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The Palouse Through Their Eyes
I am pleased to present another installment in my "through their eyes" series. This time a group of images from our participants on our recent Palouse Harvest tour. Harvest came very early this year, but, this group brought their good time with them and made some...
Cape Cod
I'm on the Cape, scouting and getting ready for the workshop gang to arrive tomorrow. Here are a few new things I've found with the help of Betty Wiley, one of Cape Cod's finest photographers. If you don't have Betty's terrific Cape eBook you can find it here. ...
Backlight – New Zealand
Sheep are everywhere in New Zealand. There were a few on the bus that would yell, SHEEP every time we saw some. Josh Cripps, our guide and generally great person, is a pure landscape guy and did not understand how important it was to stop at some point to...
You Bring Your Good Time With You
I am just back from co-leading a tour to one of our most popular and favorite locations, the Palouse. We chose the week we did to photograph the amber waves of grain during the height of the harvest. Well, the weather in the Palouse has been unusually hot this year,...
More Thoughts on Art and Competition
The positive response to my previous post tells me people are interested in the topic of art, photography and competition. I'd like to add a few more thoughts. First, for anyone who might think otherwise, make no mistake, I believe camera clubs offer great...
Art is not a competition
I don't know about you, but lately more than ever I sense for many, photography has become a competition. Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Instagram all feed us images in what feels like a never-ending stream. Sites like 500px seem to promote competition for Likes. I'm...