Taken at Sunset on 22 December, 2008
Have you ever frozen your fingers taking photos? I remember a sunset during the Winter Solstice where the temps were in the teens and the wind was ripping off of Long Island Sound making wind chill negative numbers. At one point I lost feeling in my fingers. Pressing the camera’s trigger I was surprised that nothing happened. After three or four failed attempts I took my eye away from the viewfinder to see if my trigger had frozen to find that I had been pressing the camera’s body instead. Duh! Of course nothing was happening. I had no feeling in my extremities so didn’t know I was missing the button. Frozen fingers makes photography a chore turning your attention to a warm cup of coffee instead of waiting for the right lighting.
I’ve tried every trick to mitigate the agony of near frost bitten fingers, but it was this September during a visit to friends in Montana that I was introduced to the beginning of the solution.
Continue reading »
Ox Bow of the Snake River Overlooking the Tetons
This September I went on my annual pilgrimage to Montana and Wyoming. My close friend and fishing buddy and I have been going there since 1978. Gosh that seems like only yesterday. When we first began our trips we both lived in New Jersey and since then he’s moved to Colorado and me to Connecticut, but we still meet somewhere in Southwest Montana to begin our 10 days of trout fishing.
Our forays into the greater Yellowstone area have been for fishing, but when I think back on those wonderful days in the mountains I realize that hiking, camping, and photography were as much a part of our trips. It was during these excursions
Continue reading »
Continue reading »
To create sepia you have to convert your image into Black & White or Sepia monochrome. Here are a few ways to do it. One is to create
Colonial Gravestone
Beware of the demagoguery that comes from snobs. For some time now I’ve heard or participated in discussions about the virtues of digital vs film. It’s undeniable that both have unique places in photography and made great contributions to its art. I’ve used both but more so digital as I entered a new stage of my development. It is apparent that there’s a great deal of passion that surrounds each camp; however,
Continue reading »
Before I was schooled in photography I’d grab shots willy-nilly and hoped for the best. Didn’t we all. The results were predictable; I’d get lucky now and then but couldn’t create images as I saw them on command. Worse yet I couldn’t duplicate any of those jaw-dropping photos I saw in cocktail table books. Not being satisfied with accepting mediocrity I read voraciously trying to absorb the secrets of great photographers in hopes one day I too could copy them. Little did I know they weren’t secrets.
Continue reading »
