I recently returned from my first workshop/photo tour in Iceland in conjunction with the great people at Focus on Nature. When most people think of Iceland, they think of an amazing natural geological, geographical, geothermal landscape. And while we not only explored those aspects of this phenomenal country, we also took advantage of photographing the “local color”… the…
Trailer for my new video from the Santa Fe Workshops
trailer for my new video for Santa Fe Workhops…
My Inspirational Video from the Santa Fe Workshops
New Orleans, A Sense of Place
Click on this title New Orleans, A Sense of Place to view a slide show of my participants work from our New Orleans workshop. Enjoy!…
The Teachable Moment
From a recent interview with Barry Tannenbaum for Nikon: The Color of Light is the title of Arthur’s workshop and it deals, naturally enough, with photography’s relationship to light and color. But it also deals with the esthetics of seeing. The people who attend are generally advanced amateurs and intermediate shooters; some are pros. “What…
Story Telling
People,cultures, landscape, architecture, industry, politics are all defined by their environment. And each of these topics helps define a place. In creating photographs that illustrate a “sense of place” it’s important to approach your subject like a story teller. Each image needs to help convey a message and, at the same time, build on each…
Playing The Hand Your Dealt
In defining a “sense of place” we face all kinds of obstacles. One of the major issues can be weather. Many photographers don’t even bother to go out if the sun’s not shining, it’s snowing, raining, foggy, etc. But it’s something we have no control over and you have to learn to “play the hand your dealt”.…
my last shot on my last roll of kodachrome
Today I received my last roll of Kodachrome film back from the lab. It was a strange feeling because since “going digital” five years ago, I haven’t shot a roll of film. But, when it was recently announced that Dwayne’s Photo Lab in Parsons,Kansas (the only Kodachrome processor left in the world) was going to…
Iceland Workshop/Photo Tour
Like many of you, I have never been to Iceland, but I can’t wait for this trip… it’s going to be a fantastic adventure! This particular photo tour/workshop is designed to capture a “sense of place”. Where other classes go there to shoot landscape, we’re going to be photographing the local people, culture, architecture, etc. and…
A “Roast” to my friend Jay Maisel on his 80th Birthday
Since we’re all aware of Jay’s brilliance as a photographer, teacher and mentor, I think that this is probably the time and place to share some personal observations and feelings about him: I’ve known Jay for over thirty years and he’s always been more like the older brother I never had… occasionally giving me advice…