Mining old images
Now that I’ve amassed a photo library approaching nearly 75,000 images, I’m finding myself going back to review my not so obvious choices. The one sure fire way to look at an image in a new light is consider playing with some preset.
When did your journey begin?
All of us remember our first kiss, our first real car, maybe even our first camera, but do you remember the very first image that spoke to you as a photographer?
Making of The Image Part 2.
Today’s blog is all about what goes into my processing. Selecting a final image to work with has a lot to do with composition, exposure and feel.
Keeping an open mind
It’s taken me many years to truly understand the phrase “art is in the eye of the beholder.” I think being a photographer has not only helped me tolerate, but more importantly, appreciate and accept many different forms of art.
Be Water My Friend
The ability to troubleshoot and improvise are every bit as important to a photographer as his or her equipment. So, when you’re going on a shoot always try to plan. Try to think of your shots in advance and plan accordingly.
Why do you take photos?
I’m looking at last week’s poll results and understanding that, yep, e.v.e.r.y.o.n.e. voted that they would take photos even if no one ever saw them. So, why do you take photos?
Would you still take photos?
How important is your viewer’s reaction to your work? Would you still take photos if no one ever saw them?
Storytelling
A few days ago I touched on the subject of using a photograph to tell a story. I’m a big believer that a well crafted photo can tell a story in a single frame. However, in many cases it’s a series of well framed photographs that come together to communicate our vision of the story [...]
Vision in the rearview mirror
When I was much younger one of my favorite things to do with my family was taking Sunday drives. We would load up in the station wagon and head out on some aimless cross county (yes, not country…county) trip in Northern Michigan. I would sit in the back seat harassing my sister, chatting with my [...]
John is an award winning landscape and travel photographer who splits his time between Chicago and Montana. His work has been featured in National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole. John loves the outdoors and traveling, and sharing his images with others.