Play and the Creative Process
I’ve been thinking about the creative process recently. How do you get out of a rut? How do you find inspiration? If you’re not in a rut, how do you find the next unique image. I think play and experimentation are really important tools. When I’m out in the field and unable to deliver on my ...
The Valensole Plain
The Valensole Plain in Provence is a gorgeous place in late June and early July with vast expanses of lavender, buzzing with bees and filling the air with a sweet aroma. Undulating fields are broken by by patches of wheat or sunflowers. Add it to your list of places to see.
Inspiration
People are always asking where I find my inspiration. It comes from a lot of different places. Life.com just made things easier by posting their 2011 Photo Blog Awards. I’m a reader of several of them, and I’m looking foward to looking into the others. Inspriration comes from a wide variety of places. Spread your wings, ...
Equipment Fails…And Sometimes Your Process Does, Too
(Or just learn from my mistakes) What are your strategies to minimize catastrophic loss? I just got back from a weekend in Oregon shooting waterfalls and seastacks and generally having a really great time. More on that later, because what every photographer needs is a solid workflow and backup procedures. Equipment fails. Not all the ...
Expose to the Right – The Concept
Expose to the Right, or ETTR, is a term used in digital photography that suggests that your histogram should be skewed to the right to capture the most information possible. Here are the general principles: Think of a picture as a bucket of rocks. Your goal is to fill the bucket with as many rocks ...
The Light Diaries 