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Atmospheric photographs

Atmospheric photographs

A quote I stumbled upon recently had me thinking about the concept of atmosphere when it comes to photographs. The quote is from Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer perhaps most well-known for activism in promoting photographs as pieces of art in the early 1900s. And...

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Autumn Equinox 2020

Autumn Equinox 2020

A side effect of being a bit distracted lately is that I completely did not register that it was the first day of Autumn (for us Northern Hemispherites) today. It took the mention of the Autumn Equinox in an email for it to spark an "oh yeah..." moment in my head. So...

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Winter Ice Storm

Winter Ice Storm

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...

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Thinking about twilight

Thinking about twilight

Ever since I listened to Craig Tanner's excellent podcast (now defunct) talking about the various stages of twilight, I have had this graphic in my mind. I finally sat down one day and created the illustration in Photoshop. While Craig describes exactly why it is...

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