Blogs about Photography

With regards to my photographic activities, alternating between the coast and the desert, January 2015 was a rather typical month. Here’s my monthly throwback to ten years ago, with some photos that have passed the …

With TikTok facing a potential ban and Instagram ruining profile grids, many creators are questioning if building a presence on social media is worth the effort, given the uncertainty of the medium. I’ve always advocated …

Blue Hour, The Three Towers – Austin, Texas I’ve included a similar variation on this composition at least twice on the blog, probably more that I can’t remember. I like the rhythm these buildings create, …

(actually, forward thinking 6/10/2020)I still can't even begin contemplating another four days, let alone, yet another four years of the insanity we once had, twice over. And yet reality deigns disruption rides again... A bit …

Jim Goldberg’s new book, Coming and Going, is a mess. It’s a mess of photographs, a mess of handwritten text, of notes, letters, a mess of collages of photographs often hundreds of images to a …

It’s winter, so that means days of getting gear re-packed for the coming Spring shooting season! I like to keep a full system in a backpack that can sit in the car and be worked …

If you just want the answer to the question, scroll down to the second bold-faced line later in the article. However, you really need to get there via some set up, so I hope you …

Ridgeline subscribers — Hello from amidst the Toyama rush of media requests. I’ve had to say no to most of them, mainly because I’ve been finishing the final final final final set of edits on …

After ending another year of record-breaking climate statistics, we stand at the precipice of 2025, which has already revealed its own devastating challenges. As the window for meaningful change continues to narrow during the next …

The Auschwitz Memorial uses its social-media presence by highlighting the lives and fates of some of the people who went through the camp. Where available, there is a photograph, and there are a few short …

In the mid-1970s, three women in their twenties decided to treat themselves to a Mediterranean cruise ship holiday. They sailed with the Fred Olsen Lines ‘Winter Cruise Club’ aboard the M. S. Blenheim, which began …

My relationship with photography continues to evolve. Lately it’s become much more personal, useful for holding memories of family and travel close to the heart and less to discover poetry in light. Yet there are …

I was recently taken aback by fellow blogger and friend Bruce's (from The Online Darkroom) reaction to a photograph that has been knocking about since about 1978. How can I date it so definitively? Well …

Fujifilm GFX100S II – PRO Negative 160C except with D-Range Priority AutoSomeone pointed out to me that D-Range Priority Auto behaves differently on his Fujifilm X-T5 than he thought it would. I don’t use D-Range …

This is an Art Deco styled bakelite medium format camera made in France. Mine is a series III model made from 1947 to around 1956. This one is the deluxe or blindé version, meaning that …

How can you expect a beholder to experience my picture as I experienced it? A picture comes to me a long time beforehand; who knows how long a time beforehand, I sensed, saw, and painted …

Photographing a total solar eclipse is a special experience. On April 8, 2024, my friend Kevin and I set out to capture the eclipse from Perryville Regional Airport in Missouri. This was my second time …

Purple and green Aurora borealis (the Northern Lights) during a large geomagnetic storm in May 2024. Aurora borealis rays in purple and green (Purchase) Often around Vancouver, even media hyped potential for aurora borealis aka …

Nature photography is one of life’s most enjoyable and rewarding passions, but it can also be incredibly challenging and, at times, bearably frustrating. I’ve dedicated many years of my life to an endless pursuit of …

In 1959 Alan Sillitoe published a short story titled "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner." In 1962, it was made into a film of the same name. I never read the story or saw …