“Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.” Edward Steichen… read more

In my mind, truth should be the goal of every image and the understanding of that truth, the prize.

A Skink Pinhole Pancake is a great way to create beautiful soft and dreamlike imagery with either a digital or a film camera.

To be inspired is not to copy what others create, but to use what we learn from their works to stimulate our own innovation.

While it is a great thing to have access to the abundance of imagery that exists on the internet, the actual experience of any piece of art is minimal at best.

For some reason there seems to be an acceptance that every image focused on the maker ever created in the history of artistic image-making must now be thrown into this single and greatly demeaning heading.

It seems that the photographic world is pretty much divided between those who see the world as they want to see it (fantasy) and those who attempt to see the truth (reality).

It may be hard for some to imagine that there was a time when snapshot images were produced in the round.

Personally, I find the HOLE idea, (excuse the pun) absolutely amazing. Pinhole is magical in that it requires no sensor, no mechanical parts and no lens. While it is possible to use a pinhole in place of a lens on a digital camera to take pinhole images, a tiny hole in a simple box with a piece of light sensitive material inside is far more impressive.

Both Pinhole and Zone Plate produce a unique softness that transforms nicely into a digitally ‘painted’ image.