Zen in the Art of Photography is one of the best little photo books ever! For years, it has been my guide to image making and perhaps more importantly, to seeing.

It is easy to make images of the new, the exotic and the distant. Things that are close and familiar are much harder to see.

This quote has less to do with the landscape and more to do with really seeing anything. In the act of photographing, we are showing ourselves to the world. We are sharing what we see and what we care about.

The choice of subject and its impact on our lives plays a critical role in determining the value of our time spent making images.

      I’ve been playing quite a bit with the Lytro. Probably, because I can see its future, but also because it is fun to play with. Please Read –…

The art of seeing allows us to find something in any environment. The right place can be anywhere. However, the timing and framing of what you experience is critical. The…

…HDR produces images, which seem closer to the way the eye sees the world. That is only true however, when the image is processed with some careful attention to maintaining natural appearances. It is way too easy to push the process into the ugly world of kitsch and gaudiness.

I am always much more interested in the way the final image looks than I am in the look and feel of a lens. The optics on this lens can produce some amazing results. Much better in my estimation than other fisheye lenses selling for much more money.

  There seem to be many misconceptions about the process of HDR. HDR can create images that are pretty amazing. It can also produce images that are dreadfully awful. HDR…

Purists will only see what they want to see. But, those with a truly open-mind will look for what the photographer/artist intended.