Navigating a life photographic, finding your way from first love to a life-long relationship of creativity is one of the...
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Every Photograph You Create Is A Self-Portrait

March 18, 2013 - If we really think about it, every photograph we create is a self-portrait. Notice I use the word create. Every image in...
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Feminine Ripples :: A Wealth Of Images By Female Artists

March 06, 2013 - It may be an old nut, the question of how "good", or how talented female artists are compared to their male counterparts...
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What Is In Your Photographic Kitchen?

February 20, 2013 - What is in your photographic kitchen? What herbs, seasonings and flavours do you most use? Like cooking, photography is...
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If I Were An Artist

February 18, 2013 - "If I were an artist... " how many times have I heard that from friends, and students and just folks in everyday convers...
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Why creativeLIVE Matters

January 28, 2013 - What is creativeLIVE? In short, it is a worldwide, on-line classroom for free while live, and during re-broadcasts, for...
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Filters, Plug-ins, Or Software?

October 29, 2012 - "Use filters and plug-ins!" "Don't use filters or plug-ins!" It seems everyone in the photography industry has an opinio...
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Autumn's Focus

October 22, 2012 - This time of season, many of us turn reflective and look back over the year, contemplating accomplishments and thinking...
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Dead Photographers Society

July 05, 2012 - Taking inspiration, and ripping out a page from the Peter Weir film "Dead Poets Society ", this is a follow up to my pre...
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Create Something! :: Notes From The Unknown Lens

June 18, 2012 - Shell Study I Every once in a while, hopefully not too often, we creative folks find ourselves in a place of deep funk,...
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On Blogs, Bling, And Big Jazz :: A Rant

June 08, 2012 - Believe it or not, there are people who bristle at the term Jazz. To them it is nothing more than a noisy mix of incongr...
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Ten Polaroids :: Creating Images With Malleable Materials

May 25, 2012 - The Navigation Legend:: Polaroid SX-70 Film I've created a new, one-off series called Ten Polaroids to showcase work cr...
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Note To Self #1

May 03, 2012 - Ever wish you could meet up with your younger self and offer some sage advice at a crucial point in growing up? Aside fr...
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Writings On The Walls

February 17, 2012 - When I started exploring the fine art aspect of photography, and imagined my first solo show of photographs, I liked thi...
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