I’m happy to say I have now read the essays that introduce Color Rush. Interesting stuff. Definitely recommended.
The irony though is that for the last few weeks all the photographs I’ve been working on have been black & white. I think it goes back to my previous comment about ‘gray’ images, and so I wanted to see if I could do a better job with my photographs than I had been. Maybe. »
Sketches from my photographic life
When I look on the computer at a photograph I’ve made, many times I’ll think, wow that’s like …, and though I typically won’t be able to actually say who it reminds me of, but there will be something that seems reminiscent of some famous photographs, or photographers, I’ve »
I spent last weekend at a workshop given by Brooks Jensen, of LensWork magazine fame. He is touring the western states, so I had to travel if I wanted to attend. I missed out on Portland and couldn’t get to San Francisco, so I went to Los Angeles, which »
This weekend I was trying to take a longer bike ride, while still staying close to town. At one point I was out at the Broadway Bridge, and I went down to the river. I was at the point where last year I saw the kayaks going under the path from the Argo spillway and into the Huron River, below the Argo Dam. »
We have a large, old magnolia tree in our front yard. It is in full bloom. This year feels unusual, compared to recent years, in that there are no storms coming through, blowing all the blossoms off almost as soon as they appear. Of course, we did lose yet »
Late last week we got word from our favorite bed and breakfast in Saugatuck that there had been a cancelation and we were able to get away for a nice weekend by Lake Michigan. »
Wow! Amtrak’s Zephyr train is such a great setup. It’s over 2 days from Chicago to Emeryville (across the Bay from San Francisco) and the schedule, whether you are traveling East to West, or back, is set so that you pass through the Rockies and the Sierras in daylight. »
