With Kodak raising (again), the price of their film stock, it doesn't make sense to use recreationally anymore. Over the years, I have developed presets inside of Adobe Lightroom to apply to my images. These presets convert a digital image…
A little photo experiment with the Hipstamatic.
You can learn the basics of any camera over a weekend. But it can take decades, maybe even a lifetime, to fully discover photography.
Just how good is the iPhone as a camera? Good enough for someone like me, a photographer for over three decades, want to sell off almost all of his gear. It is that good. I just sold off the mirrorless…
After decades of relying on Adobe photography software to host, edit and organize my archive, it is time to say goodbye. Photoshop and Lightroom are second to none with one exception- a subscription. With all the competition out there in…
How the hell did this software program help organize thirty years of my photography archives in under an hour? Download, install and sign up for the 30-day free trial. And we're off! I plugged in my 10TB external hard drive…
Coming to your e-reader in the Spring of 2023
Yes, I have re-upped my Flickr subscription. Time to fill up on that unlimited photos now.
Time to make the opportunity to review my backlogged photos, and a new opportunity for me to make new photos.
Not photo “editing”, instead, photo culling and photo curation. The art of choosing the photos you care for, the art of image selection. If I shot a thousand photos, which few photos will I select that I want to hold…
The frustration and anxiety caused by obsessing over what makes a “good” photograph is what prevents the majority of we photographers from evolving creatively.I am learning that the quicker I can focus on a subject matter or a theme, the…
There is no getting away from my love of photography and cameras. My favorite thing in the world is going somewhere, anywhere, and just wondering around pointing my lens at things. The simple act of doing so is like mediation…
2023 is the year I finally go RAID (redundant array of independent disks). After that, a dedicated photo file server. Then organize images with tags, keywords, geotags, faces. Easily searchable. Convert to the Digital Negative format and use as backup…
There are phases I go back and forth with in my photography such as mobile-only for awhile or a professional camera. This article will discuss my continuing fascination with iPhoneography and tips on how to make it better. Our iPhones…
I am a mixture of both casual and intentional photographer. Sometimes, the images come to me in a zen-like manner. I wait, listen and feel for them. Other times, I shoot deliberation and determination. I purposefully plan and will them…
