by JB | Feb 21, 2014 | Abstract, B&W, Cole Thompson, Death Valley, Essence
The “S” curve in nature is a very powerful graphic element. I was thrilled to find this one in the dunes. During our recent tour with Cole Thompson, he was kind enough to show us some of his post processing techniques. Learning how he uses the Dodge and...
by JB | Feb 13, 2014 | Cole Thompson, Creative, Inspiration, Nancy Rotenberg
The other day Tony Sweet emailed a picture of his Mom. He made the image with his iPhone while taking his iMom to the eye doctor or iDoc as he calls her. Tony made a blog post about his thoughts on his image here. These are my thoughts. Great photography creates an...
by JB | Feb 6, 2014 | B&W, Cole Thompson, Death Valley
During our scouting time, we decided to see how close we could get to the Panamint Dunes. Unfortunately, not very close. It appears to be about a 2 mile walk after a rough 6 mile drive. We did not make the walk this time, but did get out a long lens to capture just a...
by JB | Feb 3, 2014 | Abstract, B&W, Chuck Kimmerle, Cole Thompson, Death Valley
Today we started our tour with special guest Cole Thompson. It has been a joy to spend time with Cole whose work I have admired for quite some time. Cole gave a presentation today that was tremendous and very inspiring! Our tour is focused on B&W photography, so...
by JB | Dec 30, 2013 | Cole Thompson, Inspiration
Southside Johnny getting lost in it Fuji X-E2 – 35mm at f 1/4, ISO3200 In his most recent blog post, Cole Thompson suggested how something is better accomplished by personal vision than technical expertise. This reminded me of a friend, who, when asked if her...
