I'll be leading two photo trips to Bannerman Castle this year together with photographer Tom Johnson. This is a great opportunity to get access to this historic ruin located on Pollopel Island at the entrance to the Hudson Highlands. Both workshops will be sunrise, with one in the summer and the second at the height of the fall season. We…
Looking at my visitor statistics for the blog this past year, I thought that it might be useful to make a list of the most popular articles of 2009. I am so grateful that many of you have found something useful or helpful in my writings about photography, technology, nature, and my passion for the beauty around us in our…
It's been a non-stop month of October for me so far, with not as much time for the blog as I'd like, but hopefully that will change soon. In the meantime, I just wanted to share some of what I've been up to... After spending 5 days in Maine teaching a workshop (more on that soon), I returned to begin…
This upcoming Tuesday, August 25th, I'll be presenting a slideshow presentation to the Westchester Professional Photographers Association titled "Beauty Within - The Journey of Landscape Photography". Here is the description I wrote for the event: Photography is the language of light, color, shape, texture, and emotion. Your ability to learn and use this language effectively is the basis of creating…
I'm reading and thoroughly enjoying a new book by acclaimed landscape photographer David Ward called "Landscape Beyond: A Journey into Photography". Very well written and full of amazing images, my copy is now full of my own notes and highlights. One in particular will become a part of my workshop lectures: "One of the most useful things anyone has ever…