You knew it was coming. So when my old bud Tim at Kodak called me on Friday night and asked “You want one of the first rolls of the new TMZ?” I answered “Yes.” Wet met in the lobby of …
Read: The Survival of the Bark Canoe
So, am I going to build a bark canoe? Probably not. Would I like to? Yes, I would actually. Working with my hands isn’t something I’ve done since my youth, and even then it was mostly manual labor jobs. But …
Creative: Update from Mom
I sent this photograph to my mother and this is what came back. Unedited. (I’m lazy.) I think my first grade picture. There was no kindergarten. Miss Mosher was my teacher. I remember something disappeared from someones desk. Miss Mosher …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Final Chapter
The Book. Oh yes, the book. It has arrived. Well, it actually arrived more than a week ago while I was on vacation in Maine. The book then went on to survive a monsoon rainstorm while leaning against my front …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Chapter Twelve
EASY people. Whoa. Hold up a minute partner. Don’t go confusing me with someone who found religion, or even someone who went looking for it in the first place. My religion is TRI-X in hot Rodinal. Let’s just get that …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Chapter Eleven
Shot by a six-year-old first time photographer. “What’s your favorite animal?” “Horses.” “What’s your least favorite animal?” “Horses?” “What?” “You said that was your favorite animal?” “No, silly, I said SNAKES.” My afternoon with the six-year-old began. “Can I use …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Chapter Ten
Before we begin I just want to say how much I love doing this kind of work. I can’t say this is what I did in the past because my goals and working methods have changed, but the idea of …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Chapter Nine
I’m inside out. Yesterday another unexpected day. The carefully conceived plans, gone. Just get in the Jeep and take in as much as possible. A new ranch. An incredible place, not that high but so vast and so empty all …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Chapter Eight
Ignore the boring font and basic design. In a hurry here people. Okay, up early and not a lot of time. I’m juggling family, vast distances, local friends who are accommodating and the complexity that crowds are having on my …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Chapter Seven
Humans in Wyoming: 500,000 Antelope in Wyoming: 700,000 What more can I say? I’m in heaven, and I’m in love once again. This place does it to me. I don’t have much time, so this is going to be short. …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Chapter Five
So the book is coming along. A Blurb, 8×10 portrait book, designed in InDesign using the Blurb plugin.(It is awesome!) I’m thinking of using Proline Uncoated stock, and I’m also keeping in mind something NEW that Blurb has coming in …
Creative: Photography Advice, History and Looking
Hey, me again. Mr. Photography Helper. You can thank me now or thank me later. Or not. Please address hate mail to P.O.Box 666, Washington D.C. 000000. I’ll have my best people get right on it. On a serious note, …