I recently joined the LinkedIn group Urban Photography. There’s some great photography going on there and I’m hoping to pick up lots of good pointers. On another note, I shot this abandoned house a couple years ago for a photography class. No, it’s not an urban shot. And, yes, snow on the ground creates a […]
historic architecture
Arts & Crafts: A Movement of Beauty and Integrity
When I was a kid, my paternal grandparents lived in an awesome house. It certainly wasn’t as grand as this one, but I loved it nonetheless. It was a bungalow, most likely from the turn of the century, and its enclosed front porch was filled with black wicker furniture and fringe-shaded lamps. Things didn’t get […]
Old Barn Texture
When we bought our property more than 20 years ago, we inherited an amazing architectural gem: A fachwerk barn. With hand-hewn beams, rough, weathered bricks and bent, rusty nails, it’s a photographer’s dream. My limited skills, however, could never quite capture its essence. Now I’m learning to see things differently. There’s art everywhere we look and […]
An Emulation of Herman
One of my recent photography class assignments was to emulate a favorite photographer. Hands down these days, my favorites are the photographer duo J. Shimon and J. Lindemann and I’m emulating their Herman Christel. They did their photo in 2002 as a gelatin silver print, a process that uses black-and-white film and printing paper coated with light-sensitive […]