One of the key ingredients of successful photography, and one that still lies exclusively within the control of the photographer, is strong composition. In landscape and nature photography composition is more important than ever as technology makes capturing properly exposed images easier and easier. But how you frame a scene and decide what to include or exclude is still the domain…
Just wanted to post an update and reminder on the remaining photo workshops I’ll be leading in 2012. Fall in the Hudson Valley I’ve added a new Hudson Valley photo workshop to the fall schedule, taking place in my favorite location anywhere, the Shawangunk Mountains. Just 90 minutes north of NYC, the Mohonk Preserve and neighboring Minnewaska State Park offer…
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 light is photography at its…
Millbrook Ridge, Mohonk Preserve I've had a fairly hectic schedule since I returned from Utah last week, and it looks like it will stay the same for a few weeks more. I thoroughly enjoyed the photo workshop I conducted at the Mohonk Preserve this weekend, which is always the case when you have a bunch of students that are waiting…
"Millbrook Ridge, Mohonk Preserve" The Mohonk Preserve is an amazing place to visit, hike and photograph, and I have often mentioned it here as a favorite local destination. Not only do I conduct photo workshops there, but I also donate a print every year to their yearly fund-raising benefit auction. The auction raises money to help keep the preserve the…