Vacation is awesome. People think I take vacations all the time. I’m on the road a lot. People who don’t travel think I must be on vacation. Why else would you travel? But most of my trips are work trips. …
Creative: Wanna Sell? Think Subculture
I’m not saying I have something in the works. Who me? Most of what I do now is muddled, half-finished, testing samples of some sort or another. There is no time for a full-on project. However, I work with A …
Creative: The Octopus
I’ve spoken a lot about the differences between the online photography community and the traditional industry side of photography. I come from the industry side, so perhaps I’m biased, but I wanted to share a recent experience, and also share …
Adventure: Why We Fish.
I’m not talking about sitting in a lawn chair with a twelve pack of Old Milwaukee getting shit faced while staring at your bobber loaded with Powerbait. This isn’t THAT kind of fishing. (Please, please, please follow this link.) You …
Read: Birds and Volcanoes.
In a bit of a book desert at the moment. A combination of things. Travel, workload, future travel, and future workload, distraction, laziness, and perhaps a bit of bad luck, but this doesn’t mean I haven’t found some gems like …
Creative: Iteration
IT-ER-A-TION noun Silly sketches done while waiting for a call to start. Zoom time, as I call it. Those few minutes before when you need to focus on what the call it about. I like pressure. I like being asked …
Creative: Cover Me, I’m Going In
Yes, this is a mess. There was no summer solstice, and I lost count of how many things I don’t like about this spread, but that’s not the point. The point is, I’m making digital sketches in an attempt to …
Creative: Finish
Lots of dabblers out there. Folks who love to talk photography, buy books, attend shows, and submerge themselves in all things photographic, but never seem to finish what they are working on. Everything I mention is good, except for the …
Creative: RAW PHOTO FESTIVAL
Any reason to return to Menorca is a good reason. Yes, I said “Menorca,” not “Mallorca,” thank you very much, Americans who don’t know their geography. How many times have I had to correct my fellow Americanos in the dark …
Creative: PhotoVox, at Colorado Photographic Arts Center
When it rains, it pours. Since returning from Patagonia, I’ve done several talks and have several more on the way, including this one with CPAC. I’ve been a fan of CPAC for years, and especially like their program centered around …
Adventure: This is it.
This is it. This is my happy place. As you can see in the image, I’m somewhere in my thoughts. As you get older, you realize you need to stop and appreciate your immediate surroundings. You predict the future, but …
Creative: Patagonia by the Numbers
Total days in the field: 11 Total number of exposures: 1654 Average number of images per day: 118 First edit: 100 Final edit: Don’t know yet I’ve been distracted. Talks, lectures, interviews, and workshop preparation. Eight hours of upcoming class …