Welcome to my photography site.
About
I’m a 40 something software engineer. OK, in reality I’m looking 50 right in the eye. I picked up photography over 20 years ago and did a lot of it for many years. Over time, other priorities took over and I neglected it. I recently decided to go back to it and concentrate on monochrome.
Blog
Zine Exchange Club?
There’s a special feeling that comes from holding something you made yourself, something printed or folded or stapled together, knowing it only exists because you willed it into being. I first felt that in a high school hallway, sometime in the late 1980s.
You’re Programming Your Future Self
Every photograph exists in two phases: the taking and the revisiting. Most photographers never consciously separate them. That’s part of why so many pictures feel flat on second viewing.
Teaching Photography #5: Introducing Technical Control
My niece has spent four weeks photographing on full automatic. She understands what photography is for, she’s developed her eye, she knows how images communicate. Now she’s encountering situations where automatic settings prevent her from achieving what she wants. That’s perfect timing for introducing technical control.