I’ve been getting ready to print the images for the exhibition at the Center for Photographic Art that opens in March. The first thing to do was to nail down the sizes of all the images. The curators sent me a list of seventeen picks. They wanted all but one matted to 26 inches wide,… [Read More]

I saw this in Car and Driver, of all places. The source is Pablo Picasso. I think it’s a good thing to keep in mind when the little voices in our heads say, “No, don’t do that.” The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.  

From the mailbag: After 24, or so, posts, me thinks it is time for a PhD (push here dummy) summary…..that is a horsey, horsey, ducky, ducky, big animal pictures review of ETTR methods and what works best with what kind of camera…..dontcha think…?? I’ve summarized most of what I’ve learned about in-camera histograms and ETTR… [Read More]

Iliah Borg writes: Knowing that green is more sensitive, one of the tricks to equalize channels better while shooting with daylight/flash is to use a magenta filter, about 30 to 40 percent depending on the camera (CC30m, CC40m; P instead of m if the filters are from Germany). This will also improve colour reproduction if… [Read More]