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American Graffiti
I first visited Three Rivers, New Mexico in 2007, during a snowstorm and made Into the White. I had hiked in the snow and climbed the...
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Oh, Canada
I love your beautiful landscape and kind people. I have traveled throughout your countryside, to nearly every province, and created...
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Fine Art Prints
All of the fine art prints I sell are handcrafted by me, I do not use a print lab and nothing is outsourced. Each photograph is hand...
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Making a Photograph
People often ask, “How did you make this photograph?” There is no short answer, no secret recipe; I genuinely wish I could say, I did A,...
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Diversity
Forgive me; this is not about racial diversity. Creative diversity is extremely important for an innovative artist; I must keep...
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Printing
I cannot stress enough how important it is to print my photographs after I return from working in the landscape. Printing gives me an...
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The Problem with Cameras
Cameras are technical devices and, to a significant degree, can be configured to work in automatic mode with little input from a user,...
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Fuji GFX100
Before getting into my thoughts and experiences using the GFX100 and GFX100S cameras, here are a few photographs. I originally wrote the...
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What Is It?
While studying a scene or subject in my viewfinder, I often ask myself, What is it? What am I looking at? What is the subject? I want to...
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Creative Block
Sometimes I have periods of lackluster or limited creativity; authors call it writer’s block. It is quite frustrating to lose the ability...
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After Sunset
One of my not-so-secret secrets for a dramatic sky or brilliant colors is to remain in the landscape long after the Sun has set; the...
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Wide Angles
Camera lens technology is incredible; with a 300mm, 400mm or 600mm lens, I am able to make a crisp photograph of an object that is very...
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Fill the Viewfinder!
Did you ever look at one of your photographs and feel it was not what you originally saw? When I am in the landscape, working on a...
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Nebraska Dawn Lake
My game plan was to juxtapose the lake reeds with the emptiness created by the fog; an exposure of several seconds would smooth the lake.
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