The Story Behind Every Photograph
The Story Behind Every Photograph…June, 2024
Most times, at least with my imagery the center or interest is clear with the goal of creating viewer's interest. Circling back around to enjoy the subtle secondary parts of an image lead to the success of all visual art. Other times, and this is image one, the mystery of chaos can be the driving force to "see" deeper, surely this is image is the latter. This single gnarly tree image is the result of a quadrant of trees that has long fascinated me to make an ultra wide-angle shot with my...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…May, 2024
These two married photographers and business partners were some of the very first people I met during my first Connecticut Professional Photographers Association meeting in October of 1981. For whatever reason I seemed to gravitate to the movers and shakers, and they to me within the pro associations. The closest photography friends I have 45 years later came from that very first meeting! My own B&W mentor, Jack, one of only a handful of passion photographers I have traveled with for...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…April, 2024
Participate in Beauty I grew up hearing two memorable metaphors my Dad would use to illustrate big picture lessons. I've used them in raising my own kids and put a high value on their ability to portray a concept or thought with words. Short snippets of language can so succinctly convey a much greater message. I became friends with Luther Gerlach several years ago when he moved to Connecticut. Luther is as connected in the photo world as anyone I know after working for the J Paul Getty...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…March, 2024
Three Moustaches As a follow up to a recent Story Behind, "my photography has enabled unexpected friendships" I wouldn't have dreamt possible. I'm blessed to call some pretty famous people in the photography world good friends, certainly the most charismatic of those friends is Monty McCutchen. We first met in 2004, I was a featured speaker at a national photography conference in Springfield MA. At the end of my program a younger man came up and introduced himself and said how much he...