Images of India – Catching Up on the Morning News
A Kolkata man sits in front of his shop reading the morning newspaper. People in this huge country seem to be very interested in current events and politics and the newspaper is their main source of…
You Have My Attention – I am Totally Focused
"OK, you have my attention. I am totally focused." "What is that weird thing in your hand?" "Do you have a treat for me?" "Last chance or I am outta…
Too Many Walls?
We build too many walls and not enough bridges. Isaac Newton Walls, what handy things. They can hold stuff up, keep stuff in, or keep stuff out. We can decorate…
Using Elements of Composition to Focus our Viewer’s Attention
As visual artists and photographers, we often try to focus or draw the viewer's attention to certain areas or elements of our image. For example, in the above photograph, I…
Images of India – Talk About Hard Work
The wholesale produce market in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India is in an ancient, cavernous building filled with vendors along narrow aisles. The produce arrives at the market by truck packed in huge…
Up, Up and Away – Ballooning Over the Serengeti
Up, up and away My beautiful, my beautiful balloon The world's a nicer place in my beautiful balloon …
Beyond the Beyond
Most of us are a curious sort. Always wondering what's next, what's over there, what's around the curve in the road. Some of us are "Big Picture" ponderers. What is beyond…
Images of India – Rickshaw Wallah
A hand pulled rickshaw is probably one of the oldest forms of taxi service. Although using humans as beasts of burden is illegal throughout most of the world, including India, rickshaw…
Illumination – the Blue Hour
The so called "Blue Hour" is probably the best time of day to photograph cityscapes. The blue hour is that short period of time after the sun has set but…
Abstract Glass
A variety of blown glass shapes stacked on top of each other and back lit resulting in a beautiful, kaleidoscopic abstract of shapes and colors. There is much more glass to be…