The images on my dead memory card are ALIVE! All of them were successfully recovered thanks to Disk Doctors (www.DiskDoctors.com). They were fast and communicated with me daily during the recovery process. After seeing the recovered images, I am so grateful that I chose to save them. Yes, it was expensive ($750) but that was much less than… continue reading
Another Hard Lesson Learned in Death Valley
Beneath the Clouds – Dante’s View, Death Valley The wonderful thing about hard lessons is that they create such strong and lasting convictions. A couple of years ago on my annual Death Valley trip I was using my new Canon 5D Mk III and had hastily set it up before leaving on the journey. When I… continue reading
Moai, Sitting for Portrait Featured in LensWork
I’m honored to have my portfolio “Moai, Sitting for Portrait” featured in the January/February 2016 issue of LensWork. This is my fifth body of work to be featured and I’m very proud of that because I consider this to be the highest honor my work could receive. I respect this publication very much. If you’re not familiar with LensWork,… continue reading
This is the Angel Gabriel. I met him on the Newport Beach pier as he was eating French Fries out of a trash can. He was homeless and hungry. I asked him if he would help me with a photograph and in return, I would buy him lunch. The pier was very crowded and I… continue reading
The Intersection of Vision and Passion
Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia I’ve just driven 7000 miles in 22 days and during that time traveled through 22 states and 2 Canadian Provinces. That’s a lot of time in the car and it afforded a lot of thinking. And what I’ve been thinking about is Passion and how it relates to Vision. I noticed that… continue reading
What Does Bill Murray Have in Common with a Graphics Tablet?
Nothing, other than they are both featured in this blog post. Cole He’s Not That Interested in Awards I was reading a short blurb about Bill Murray and how he’s a possible Oscar candidate for his role in St Vincent, here it is: He’s not that interested in awards While he won a Golden Globe for… continue reading
Shutterbug Article from October 2015 Issue
Are you a professional or an amateur? And what exactly do those titles imply? For years I have heard people proudly call themselves a professional or apologetically confess that they were “only an amateur.” In modern times “professional” has come to imply high quality and of course an “amateur” does amateurish work. No wonder everyone is embarrassed to… continue reading
Recently while photographing on the the Oregon coast, a woman on a bicycle stopped and announced that she loved to talk to photographers. Her first question to me was: Are you a professional? In a split second my mind calculated the several different responses that I could give her: Yes. No. What is a professional? What does it… continue reading
My Thoughts On; What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Last week I asked: “What’s Wrong With This Picture?” Many of you guessed that I was up to something because I never list specifications and I never ask others about my work (it’s a Vision thing). So what was the real point of the post? It was that the listing of technical specifications detracts from… continue reading
