Too close for missiles; switching to guns….

Film is fun again with the Sprocket Rocket

Sunday, June 5th, 2011 Posted in art, Blatherings, Photography | Comments Off

Several months ago I received an email from Lomo going on about this mysterious new camera they were coming out with soon, and being the consummate consumer and photo geek that I am, I decided to take the bait. After ...

The art within the craft

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 Posted in art, Blatherings, Design, Photography | Comments Off

What makes something art? Anyone who has ever been around artists, or is an artist has had this discussion at least once. What is the difference been an artist and a craftsman? This conversation has a tendency to become very pedantic, and ...

Against Digital Photography

Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in Blatherings, Op/Ed, Photography | 5 Comments »

Within the last decade, photography has seen an enormous influx of people and expansion at a rate that is very much akin to that experienced in the early 1900's when Kodak actively marketed the Brownie, making photography accessible to almost ...

Remembering my friend….

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 Posted in art, Photography | 2 Comments »

10 years ago, I took this image along the banks of the Klickitat River in Washington along the Columbia River Gorge. If you are familiar with that region of the Pacific Northwest, you know it to be one of the ...

A full day of Photoshop: Photoshop World Day 1

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Blatherings, Geeking Out, Photography | 2 Comments »

I eat this stuff up, I really do. Going to conferences is always a great way to get back in touch with creativity; both technically and artistically. So far I have sat in on classes about creative composites, Illustrator Down ...