Enjoying The Gardens and Some Interesting Finds
Whenever my family and I want to enjoy a brief getaway during the weekends, we often make the relatively short drive from…
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Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Brief Impressions
Current and abandoned equipment of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Two weeks ago my family and I spend a long weekend in Dillsboro, North Carolina. Besides relaxing and enjoying some great…
Read MoreWhat To Blog About
5 Solutions for when you don't know what to blog about
Keeping up a blog and publishing posts on a regular basis can sometimes be a real challenge. While in theory there is a multitude…
Read MoreImages Selected for Small Works Juried Show
Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville Small Works Juried Exhibition
Today I have some quite exciting news to share: both entries I submitted for the Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville (AGGG) 6th Annual Small Works Juried Exhibition have been accepted for the show!
Read MoreInstant Film On A Hot Summer Day
Expired Fujifilm FP-100c Instant Film At Furman University
Last Sunday was a typical hot South Carolina summer day. With temperatures raising into the mid 90s it would have made…
Read MoreEditing Images In Lightroom
To edit or not to edit: choosing to be a photographer or a digital artist
We all do it: editing the images we made to make them nicer, brighter, shinier, or even totally change their appearance and/or…
Read MoreImprove Your Film Photography By Shooting Test Rolls
Deciding on Exposure Indexes for Film Photography
I now have been shooting film again for some time, and I was not always getting the results I wanted. This made it necessary to…
Read MoreTaking The Fuji GS645S To Florida
Tampa and the Fuji GS645S with Kodak Ektar 100
A couple of weeks prior to my trip to California, I had the opportunity to take the Fuji GS645S on its first outing. I needed to visit…
Read MoreFilm Photography At La Jolla Beach
How I Traveled To California And Almost Exclusively Shot Film
Last May my oldest daughter and I went on a trip to Southern California. She is a Photography and Graphic Design student at Greenville Technical College and wanted to see an exhibit of images from Brett Weston at the Pasadena Museum of California…
Read MoreCombining Pictures In A Triptych
Three Images of Stained Glass Windows Mounted In One Frame
Last Sunday Rev. C.E. 'Smoke' Kanipe, our senior pastor at Mauldin United Methodist Church, had his last Sunday services here before moving to his next assignment in Columbia, SC. Smoke is a great and charismatic person, and he and his wife Sue have…
Read MoreDo Not Print Your Pictures.....For You
Print your pictures for your kids, grandkids, family, and friends
I recently had to travel to the Netherlands because my sister and I had to clean out my mother's apartment. She had lived in it for almost 48 years: since we moved there in 1968 until she moved into assisted living a couple of weeks ago. Although it was partially…
Read MoreChisels and Wood
Medium Format Black & White With The Mamiya RZ67 Pro II
While rummaging through my toolbox at home some time ago, I stumbled on a set of chisels that once belonged to my dad who passed away in 2010. When my family and I still lived in the Netherlands, my dad…
Read MoreThe Old Corral
Fine Art Black and White Pictures of an Old Corral
One of my favorite fine art series is "The Old Corral" series I made in 2014 with the Mamiya RZ67 Pro II. These pictures are from an old corral near the Saddlehorn neighborhood in Pelzer, SC.
Read MoreCreating Photobooks with Lightroom
Use photo books to enhance the way you share your pictures
While a portfolio website is a great way to share your pictures with a broad public and to provide a selling platform, your pictures deserve a more tangible life as a high-quality print. Printing your images can be done…
Read More5 Great Reasons For Shooting Film (part 5)
How shooting film will improve your photography (part 5)
This is the fifth and last post in a series of five in which I share the for me five best reasons why I will continue to use my film cameras. Reasons, for which I recommend that you also should consider picking up one of…
Read More5 Great Reasons For Shooting Film (part 4)
How shooting film will improve your photography (part 4)
This is the fourth post in a series of five in which I share the for me five best reasons why I will continue to use my film cameras. Reasons, for which I recommend that you also should consider picking up one of those…
Read More3 Pinterest Boards Each Photographer Needs To Have To Improve Your Artistic Vision
How using Pinterest can help you to become more creative and improve your photographic vision
Pinterest is used by many people to capture and share ideas, projects, and products. Every photographer, however, should have three specific Pinterest boards to boost your creativity and improve your photographic…
Read More5 Great Reasons For Shooting Film (part 3)
How shooting film will improve your photography (part 3)
This is the third post in a series of five in which I share the for me five best reasons why I will continue to use my film cameras. Reasons, for which I recommend that you also should consider picking up one of those older cameras…
Read MoreFive Great Reasons For Shooting Film (Part 2)
How shooting film will improve your photography (part 2)
This is the second blog post in a series of five in which I will share the for me five best reasons why I will continue to use my film cameras. Reasons, for which I recommend that you also should consider picking up one of those older…
Read MoreFine Art Defined
What exactly is Fine Art when it relates to photography?
I found a great definition in a post by Steve Johnson on his The Minimalist Photographer site: "It means, simply art that has no purpose other than being art – art that is its own reason for existing… To qualify, the intent would have to…
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