Creative: Japan Looms

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Japan looms. In April of next year, we will return to teach a second workshop. Elena, Amy, and I, because of course, Amy will be there. Our first Japan class was good. Some would say really good, exceptionally good, or …

Creative: The Juice

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The juice is being in the field. That’s where it ends—the pinnacle of photography perfection. Just give me a chance to walk the streets, or fields, or beaches, or distant ranges. What comes before is interesting, too. The research, the …

Read: The Way Out

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Get it, read it. I love Craig Childs. I don’t mean I love him, love him. Never met the man, but his books live on my “all-time” list. House of Rain, Secret Knowledge of Water, and now The Way Out, …

Creative: Blurb and the Artist Book

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You know me. Where Dan goes, books follow. It’s been this way for my entire adult life, and if I want to get technical, this reality stretches back to my childhood when I used to steal my mother’s grocery list …

Creative: The Entire Extent

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I spend no more than twenty minutes editing a shoot. Okay, if it’s a huge shoot, huge for me, like Antarctica, or the upcoming Patagonia scouting trip, I might spend a bit more time, but on average, I walk after …

Creative: Morocco Test Book #6

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I am officially in love. Who knew? The Blurb Wire-O Notebook. WTF? You mean I can get a journal with my own imagery, and a wire-o bind for $15? Hmm, okay. You know my lust for all things notebook. Writing …

Adventure: A Day Out

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You would think it would be easy. I live here, after all. Northern New Mexico, in all its splendor, is right there, outside any door or window, but I can’t remember my last day out. Travel planning, meetings, to-dos, new …

Creative: Morocco Test Book #5

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As you might begin to suspect, when it comes to books, I walk the walk. I LOVE making books, and have since 1993 when I made a real effort to begin to put my work in print. This was after …