Beginning today, Facebook has significantly changed its Terms of Service (TOS), which has important implications for all Facebook users, but especially for photographers. As a Facebook user, I received an email about a week ago mentioning that changes were coming, and linking to the proposed changes in their TOS. I skimmed the changes and was […]
Photoshop Photography Program – Adobe is Listening!
Today, Adobe announced the Photoshop Photography Program, a special Creative Cloud (CC) product bundling that will make some photographers smile! If you are a Lightroom and Photoshop user, and you have a registered copy of Photoshop CS3 or later, for $9.99 per month, you will be get access to Photoshop CC AND Lightroom 5, ongoing […]
Another Planet???
Oregon is one of the most diverse states to photograph. From the sea stacks along the coast, to the Columbia River Gorge, to the Northern Cascades, to Mt. Hood, to the sand dunes at Christmas Valley, to Crater Lake National Park, and I could go on and on. Oregon is a photographer’s paradise. The photographic […]
The Power of Photography
Sebastião Salgado’s work truly exemplifies the power of photography and even more importantly, the impact that a photographer and his photographs can have on the world. This is a bold and maybe over-the-top statement, but if you know his work and if you have followed his lengthy projects over the last four decades, I’m sure […]
An Historical Perspective
Depending on your reading of history, photography is approximately 175 years old, give or take. Daguerre, Nicephore Niepce, William Henry Fox Talbot, Antoine Claudet, George Barnard, Eadweard Muybridge, Edward Curtis, Alfred Stieglitz, Frederick Evans, Eduard Steichen, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Edward Weston, Bill Brandt, Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams were just a few of the […]
Adobe Abandons the Creative Suite
In my January 7, 2013 blog post, The Cloud – Storm Clouds Ahead, I discussed Adobe’s strategic decision to offer their products through a subscription-based pricing model. At that time, the user had a choice whether to purchase software outright or to pay for the software on a monthly or annual subscription. For users of […]
From Teacher to Student …
The past month has been a very interesting time for me, photographically. I co-led an “on location” workshop in one of my favorite areas – Charleston, South Carolina and environs. We had a great group of participants, and in addition to a number of afternoon “educational” sessions, every day we were out shooting and working […]
Outside – Inside
Sometimes what we first see isn’t the entire story and benefits from further explanation. One of my photographs, “San Galgano Window” has been in a number of exhibits and gallery shows and I am always pleased when people stop to look at it, but they typically have a somewhat puzzled look. I go up to […]
The Cloud – Storm Clouds Ahead???
While this is not a financial or investment blog, and this post is only indirectly related to my photography, as a major user of Adobe products, primarily Lightroom and Photoshop, the corporate strategy and decisions taking place at Adobe impact how and if I buy and use their products. Last year Adobe embarked on an […]
Photographing the Urbanscape
While I think of myself as a landscape photographer first, I enjoy many other photographic challenges. A number of months ago I began working on what might become a new portfolio for me. I call it my “urbanscapes.” These photographs are definitely not landscapes! Some people might call them cityscapes, or urban landscapes, but I’ve […]