The Story Behind Every Photograph
Power of Process Tip
A good friend who owns a cottage on the Connecticut coast hosted a weekend of large format photographers back in June of '17. As it happened there was a remarkably low tide on Sunday during the mid-morning harsh light. I thought I would love to come back here again when the low tide coincides with a sunrise. The low angle of the sun skipping across the patterns in the sand held the potential for a remarkable photograph. The owner of the cottage is a fine large format photographer...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…April 2018
I made this image in August of 2017 on a day trip to the Bethel Quarry in central Vermont. I had been here earlier in 2017 with Jack Holowitz and this time Peter Dylag joined both Jack and I. Peter is not only a fine large format photography but also has done all the video work for my Power of Process tutorial video series. It's unusual to return to a location once photographed where conditions are actually better the 2nd time around, that's exactly what happened this particular...
Power of Process interviews
Over my 35 years in photography, I've had the good fortune to meet scores of passionate artists working to create imagery as well as those in the business of exhibiting contemporary photographers as well as the pioneers in the world of fine photography. The first in a series of Power of Process interviews is with Jack Holowitz, a mentor to many in the portrait photography world. Jack is not only a good friend and traveling partner but my mentor in my own Black and White photography. ...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…March, 2018
Back in the late ’90s was my first visit to New Mexico and the Santa Fe area for photography. On the 2nd day, I traveled to Taos Pueblo to see some of the iconic imagery made famous by Ansel Adams. I very much enjoy roaming around the areas where Adams and Weston made their photographs but have little interest in finding their tripod holes, I simply enjoy the history knowing these giants of the B&W fine art world walked the ground I have roamed myself. I walked around the general...