When is Enough…Enough??
You Don’t Need a Bright Light

Don’t let anyone tell you that the sun needs to shine to get the best photographs. You can get exciting photographs are cloudy days, raining days and even after the sun has gone down…or before the sun comes…and at night too. You just need to use your imagination a bit..that is all.
Some of my best [...]
Do Not Let Life Slip Away

In this modern age of instant gratification whether it be something we buy on impulse with a credit card or a digital photograph we take and see instantly, life passes us by quickly and we tend to forget those things we thought were important a few minutes ago.
While this blog is intended to improve your [...]
Venice, La

Normally this blog is about creative photography but I am going to deviate a bit this time with the oil rig crisis in the gulf. We were down to Venice, LA in early April as I was shooting more photographs for my Mississippi River Gallery.
Right now Venice is the center of the news concerning the [...]
A New Gallery

Normally this blog is used to help you improve your photography. This week it is to introduce a new gallery on my website: ” French Quarter Doorways,” in New Orleans.
How many times in our lives have we made a committment to finish one project right now without going off in another direction before it was [...]
Taking A Walk
Keep it Steady and Crisp

I always look for photographs that are crisp and in focus. Auto focusing lens help a lot, but how you take the photo also helps too. “Shoot Steady,” someone once told me. Don’t “snap” the shutter, just squeeze it gently and take a deep breath at the same time.. Even with an automatic focusing lens, [...]
A Spot of Light

Finding spots of lights in what might be a dark photograph helps to highlight the scene. You might find a spot of light coming through a shade tree…..or around the corner of a building which is mostly shaded. I have found spots of light more by accident that planning them out. But it takes time [...]
Fill The Frame

Everyone tells you to “fill the frame” with your camera so that you get “the best of everything” in your photograph. But what is “the best of everything?” It could be your subject…it could be color…it could be sky..it could be just about anything. In a previous blog we discussed cropping your photograph to its [...]
What Makes A Great Photo?

A great photograph is in the eyes of the beholder. What one person likes, another person may not. It is simply personal preference. But the question is…do you know why you like a certain photograph, or a painting too for that matter? You should be taking photographs that you enjoy seeing and sharing with others.
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