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Photo of the Day – Hidden Path, Hudson Valley w/ Lightroom Tips

July 28, 2011 Craft

I love capturing fog in nature, and often the subject of the image becomes the fog itself. How do we photograph fog? Well for sure there has to be some context and that is where composition and the use of light is essential. While I was drawn to the shapes of these trees and the path that [...]

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Going Pro Ebook – Review

July 14, 2011 Craft

I recently had the honor of being interviewed by writer and photo editor Kelly Kingman for an upcoming ebook she was writing for photographers titled“Going Pro” for the Digital Photography School. We met at a local coffee shop for close to two hours while she asked many questions about how I got started as a full-time landscape photographer, how I sold [...]

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Leave The Camera Backpack At Home

June 17, 2011 Craft

Nothing has influenced the way I see in nature more than learning to work with light, and its many qualities. This seems to me like an endless process, one that I will never be able to complete in my lifetime. Yet each experience I have teaches me something profound, both mentally and emotionally. Working with [...]

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Photo of the Day – Spring Rain, Hudson Valley

April 25, 2011 Craft

Spring is here, and with the warmer weather comes rain which transforms many parts of small creeks and streams into waterfalls. I find photographing waterfalls particularly challenging because it is such a popular subject, and light is difficult to work in this limited setting. Here I tried to capture the essence of the waterfall, which to [...]

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Story Behind the Print-River Reflections, Hudson Valley

April 15, 2011 Craft

River Reflections, Hudson Valley (1/4sec, f/16, ISO 100, 19mm) I’m up at 4:45am and out the door by 5 to arrive at the trailhead at Black Creek Preserve and hike the mile out to the shore of the Hudson. I can’t really stomach any food this early in the morning, so I drink as much [...]

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The Reality of Making Compelling Images

April 12, 2011 Craft

I recently received the following question from a reader, and thought I would share my answers here – hopefully they offer some insights to help those of you with similar questions. “…I can’t capture an outstanding mountain or river view…I know a big part of that is that my camera is a pocket camera, and [...]

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