In order to make a great photograph you need a worthy subject, a competent knowledge of the medium, your camera, a positive motive for making an image, something to say, and surely…

The concept is meant to make the viewer think about what is presented. It requires a degree of intellectual contemplation for understanding…Read more

I use them for different reasons. Digital is convenient and modern but film gives me some things that digital has yet to fulfill.

For the most part, the images people made were kept in albums and shoeboxes. The images were private, shown at family gatherings and sometimes shared with very close friends.

Photography is a democratic tool. Anyone can practice and nearly anyone can develop the skills.

Photography may be a way to turn ourselves around. It can play an important part in communicating what we have lost, what we are losing, and why we need to consider what we might do next. There are those photographers who see the world…

The inspiration handed to you in a gallery or a book or on the Internet should be one that elevates you as an artist. It should pull you to wanting to make your work as powerful as what you are looking at. It is not about hype or being cool or making stuff up. It is about revealing truths.

The method actually requires a lot of skill and a bit of luck! More importantly, it requires that you become well acquainted with your camera and your subjects.

It seems to me that nearly everyone has a different opinion of what photography might be, which seems to beg the questions:

For the following text, you might try substituting the words Artist, Painter, Writer, Actor with Photographer…