Blogs about Photography

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” (Vincent van Gogh)

Are we alone? "Of course, what took you so long," Michio Kaku.Been a while since last posted. So here's something to think about, starting at... 15:35. Michio (who now believes the burden of proof has …

Egypt and the Holy Land in Historic Photographs. 77 Views by Francis Frith.Introduction by Julia Van Haaften, Selection and Commentary by Jon E Manic WhitePublished by Dover Publications, 1980 Frith was an English photographer in …

I still have a ton of Fujifilm gear and use it everyday! I just wanted a light interchangeable lens camera for knock around use, if Fujifilm made something like this I would buy it in …

At least once a year I try to take a complete break from the Internet, which means no reading other sites, no posting in fora or on my sites, and no answering email for a …

Ridgeline subscribers! Last week I had a new piece for the New York Times go live: “A Japanese Village Wants Tourists to Come for Heat, Soot and Steel”. I took tons of photographs (also, this …

“Self Portrait as Emergency Shipwright” (2013), oil on canvas, 60 x 84 inches. All images © Julie Heffernan, shared with permission Julie Heffernan likens her paintings to “advent calendars gone haywire.” Working in oil on …

The very first thing I noticed about Martín Bollati‘s Hermes/Unesco is that it’s a little paper brick. It has more than 1,000 pages, 999 of which are taken up by images. I’m thinking that the …

Photographer’s studios, like any business, have to innovate to survive. Over the years they have come up with all manner of gimmicks and offers to attract the weary eye. The photographer’s studio here offered a …

There we go. That’s better. I love this moment here. A full moon rising as the sun sets behind me while in the near total silence of this space with its infinite skies. The short …

Well folks, and a jolly top-o-the-morning to you!Today's post is something that might interest those of you who have darkrooms (or even those of you who don't) . . . basically it is dealing with …

Bell Tower – Tumacacori, AZ – Fujifilm X-T5 – Classic Color This Film Simulation Recipe has a fascinating story behind it… but I can’t get into all of the details of it yet. When the …

After all my blathering about metering light and finding a good working light meter, I do have to ask why I bother? It makes sense for analogue, because there is no way to tell at …

Some of you likely noticed I failed to publish my regular monthly post in March. Between concentrated work to finish the manuscript of my upcoming book and certain unforeseen personal challenges, I found myself with …

Busy was the Chinese Communist Party in the first few days after it brutally suppressed pro-democracy demonstrators on June 4, 1989. It produced a series of horrifying photos and a photo book to justify its …

As photographers, our journey is not just about capturing moments but understanding the gear behind each photo. In this post we’ll dive into the EXIF data, a feature ingrained in digital photography that often goes …

A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) standing in the Silverdale Creek Wetlands (Mission, British Columbia) while a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) looks on. Anatidaephobia in the Silverdale Creek Wetlands (Purchase) I’ve been a fan of The …

I’ve never really found much use for walkaround cameras. Believe me, I want to love them, but as a commercial photographer, I don’t feel super comfortable carrying my camera around with me – it has …

Abandoned home near Armuchee, Georgia.Writing a blog on a regular schedule is like having a baby and then waking up pregnant again the next day.Don't get me wrong -- I enjoy writing this blog. It …

Today I was browsing my archives and I remembered I had taken lots of pictures from my trip to North Wales. I posted only a few of them here, and at that time I made …