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The "Rule of Thirds" is a commonly known composition guideline that most photographers and artists are familiar with. Of course, the term "rule" shouldn't be taken literally, I suppose the label just flows better than "guideline of thirds." However, there is another...
Winter this year, as always, brought another season of unique photographic opportunities. It really didn't seem to kick into gear until mid-January, but then it came with an assortment of storms, bomb cyclones, ice storms, and that popular term these days of "polar...
I find that when I am out photographing, there are certain things that tend to catch my eye. Ice globules or ice globs are one of them. I haven't had much success in photographing them though. They may catch my eye, but they always seem just out of reach. Ice Globules...
If the headline of this post has a hint of someone reeling a little from an open wound, I'd say perhaps you are not so far off. To date, I have filed DMCA takedown requests with Facebook to address over 200 copyright infringements. All of these involved a single image...
I think photographers are perhaps the only ones that might get a little excited when the forecast calls for an ice storm. I know I do, as long as I can avoid the normal anxieties that people have in these types of winter conditions with fears of lost...
Last year I began a task to start converting my old online galleries over to a new format based on Wordpress. It involves not only the behind the scenes moving things around organizationally, but a culling of a lot of images, as well as redeveloping many with my...
I recently went for a routine eye exam, an event not normally one of many surprises, nor worth writing a blog post about. As a typically nearsighted person, I entered the age where my closeup vision requires correction now as well. I once tried a...
I am pretty sure any photographer has been on the receiving end of this question from relatives or friends. Quite frankly, it is an easy question and a hard question to answer at the same time. So briefly, here are some of my thoughts on both. The Easy...
As this year comes to a close, I found myself once again engaged in a self-imposed tradition of sorts. I am looking back through my photo archives picking out favorites or memorable moments from the year, my 11th year in doing so. It is a year I found...