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Why I Don’t Disclose Wildlife Locations

October 17, 2011 Philosophically Speaking

You may have noticed that with many of my posts, I describe the location of my photos in most general terms. There’s a reason for this, and it has nothing to do with hoarding a choice photography spot. In fact, most places where I’ve photographed wildlife are quite open to the public and well-known by [...]

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Wildlife Photography on a Budget

February 8, 2011 Photography

Here’s a great way to make a photographer happy: After viewing her photos, say something like “wow, you must have really great gear.” Everyone knows photography is not about the gear. Right? Well, it isn’t . . . but sometimes it is. Artistic vision is definitely not about the gear. And you’ll rankle a lot [...]

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Faces in Food

April 23, 2010 Studies in Vagueness

If I could find more faces in food, this would be a regular series.

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59 Minutes with the Raynox

April 22, 2010 Bay Area Faves

That means 59 minutes of lunch hour when I could have been eating, drinking, working, napping but was instead, roaming a garden with my FZ50 and Raynox in hand.

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High Voltage

March 27, 2010 Structures

This photo is simply the result of looking for a different angle on an electricity pylon.

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A Cat Illustrating “Frame Within a Frame”

March 9, 2010 Domestic Animals

Composition is complex. It’s not that the simple rules — like the Rule of Thirds — are so tough to grasp. It’s that the learning curve from first applying rules to then breaking rules is one chocolate mess of subjectivity.

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The Expanding Universe of Creative Commons

March 8, 2010 Birds

The biggest bennie of attaching a Creative Commons license to your work is the unanticipated adaptation of that work in a share-alike universe. What? That is to say, I love the chain reaction that ensues from a single act of licensing — seeing the places your work travels, usually with proper attribution and adherence to [...]

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Studies in Vagueness: Droplets

March 3, 2010 Photography

This might be what I love most about my camera: it makes something interesting out of the most banal objects. Here’s where I started . . . with a lonely and neglected patio table getting pummeled by hail. Finding the Angle That’s obviously a mundane shot. Just like any written piece, a photo should tell [...]

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50 Ways to Shoot A Tennis Ball

February 27, 2010 Photography

“The depressing thing about tennis is, no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.” ~ Mitch Hedberg Rubber + Adhesive + Felt + 12psi = the following photo gallery. Rain puddles and tennis are comfort associations for me. Spring was about outdoor tennis in the Northwest . . . [...]

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Showdown at Berkeley Marina

February 24, 2010 Domestic Animals

“This country ain’t big enough for the two of us. So I’m giving you ’til sundown to get out of town.” ~ The Virginian

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Waiting Up for the Wolf Moon

January 30, 2010 Moon

The ideal time to photograph a Wolf Moon is at moonrise, along the horizon, when the illusion of size will be greatest. At moonrise yesterday, we were socked in with drizzle, clouds and brume. Even though I missed the classic horizon shot, I still wanted a glimpse and capture of this Wolf — a near-full [...]

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Itten’s Contrasts – Day 8: High/Low

December 30, 2009 Photography

Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. High: Low: High and Low

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Itten’s Contrasts – Day 7: Smooth/Rough

December 29, 2009 Photography

Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Smooth: Rough: Smooth and Rough:

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Itten’s Contrasts – Day 6: Much/Little

December 28, 2009 Photography

Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Much: Little: Much and Little:

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Itten’s Contrasts – Day 5: Moving/Still

December 27, 2009 Photography

Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Moving: Still: Moving and Still:

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Itten’s Contrasts – Day 4: Straight/Curved

December 26, 2009 Photography

Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Straight: Curved: Straight and Curved

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Itten’s Contrasts – Day 3: Transparent/Opaque

December 25, 2009 Photography

Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Transparent: Opaque: Transparent and Opaque:

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Itten’s Contrasts – Day 2: Heavy/Light

December 24, 2009 Photography

Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Heavy: Light: Heavy and Light:

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The 12 Days of Itten’s Contrasts – Day 1 (The List)

December 23, 2009 Photography

It’s an age-old exercise but I’ve never completed it . . . so, I thought I’d take the holidays to work my way through the list of Itten’s Contrasts, inspired by Michael Freeman and his book The Photographer’s Eye. (I wrote a bit more about Itten’s Contrasts here.) Itten’s Contrasts Here’s the list of Itten’s [...]

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It’s Not Imbalanced . . . It’s Itten

November 22, 2009 Photography

I’m becoming a curmudgeon and I’m not happy about it. I vacillate between the extremes, one day a sentimental fool, the next day, a hard-wired cynic. It’s not that illogical (or chemically imbalanced) when you consider that cynicism tends to be the flip side of idealism. You’d think I’d embrace this by now — that [...]

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