the first excuse i have for not being here for so long on this forum, is that right before this long trip to Brazil/Mexico , my beloved 12" laptop crashed to the floor ..reduced to only allowing me to see the much hated spinning color wheel..much to my chagrin, i somehow have become laptop dependent..no …
please remember our November 15, 2007 closing date for uploading your photographs on Digital Railroad for our little gathering of work (scroll down to `bold steps` for details)…as you know, there is a $5000. stipend to be awarded to a worthy photographer and many of you will be published here (on a new clean, large …
the most often asked question i get when mentoring an emerging photographer is, "how can i get closer to people?" ..they tell me how shy they are when it comes to putting a camera up to their eye to photograph a stranger on the street or in a bar or social gathering… …
there is now outside my window a morning fog so thick i cannot see the river…monochromatic…soft, mysterious….it hides the fact that i am where i am….it has taken the "place" out of what is normally an obvious skyline….new york is temporarily "gone"…… i often contemplate "place"….both where i live and where i do my photographs….certain …
i hate to admit it sometimes, but i must be "results" oriented….i see myself as outrageously "freewheeling"….independent and free at all costs…reckless sometimes…loving loving the journey…..BUT, in seeming contradiction, i am also a "results" person…theorizing that no philosophic discussion at the end of the bar is worth much without "end results"…. so it was with …
