The Story Behind Every Photograph
The Story Behind Every Photograph…January, 2026
Happy New Year, wishing One and All a Healthy and Prosperous 2026 Occasionally since around 2015 I'd begun to think of myself as a "Film Snob"...my phrase, but rooted in my belief Film and Wet Processed prints were the gold standard. After 40+ years a B&W film photographer I've taught advanced film processing to photographers visiting my darkroom from Canada, Europe and South America. My videos call home on 5 of 7 continents worldwide and a tenured college photography professor of...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…December, 2025
Monument Valley Lightning Strike As 2023 rolled over into 2024 I began to stare down the reality that I would completely transitioned to digital capture. A 6 week trip was planned with my youngest son and his family to the Southwest for June of 2024. VicMom and I would spend the first 4 weeks in Yellowstone NP, up thru Montana and into Canada. At this point I had Sony's most powerful mega pixel camera and I would borrow a 5x7...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…November, 2025
Bentonite Hills, RT 2130 East Hartnet Rd This is the 4th Story Behind born from June 24, 2025, the previous three make up the July, August and September Story Behind Every Photograph posts. Following last month's image and a return Fremont River crossing I simply turned back towards Hanksville for a turnoff only a mile or so away on the opposite side of the RT 24. I had seen an image on FaceBook by a photographer friend from California whom I'd never met in person. I reached out to...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…October, 2025
Benonite Hills, Hartnet Rd This is the 3rd Story Behind born from June 24, 2025, the previous two make up the July and August Story Behind Every Photograph posts. As I drove away from Moonscape Overlook and checked the time stamp on the phone of the snake it said 7:12am. I would be back at the cabin about 8am. The morning plan was always to do laundry as we were here for two nights and the laundry was free and we'd been away for 9 days. PSA...if ever in Hanksville Utah do stay at the...