Negative Space
One thing I miss about working with traditional film is having a negative. Whether processing a roll, printing from it or just holding it up to a light for review, there’s something irreplaceable about the tactile nature of these actions. A digital tribute to an analog dream…
Grainy Elevator
One thing I’ve always disliked about digital cameras is pixel ‘noise’. It’s kind of like grain, but doesn’t have a lick of aesthetic value. In fact, if it’s in your photos it pretty much says you don’t know better or don’t care. With film, a higher ISO dictates the amount of grain in your shots [...]
3D MT Style
You’ll likely recognize the scene from today’s shot, but I decided to give the 3D action a little whirl. Neil Creek got me interested in 3D not too long ago and I’ve been playing around with the technique as it applies to larger landscapes. I know most of you will not be able to see [...]
Archive Dive I
Last evening I was going through some images from 2003, back when I was using my first digital camera. A 3.2 megapixel wonder, I disliked it quite a bit until I figured out how to manipulate the camera’s automatic settings to give me more manual control. After that it was a rare thing to find [...]
Swan Pond
This scene came about north of Livingston on a very stormy day in the Shields Valley. Taken on the same photo drive as Thursday’s image, we were actually chasing a small hole in a large storm that had settled over the region. We followed it for about 100 miles, always trailing behind and [...]
Last Stand
Another take on advancing shadows, this scene was along the Main Boulder route as I drove to the Natural Bridge. The clean, sharp edge of light gets me every time, and on this occasion it was no different. The shot had a high potential of being ‘blown out’, but a little drop in [...]
Obstructed Beauty
Inspired by Andreas Manessinger’s recent post on FineArtPhotoblog.com, I decided to shoot this image despite the bare willow branches preventing a clear view. He made the argument that sometimes you just can’t do anything about an obstruction and that you might as well use it. And so I found myself next to this [...]