Dogwood, Smoky Mountains
“Music is powered by ideas. If you don’t have clarity of ideas, you’re just communicating sheer sound.” – Yo-Yo Ma
Upcoming Photo Talks and Hudson Valley Snowscape
Olympus OM-D E-M1, f/8 @1/400sec, ISO 200, 24mm I’m giving two presentations this week, one at B&H Photo this coming Thursday Feb 20th titled “Insights From the Art and Craft of Landscape Photography”, which I believe is already closed for registration. The other is at the Ridgewood Camera Club in New Jersey, where I’ll be giving my popular “From Vision…
Cool Ice, Hudson River
Olympus OM-D E-M1, f/11 @1/20 sec, ISO 200, 20mm, no filters This is a favorite spot on the Hudson for me because it's close to home, offers great opportunities, and I never know what to expect when I visit. I've avoided it for a few months simply because I've been so busy, but I ventured out yesterday to see how…
Experiencing Flow in Landscape Photography
Sometimes you can come across a scene that seems so perfect, you're not sure where to begin to attempt to capture it in a photograph. This was the situation I found myself in when I accidentally happened to come across this amazing beach in the northeastern side of Cape Breton Island National Park last year. The light was magnificent, changing every…
Thoughts and Quotes On Creativity – “Cove Light, Hudson River”
“The trick to creativity, if there is a single useful thing to say about it, is to identify your own peculiar talent and then to settle down to work with it for a good long time.” - Denise Shekerjian “Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.” - John Cleese “Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest…