Who doesn’t love having and being able to write the date “2020?” We can milk this for a whole year. We are kicking off our second official year as The Photographers Group and are looking forward to having it be fulfilling and satisfying. The whole idea is to take pictures and to love doing it. …
I’ve always loved photographing everyday life. What may seem ordinary and mundane today is actually much more special and unique than we give it credit for. It’s the history of our culture in the making. When I graduated college, I spent a few years as a newspaper photographer, shooting for a number of dailies and …
Sometimes we just like to to take photos for fun. Random pictures here and there during a trip or an event. But sometimes we like to take on something more long term. A project. Taking a photo is an action. It may take just a fraction of a moment or it may be more planned …
What do you do everyday? Do your daily routines contribute to growth? What do you wish you did everyday? Can you start doing them? Big habits are hard to maintain. Little habits are easier.
I take crappy photos. Boring, uninspiring, badly composed, worthy of deletion. Not a problem. I take good photos, too. Sometimes I nail it and get ones I really, really like. Ones that make me feel good. Satisfied. I don’t take bad photos on purpose, but sometimes they just don’t work. It’s all part of the …
I scheduled an outing called Covered Bridges and Foliage (covered-bridges-and-foliage) for October 20th to coincide with the predicted peak color of autumn. There are six covered bridges within a few miles of my studio so this is a great chance to get out and collect images. Covered bridges are locally common but rare in other …
Dogs are constantly sniffing about, investigating their world and often will go on the run if given the opportunity. What are they looking for? Other dogs. Dogs are social and are attracted to their own kind. So are we. We are hardwired to respond when we see other humans. This is what makes photos of …
We are all stepping through life and leaving footprints, some we remember, many we forget. And then the footprints fade away, never disappearing entirely but certainly less noticeable. You never want to drive forward while looking into the rearview mirror (it’s not the direction you are going) but it is fun to look back sometimes …
Everyday we leave a trail, footprints. We leave an imprint on the world. Often it is localized to the world around us and sometimes it reaches farther. How much of an impact we have or will want to have will vary. Maybe we want to fly under the radar or to be famous and influential. …
There is no possibility that any two people can see anything the same way. Different perspectives, different personal histories, different neural networks. So what makes a good photo? It is how it makes you feel. I may see differently than you but if I can frame a collection of things in my viewfinder, have them …