I’ve been a National Geographic reader since I was a youngster, and I’ve always been terribly fascinated by the aerial photographs found within its pages. I never did learn how to fly (nor have I tried), and although I took up mountaineering and rock climbing, the view and feel just isn’t quite the same.
Although aerial [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Aerial Photography
Posted in Photographers, tagged aerial photography, Alex MacLean, Bradford Washburn, photos, pictures, William Garnett on December 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Rats, a Cat, and a Rottweiler
Posted in Animals, tagged cats, photo, picture, Rats, Rottweiler, Santa Fe on December 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I know, it’s awfully cutesy, but hey, I love animals, and this just isn’t something you see every day!
Santa Fe, New Mexico, across the street from the Andrew Smith Gallery.
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Mojave
Posted in Animals, tagged Mojave Desert, photo, picture, pit bull, rescue on December 5, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Three years and a month ago, I took on the biggest challenge of my life. While driving home from an extended photography trip in Southern Utah, I spotted a wandering dog on the southbound side of Interstate 15 about fifteen miles east of Baker, California (the southern gateway to Death Valley). Seeing that she was [...]
Broughton Quarterly
Posted in News, tagged article, black & white photography, Broughton Quarterly, California desert, interview on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s a real honor to have not only a cover photograph, but also a well-written interview by Matt Katz in the Winter 2007 issue of Broughton Quarterly (a seasonal travel magazine published by Broughton Hospitality). The article focuses on my black & white photography of the California desert, and also features several additional photographs.
You can [...]
The Maximum D.O.F. (Depth of Field) Myth of Landscape Photography
Posted in Articles, tagged article, depth of field, DOF, Guy Tal, landscape photography, maple tree, maples, photo, picture, Wasatch Mountains, workshops on December 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There exists amongst many landscape photographers a notion that all landscape photographs must be razor sharp near to far – f64 and be there (not!). Unfortunately, this one-size-fits-all approach to landscape photography quite often increases the visual complexity (busy-ness) of an image and creates visual competition amongst its elements. Most importantly, displaying everything in the [...]