Well, Here they are. The best things I think I shot in 2018 I really don't put any thought into it, it's kinda like how I photograph, just the visceral..."yes, that's it" and I pick them. In fact. I didn't…
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The Lone Ornament 2007-2017
December 24, 2018
Photography
For 11 Years I published and printed a line of Christmas cards called "The Lone Ornament: They featured one lone ornament set in the snow. The fact that "The Lone" and "Tellone" sound the same is no coincidence. The first…
Perspective and Point of View are not the same in Photography
December 21, 2018
Photography, Photography Lesson
Perspective and Point of View are not the same in Photography/Art A couple months back I read an article on a “School” blog post about Perspective. I was like, “No, that’s NOT Perspective, that’s Point of View”. But I didn’t…
Of Redwoods and Rocky Coasts
October 31, 2018
Landscapes, Photography, Roadtrips, Seascapes
At the last moment in late September early October I decided I wanted to hit the road to collect some new images. So I headed off to some place I haven't been in over 10 years. The coasts of extreme…
How One Camera, One Lens and One Word changed Portrait Photography Forever
June 26, 2018
Opinion, Photography
Let me start this off by saying, I am not a Portrait Photographer. I’m a Professional Landscape Photographer. But, 80% of my friends are Portrait Photographers. So, I got to look at it as an outsider with inside connections which…
Long and Slow
June 3, 2018
Landscapes, Photography, Seascapes
I've been photographing the beaches of San Diego and Southern California for as long as I have been here (22 years) and long before many became popular with the masses. So, I've been thinking to myself, what else do I…
How I put together the Ultimate Walk-Around Camera
April 23, 2018
Opinion, Photography, Product review
How I put together the Ultimate Walk-Around Camera (for next to nothing) There isn’t a day that goes buy where you don’t see a post about how you HAVE to go Mirrorless and STOP USING DSLRs. Now I certainly…
The Runners- Up
December 29, 2017
Photography, Top 10
In my post My 2017 Top Ten Best Images I had said that I had 27 images and whittled it down to 10 and many people were curious what the other 17 were soooooo... Here they are I may not…
My 2017 Top Ten Best Images
December 26, 2017
Photography, Top 10
So every year fellow photographer Jim Goldstein encourages other photographer to post their "Best of's" as a kind of review of what you've accomplished and a look back to see where you have or haven't come if you been doing it…
Maybe we need to RETHINK how we think about Depth of Field
December 15, 2017
Photography, Photography Lesson, Teaching
Maybe we need to RETHINK how we think about Depth of Field It’s really about Magnification We know some truths about Depth of Field (DOF). We know there are 3 things (actually 4 but the forth is controversial and not…
Of Parallax and Nodal Points
November 4, 2017
Landscapes, Photography, Photography Lesson, Teaching
Of Parallax and Nodal Points Adventures in High Resolution For a while now my good buddy David Orr and I have been discussing ways to get higher resolution. Yes, MORE MEGA-PIXELS! Now I know right off you are thinking “Dude…
Social Media Marketing – The failure for the rest of us
October 3, 2017
Opinion, Photography, Photography Lesson, The Business of Photography
Social Media Marketing - The failure for the rest of us [caption id="attachment_3042" align="alignright" width="300"] https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/technology">Technology vector created by Vvstudio - Freepik.com[/caption] I’ve always hated Social media, No, really hated it. I avoided it completely for the longest time. I…
Breaking the Rules – Why you are not the Rebel you think you are
May 11, 2017
Opinion, Photography, Teaching
Breaking the Rules Why you are NOT the Rebel you think you are Not a day goes by that I don’t hear a fellow photographer proclaim: “I know the rules so I can break them” then they also add in…
Best Photos of 2016
December 31, 2016
Landscapes, Photography
Debated doing this, but then I looked back at the year and it was a very good Photographic Year for me. So what the heck. Most do a 12 best. I did 24 cuz it's way easier and you probably…
Like the ccean to the shore, I come back to you once more
December 5, 2016
Photography, The Salton Sea, URBEX/RUREX
The Salton Sea This is my first trip to the Salton Sea this "Season" and I've missed it. Like I've said before, besides the art, I return now to also document, to show what's changed (greatly) and what's not. The…
Peter White & Richard Elliot – Thornton Winery
October 17, 2016
Concert Photography, Photography
This closes out another season of the Champagne Jazz series at Thornton Winery in lovely Temecula California and who better to close it out than two gents who have played there probabbly the longest; Peter White & Richard Elliot. Both played…
Art
May 31, 2016
Photography
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Landscapes
May 31, 2016
Photography
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Black and White
May 31, 2016
Photography
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The Beach
May 31, 2016
Photography
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Sunsets
May 31, 2016
Photography
And I have all kinds of Sunsets at Fine Art America sunsets art for sale