Play when you can’t get what you want

A couple weeks ago we had an amazing moon lit night.  I thought it’d be a great time to out the camera and do some nice moon images.  But for some reason it just wasn’t working.  There was a bit of haze in the atmosphere or maybe it was me fumbling around with the wrong [...]

An Incredible Compliment

The other day I got an incredible compliment, but it was hidden in a matter of fact statement.  I went to an end of summer pool party for a bunch of youth.  Of course I took my camera because I enjoy photography and a pool party is a perfect opportunity to hone one’s skills in [...]

Down Day, Down Week

It’s amazing that something so virtual can have such a physical world impact.  Last week one of the drives in my Drobo reported as being bad.  I couldn’t replace it since the replacement drive just went in to upgrading the total capacity.  So I ejected the drive and began moving and removing files I didn’t [...]

The Photography Tip of the Week #076

Follow Someone 076 Photography Tip of the Week (audio) Think back to kindergarten when your teacher asked you that fateful question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  I don’t want you dwell on what you did or did not achieve, but I do want you to think about what you wanted [...]

What does “photo” in photographer mean?

Photo is a shorted form of photon or light.  What we as photographers use to create our art. Graphy is the art of drawing or image creation.  This doesn’t mean just still images. 80+ years ago film and photography was accessible only to a handful of people. Then around 40 years ago film became popular [...]

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