Photo as Poem

Photo as Poem

I have spent some time over the past year or so, considering how to make my photos tell better stories. I’ve thought about character, conflict, metaphor and setting, among other things, but listening to Ibarionex Perello interview David DuChemin on the Candid...
Imperfections?

Imperfections?

If wabi-sabi is the the beauty of imperfection than my house would be the picture in the dictionary entry! But I can’t really take a picture of the four-year-old size “dent” in the drywall, or the dog-scratched doors, or the monster-truck pitted...
Approaching Solstice

Approaching Solstice

We’ve lived in this house for ten years. I’ve been avidly (or should I say obsessively) walking around with a camera for six of those years. You would think that I would know the light in every nook and cranny in every season and yet I still find...
From Sketch to First Draft

From Sketch to First Draft

Woo hoo! Celebrate with me! I did it! I took an IG photo and spent a bit more time on it with my DSLR and got something that I’m very proud of! I can still see weaknesses and flaws but I did it and that’s what counts. And I learned a couple of valuable...
Silky Photo-Heart Connection

Silky Photo-Heart Connection

Is it possible to have a photo-heart connection with a photo that I don’t even remember taking? As I worked through the shots from March, I found plenty that brought fond memories of times with the kids, crazy March weather, fun photo experimentations and so on....

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