Busted. Reading in the middle of the night. I’ve said this before but reading is a free education and one that most of us should take more advantage of. Less screen, more page. The truth is Americans, not all but …
Creative: Judging a Contest
I just judged a contest for “Photographer of the Year.” I won’t go into all the details of where, for whom, etc. Just know I was asked to judge and judge I did. I take this very seriously. Being a …
Creative: Palm Springs Photo Festival, Take Five
Day one of our workshop, and a day of books. At least at the beginning. This is our third year of teaching this particular class, but each year we change things up. This year’s class is a lecture, discussion, questions, …
Creative: Palm Springs Photo Festival, Take Four
Newsflash. I don’t work as a photographer. Haven’t for a long time. However, I’m still intrigued by the idea of being a working photographer in 2019. Why? Because so much has changed. You often hear horror stories these days. The …
Creative: Palm Springs Photo Festival 2019, Take Three
Today I had little time to think. This can be dangerous. I feel as a collective, as an industry, we are missing something. We are missing the greater conversation while we focus on other things that might lead to us …
Creative: The Palm Springs Photo Festival 2019, Take Two
Today was a bit strange. There was photography, yes, lots of it actually. And it ran into the wee hours of the morning, as things tend to do here at the festival. But for me, it was a logistics day, …
Creative: Palm Springs Photo Festival 2019, Take One
Every May I land in Palm Springs for the festival and sometime late on Sunday I see Jeff Dunas, the human behind the machine. I look at Jeff and each year I wonder the exact same thing. “How does he …
Yoga: Changing up the Routine
Change is good. I’ve been doing the same yoga routine for six years. The exact same one. This surprises many people but if you are a yogi you will understand. The physical routine is simply a catalyst for the mental …
Creative: Una Pura Verdad (A Simple Truth) Restart 2019
I’m moving. It’s official. Goodbye California, hello New Mexico. This is long overdue, at least for me. We were still tied to California due to my wife’s employment, but thanks to the heartless corporate world, her services are no longer …
Creative: The Worst Photograph Ever Made
I’ve come to an important conclusion. This is the single worst photograph ever made. This image was made from an airboat on the Texas coast during a duck hunting expedition my father and I undertook in the early 1980s. This …
Creative: Newswear Belt Bag
I like fanny packs. There, I said it. I’ve been using belt bag systems since the early 1990s but these systems have varied tremendously. One of the best setups I had was given to me by another photographer who felt …
Read: Without You, There Is No Us
This is quite a book. Suki Kim is a journalist who went undercover teaching the children of the North Korean elite. Ya, talk about not wanting to screw up. Several things I took away. First, the population is split between …