This isn’t the picture I intended to get the day I visited Galveston Island. My intent was to photograph Stewart’s Mansion and old abandoned mansion. It is a 8,200 square foot Spanish colonial mansion built in 1926 complete with beautiful woodwork and inlaid tiles from what I could see in photos. Most notable thing the…
This photo always brings fond memories back for me. They are not for the Chicago theater even though it’s a Chicago cultural icon. They aren’t for what it took to get the shot. Rather, it is about the fond memories for Chicago and John Prine. Back in November, 2016 my wife and I were in…
The CBS News program, “Sunday Morning”, had a great story this past Sunday (Nov. 29th). It’s about 20-year-old Canadian photographer Leah Denbok who has been photographing homeless people since she was 15. She’s really quite good. Her portraits are hauntingly beautiful and really give a face to the homeless who we often treat as invisible. …
When I decided to start blogging about photography and my images, I wasn’t sure where to start. And then I remembered the old cliché “Start at the beginning”. So here goes. This photo represents a number of “firsts” for me. It was first photo that I thought had the potential to be something worthwhile when…
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…
