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Why I like this Photograph #10

At the time of this writing, I’ve spent a few weeks with this photograph since making it. I find myself returning to it often and the inevitable question came to me. Why do I like it? Why do I continue to return to it? What is it about the photograph…

Artist’s Intuition

In many cases my work relies on intuition. More so in recent years than when I began my photographic journey. I was giving a talk to a group of photographers discussing my Convergence portfolio and the role that intuition played in making the work. I decided that I would accept…

Why I like this Photograph #9

This photograph is from a series I worked on last winter (winter of 2023) titled “Different Lenses” The goal of the project was to express photographically how different people see the same thing differently. This is my favorite image from the series mostly because it resonates deeply with me. When…

I always thought my edits were good

I’ve always thought my edits were good and for the most part they are. Recently I took a deeper dive into Lightroom and it’s editing, and black and white conversion capabilities and I’m impressed. With some masking and localized adjustments, I was able to gain a greater tonal range and…

Why I like this Photograph #8

Why I like this Photograph #7

This is the 7th edition of Why I like this Photograph.

New Interpretations

I believe that it was Ansel Adams who made reference to photography being somewhat analogous to music and said “The negative is the score and the print is the performance”. In the musical world there are many different interpretations, performances and arrangements of songs and musical scores. Should this be…