Sweetwater Strand

My first photograph from the Florida trip in February is now on the homepage. Look for more information on this print as well as more photographs from Florida.

May Print of the Month-Sweetwater Strand

New Podcast: Ansel Exhibit Impressions

A new podcast of my first impressions from seeing Ansel Adams prints in person for the first time.

Roman Loranc Interview by DOP

Uwe Steinmueller has posted a nice interview with Roman Loranc, a BW photographer from Poland. Another master photographer extolling the benefits of simplifying one's approach to photography. Roman uses one paper, one film, one camera, and one lens (210mm) for 70% of his work. I think it is a valuable lesson that many masters can teach us to simplify our approach and focus on the artistic qualities rather than the gear and technology. Roman Loranc interview link.

Speaking at Almost Heaven Star Party

I have been invited and accepted an opportunity to speak at the Almost Heaven Star Party on Spruce Knob in WV in August. The dates are 9-12 and the location is excellent for dark skies. I will be sharing some of my new thoughts and approaches to astrophotography with a DSLR. I hope you can join us for the event and I look forward to meeting you. More information at www.ahsp.org .

Canon Lens Manufacturing Video

A link to this series of videos was published on the Astro-Physics Users list. If you enjoy seeing "behind the scenes" video, you will enjoy seeing how Canon makes their lenses from scratch. Highly recommended! Link to video.

Photo Warmups

A new Podcast was posted today. It is a recording from the field while on my Florida photography excursion. The recording is an observation I made on the importance of "photography warmups." You can check out the Podcast on iTunes or at Feedburner.

Updates and miscellaneous

I have just completed a data backup and initial RAW review of the images from Florida taken in February. I am very excited about what is to come, but it will be a while before images are presented. One reason for delays is that we are very busy with my daughter in High School tennis right now. So nearly every evening we are with Jennifer at a match or practicing. It is a joy to watch her play. I hope to update the Podcasts very soon with some audio I recorded on the Florida trip. I am also in final testing for my return to astrophotography. I hope to get out during the new Moon in April for a test run and maybe collect some nice data. So, things are slow as far as new stuff as the tennis season reaches its peak in April. Look for many new things coming after the season. Also, I just registered for my 7th workshop with Alain and Natalie Briot. This workshop is the Digital Fine Art Summit and will have as a special presenter and teacher Charles Cramer. I am very excited about learning from Mr. Cramer, oh, and the location is Zion! The workshop is in November. I have many commentaries on things photographic to come. One is my evolving approach toward photographic education. More and more I am convinced the best way to improve your photography is through one-on-one apprenticeships with a quality instructor. Small workshops are fine as long as there is ample time for the instructor to productively engage each student in individualized instruction. More to come on this as my thoughts become clearer. Have a great day and stay tuned for more in the near future.