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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
When I was doing the post-processing on “First Light“, it was like meeting an old friend I hadn’t seen in a long time. There is a certain comfort with the familiarity of the things that remain as you once knew them. But at the same time, some things have changed. They are new and you…
The morning light at Pennzoil Place is a gift to photographers. The light plays with the shapes and angles to create beautiful and ever-changing vignettes to stimulate your imagination. This iconic building stands out in the Houston skyline. Wikipedia cites it as “Houston’s most award-winning skyscraper and is widely known for its innovative design.” Wikipedia…
I was recently reminded of a quote by French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal. He said “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” The fact that this quote (or variations of it) are attributed to a number of different people speaks to the significance of what it is…
