Agnes Martin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harrison & Me

Last Saturday my grandnephew and I planned a visit to PhotoPlus Expo 2016 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. We had talked about it for weeks and were looking forward to checking out the latest in photography. It was also time I could spend with him since he was...

Shadows of Lyme Disease

First, my apologies for being absent so long. It’s been nearly three years, but my journey has taken me through many setbacks one of which was an illness that compromised my cognitive and neurological abilities. I had Lyme disease that over several years had gone...

Lunch With Max

Due to several crises converging at once, stress for my family has been considerable.  In addition I have been struggling with the effects of Lyme disease.  I commute to NYU Medical in Manhattan for evaluation and treatment.  So one day on the chance that my...

More Than Just Photography

Each year I volunteer my time to an after school program for children facing social and environmental barriers through an wonderful organization called Family & Children’s Agency (FCA).  Four years ago I was asked by a related agency to put together a...

Weir Farm

On February 1990 Senator Joseph I. Lieberman introduced legislation to Congress to make a small 60-acre parcel of land in Wilton and Ridgefield, Connecticut the property of the U.S. government.  In October of the same year President George W. Bush signed a bill that...

1/125th

A short while ago I attended a presentation by Bill Epperidge at the Fairfield Museum in Fairfield, CT.  Mr. Epperidge is a world-renowned photojournalist who worked for both National Geographic and Life Magazine and was a contributing photographer for Sports...

Off-Camera Lighting

This past summer I spent four days in a workshop with Bryan Peterson, a well known photographer, author, and educator in photography.  Bryan is the founder of The Perfect Picture School of Photography and author of Understanding Exposure as well as many other other...

Getting That Shot

Good shots are rarely convenient.  They require a modicum of effort oftentimes increasing the mileage on your body.  But when they come the sheer pleasure of bringing it together is our reward. A short while ago I returned from two weeks in The Rockies.  The first...