My wife and I returned from a rather long trip to Washington DC, Long Island NY, Connecticut and Pennsylvania for a combination of family functions, photography, and work. I would say that about 2/3 of the trip represented cold, cloudy and rainy weather. However there were enough sunny days for me to obtain some decent images.
Most of the lighthouse images are of the Fire Island Light on Long Island. I found it to be a rather photogenic light and I

It is prophetic that Ken Burn’s latest production deals with the history of our National Parks. In Mr. Burn’s documentary, he highlighted the fight that has taken place over the years between private commercial interests and those of the larger good of our society. The benefit of our campaign extends to future generations who are not denied the ability to know and share with us the natural glory and historical tradition the National Park System encompasses.
Starting most notably with Yosemite

Having begun shooting in the days of film, I must admit that I have had this long established process of capturing images and  reviewing them after they were in my computer, whether it was a workstation or laptop; kind of the same process as with film. In my just completed trip to Arizona, I was committed to using live view; the Canon terminology for viewing the image ,”before” taking the picture. With Live View, one is able to “see” the

Just got back from a trip to Scottsdale to see family and a chance to enjoy some warmer weather. While down there, I had a chance to drive up to Bartlett Reservoir and photograph some of the Sonora Desert wildflowers that were in full bloom. Thanks to the Desert USA web site and their wildflower report, I would never have known to search this area. As it was, getting to Bartlett Reservoir was an hours drive form the family’s place

I though I would put together the cost for me to develop this WordPress site. Not included in this figure is my time in developing it, but I am not a programmer or developer. I do have a very limited knowledge of web site design and I am willing to get my hands dirty. That does mean that one makes mistakes, but if one fallows a process of backing things up and making copies before experimenting, you always have a

It is not that I haven’t known that iPhone/iPod Touch apps existed before even though I do not presently own an iPhone. As a Verizon user, I purchased an iPod Touch last year to install a couple of photography apps to use out in the filed, one being a Depth of Field calculator and the other was the On One app for controlling ones camera. However, with the introduction of Robert Giroux’s Easy Release, an app designed to allow photographers

Well, I have my new web site up and running. Some final tweaking to do, but essentially it is finally done. An interesting transition from an html site to a one dependent on the WordPress Blog structure. The advantage of using WordPress is that there are so many templates available either for free or for a nominal price. I ended up using a template from Viva Themes to give me a jump start on the the process.
Then there comes

Since my wife joined the Board of Trustee’s for Wilson College, the women’s college she attended in south Central Pennsylvania, I have the advantage of tagging along with her  three times a year. This year found us slotted between two storm systems. I was hopping  for snow but we got  warm weather. One sunny day I was able to get out and get some nice images of the country, barns and some horses.
Here are some of the images from this

Quite by accident, I stumbled upon Ian Roberts’ book Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to dramatically improve your paintings as I browsed a local art’s store looking for some printing supplies. The timing could not have been more appropriate as I found myself at a point where I was questioning my composition techniques and felt I needed a push from someplace. I was so impressed with this book that I ended up buying several additional copies and sent them to

“The more you understand what inspires you, the more readily you can put yourself in its path”  David duChemin

This is the beginning of a long discussion on the art of photography, what other professionals are shooting, a study on composition and a look at creative authenticity, just to name a few of the topics. I intent this discussion to be different from what other photographers have presented and some of it will be a compilation of their written thought. However,