Welcome to my blog! In this blog I hope to talk about some of my photos. Why I did what I did and my thought process while taking and processing the image. Along the way I’ll discuss photography techniques and processes, do some gear reviews, make some recommendations on a variety of topics and talk about whatever else captures my…
As part of recent road trip, I visited Pedernales Falls State Park in the Texas Hill Country. It’s a beautiful area although it is not the stereotypical waterfall you might be expecting. Rather than a pronounced vertical drop, the Pedernales Falls flows over sloping, huge slabs of limestone through pools and channels. Unfortunately, when we were there, it was more…
A photo road trip can be a lot of fun. This is especially true if you travelling with photographer friends who share similar interests. Finding unexpected photo opps is always a joy. However, there is another joy to be found. Taking photos means you get out of your car and walk around. It also means you have a chance to…
White Sands National Park is a truly amazing place. The Tularosa Basin in southern New Mexico is home to the world’s largest gypsum dunefield. It covers about 275 square miles. More than half of this is preserved in White Sands NP. Imagine dunes of pure white sand as far as the eye can see. It’s a photographer’s dream. The curves…
The Prada Marfa store is not what you normally expect to find in the west Texas desert. After all, Prada is an Italian luxury fashion house specializing in leather handbags, shoes and other fashion accessories. Think very expensive items and the movie “The Devil Wears Prada“. However, there it is, a small building along the side of the highway in…
There may be a great learning resource near you hiding in plain sight. I’m talking about your local art museum. I believe that you can learn a lot by studying other photographer’s work. So, if you are going to study photographs you might as well study great ones. Luckily, there’s a place you can go to do this; an art…
Talent is an elusive thing. We are in awe of and envy people who have talent. We all wish we had it. It is viewed as a “gift”; some innate property that the talented were fortunate enough to be born with. Although we all have different talents and degrees of talent there is perhaps an often over-looked component in nurturing…
My photo’s title, “Walking Through Darkness With Thoughts Full Of Colors” is a quote is from poet, Prajakta Mhadnak. It’s a shot of a man sitting on a sidewalk barrier playing music. The music, the spring flowers, the nice day, his colorful clothing all sent a message of joy and contentment. However, his posture sent a completely different message. This…
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building is the latest addition to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) campus. Completed in November, 2020 the Kinder Building increased the overall MFAH exhibition space by nearly 75 percent. The distinctive architecture includes a façade of vertical, translucent-glass tubes. As a result, the building stands out from all of the other buildings in…
Most photographers don’t fully understand how ISO affects noise in their camera. That’s because most of us have been taught that we don’t really need to think that much about it. Specifically, we’ve all been taught that noise increases as you increase sensor sensitivity (or ISO) setting. The chart to the right, illustrates this perception. As a result, the “rule”…