Blogs about Photography

Here are the ten latest additions to my gallery of Native Flowers & Plants in San Diego County. This “project” has obviously slowed down quite a bit because I’m not running around chasing flowers and …

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 …

I'll have much more to say soon about my month in Africa, including a Zoom seminar with Mark Comon of Creative Photo Academy. So stay tuned. But in case you hadn't noticed, I took a …

Ridgeline subscribers! Hello! As I wrote last week, my new pop-up newsletter/walk — The Return to Pachinko Road — begins on May 14. Subscribe here if you feel so inclined (almost 3,000 people have already …

“Foolin Around.” All images © Sarah Helen More, courtesy of Garvey|Simon, shared with permission Textile design and the visual language of quilting shine through in Sarah Helen More’s paintings. Her kaleidoscopic works pair various geometric …

In early 2021 I reviewed Thana Faroq‘s I Don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows, a book that foregrounded the photographer’s and other people’s experiences as refugees in the Netherlands. The book left a lasting impression …

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 …

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 …

Morning folks - I hope you are all feeling tip-top and chipper, rather than feeling you've done 15 rounds with 18 white pudding suppers from The Chipper (you'll only get that if you're East Coast …

The brand-new Fujifilm X-T50 was just announced! It’s both surprising and intriguing. This might be Fujifilm’s most contentious model since the X-Pro3, but it shouldn’t be controversial at all. What exactly is the X-T50? Is …

It’s that terrible feeling you get that you will be found-out. You’ve had some success and people like your stuff, but inside you know you’re not worthy. Any day now someone will look behind the …

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 …

When lighting a subject, it makes the most sense to have the light in front of the subject. However, when shooting with the light in front of your subject, it’s easy to make your image …

The mighty Kia Sorento.Last Tuesday, May 14th, was my 87th birthday. I celebrated by getting a new (to me) Kia Sorento. We started out with a list of about eight, culled from the AutoTrader listings, …

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 …