DISCLAIMER: For those of you who have sent books or are thinking of sending books or who are thinking of making a book and then sending it to me….don’t. It’s not that I don’t love you. I do. I love …
Creative: How I Got Here (Nikon)
I graduated high school in 1987. My friend David convinced me to sign up for a four month merchant marine “experiment.” (I have some great stories about Dave and this little “experiment” for a later date.) While onboard, I witnessed …
Read: Byline
Cristi Hegranes is from Santa Fe, which means everything she does is spot on. This place produces only the most sophisticated of human being, and I’m not biased at all. I am a trusted source on this people. Trust me. …
Creative: The Nook
I try to be organized. I do. I really do. My wife, however, is the opposite. My mother recently passed away, and when the funeral home called to ask if we wanted to save my mother’s artificial hips, those pointy …
Adventure: Van Questions
Last year felt a little bit like Band of Horses. Music I like but not something I would listen to if I was thinking of knocking off the local Kwik-E-Mart. This year, however, feels a bit more like Motorhead, or …
Adventure: What Have I Learned
Verbally assaulting a TSA agent can result in a fine of $13,910. That is so specific it must mean something horrible that will never leave your record and will ultimately cost you a lot more. A lot of things are …
Creative: Society of Photographic Education, Day Three
Permit me another aside. But this does connect with a larger conversation about creativity. If you can endure. There will always be those who strive to do more. And there will be those who are fine with the status quo. …
Creative: Society of Photographic Education, Day Two
The first part of this post is an aside to my time in photography school. This was spurred by running into a photographer named Judy Walgren. Judy is a friend, but perhaps even more importantly, was one of the first …
Creative: Society of Photographic Education, Day One
Daniel Milnor, a once-was, has-been photography student and competitor in the photojournalism world, reporting for duty. Dateline: Society of Photographic Education annual conference. St. Louis, MO.(The place with the arch.) Cold, cloudy. The day so far: up at 6AM, gym, …
Creative: Sagmeister
I don’t have many regrets. And trust me, it’s not because I have lived a perfect life, or because I did not made numerous mistakes along the way. I don’t have many regrets because I still feel like I have …
Creative: Things Are About To Take Off
You see what I did there? The title and this image, so together it makes my heart hurt. Those are all fake ducks. Artificial intelligence all the way baby, no need to ever experience nature again. No need to shower, …
Read: The Trail to Kanjiroba
Any book that is even tangential to Peter Matthiessen”s The Snow Leopard is entirely worth a read, so William deBuy’s The Trail to Kanjiroba was inevitable. deBuys is a local boy, but like the snow leopard, rarely seen. He spends …