I recall sitting among the crowd for hours, waiting for the sun to set, listening to a U.S. Army band fill the air with patriotic numbers. I pointed a newly purchased wide angle lens skyward. When finally the 1812 Overture reached its climax, the whistle of the first firecracker pierced the music, followed by a percussion and streams of gold and green spilling down the night's canvas.
Some of the best photographers I’ve worked with and learned from employ a creative process that leads to stunning images. The process is innate, like a muscle memory, learned over time and through hundreds of thousands of shutter clicks. Photography...
This is going to be a quick but important post. And it might just help you persevere through these times. I’m no photo guru or distributor of universal wisdom. Like many of you, I’m struggling daily to maintain a balance...
It was long-past due. Our family (like many here in Pennsylvania) has lived in self-isolation for 11 weeks. Wow! It’s been that long? That’s truly hard to fathom. As you can imagine, the hair atop the heads of our three...
Everything overwhelmed the mind and nothing connected. A group of aspiring photographers sat in the pews of a seaside church, while our instructor, with his back turned, adjusted a studio light and then directed a model in a wedding dress...
