Season Greetings and Happy Holidays to all of you that do! Thank you SO MUCH for all of your follows, likes, comments, critiques and DM’s. Safe travels, keep the faith

Uber time in Agra! Social distancing in place-one passenger at a time. The new normal. Enjoy your weekend and Happy New Year. Nikon D850, Nikkor 200-500mm, F/13@1/320, 200 ISO, Daylight/Sunny

A few miles east of Marseilles, France is the town of Cassis, where you will find this old building whose east facing wall is the summer recipient of bold, stark

The color orange; it is youthful, healthy, cheerful, it is the color of summer, it is warm and playful, it never grows up, it is forever resigned to be the

So many revelations over these past few months; I never thought I would miss seeing crowds of people, but I do! On this day, several years ago, from atop one

Blame it on Covid-19. With this unexpected down time I too am spending more time then usual on the computer and as I was re-visiting my time spent in one

Creating illusions on the streets of Dallas, TX. Camera on tripod, my daughter Sophie stands very still, arms outstretched, while holding an inverted umbrella, as a very slow moving tram

Majestic, regal, powerful are but a few words to describe the horses of the Camargue, (salt marshes near Marseilles) in Provence, France. My July workshop in Provence France includes a

I think about my friends, near and very far, even my friends from the Karo tribe in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, a tribe who I am sure will also be impacted

If not this week, then next, or still next next, but do consider shooting a portrait against a totally unexpected background! Nikon D850, Nikkor 24-120mm, F/11@1/100 sec ISO 640, Daylight/Sunny

Assuming you own one, your ultra-wide angle lens absolutely LOVES to offer up a front row seat to your viewing audience, but more often than not (and much to the

Hands are a subject I have been shooting for years, hands at work, hands at play and hands at rest but only recently have I become acutely aware of how

Hey, with so many of us under ‘lockdown’ and/or ‘shelterinplace’ orders, it seems our only opportunity to get outside is when we run out of Half and Half, Wine and

One earth, one big giant family, these are challenging times, many of us in the ‘waiting place’, but ever the optimist, I am reposting this image from several years ago

I had the great pleasure of working with the wise and independent thinker, ‘Juliet Rose’ aka Alpana, in Delhi and briefly in Agra. She is a young woman from the

I was having a discussion with a writer from India a few weeks ago about favorite images and he was surprised to learn that one of my favorite images was,

The loud and welcomed sound of children laughing caused me to turn in the laughter’s direction, onto a narrow lane on the backstreet’s of Varanasi! Ten meters later, to my

Norway- thanks for everything, you were cold, as usual, but then again, we did hook up in winter. Fresh snowfall is a dream for most minimalistic photographers, and other than

Ocean beaches, world-wide, have become an increasingly popular landscape subject for many aspiring photographers over these past 5 years, yet, as I have witnessed in my on-location workshops as well

The heart that wasn’t, but actually it is!... It was a day I got ‘schooled’ by my youngest daughter Sophie. I call this Sophie’s tree, a tree that Sophie called

Last nights Aurora in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, just above the beaches near Skreeda. This first exposure is 68 ‘stacked’ images all shot at 5000 ISO, F/5.6@30seconds, Nikkor 14-24mm @14mm, the

Ever so brief, a sliver of light, escapes from the narrow opening in the clouds behind us, as myself, my students and a host of other photographers take up our

Once the talented makeup artist Nattakun Plaengdee had finished applying her artistic talents I then ‘wrapped’ the front of our willing subject, a young teenage boy from the Mursi Tribe

When does $7 feel like a million bucks? After a quick lunch in the small town of Waytoe, in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, I arose from my chair and went back

I recently wrapped up my Maui, Hawaii workshop. Of course we had a great workshop, (it was Maui after-all, so why wouldn’t it be great) and all of us surely

Totally unplanned, four years ago, and here is the ‘back story’ ?. While shooting in Puerto Rico, my original idea was to shoot the model with the umbrella against the

Sometimes, the world seems to be spin at an accelerated pace, so much so, that you wish it was possible to just hop off and take a much needed break,

Why photography? The reasons are many, including it’s ability to create a record of an event, such as a birthday, wedding, concert or that once in a lifetime vacation. The

Of the five elements of design, line, texture, shape, form and pattern, LINE is without question the most powerful in photographic composition. Lines not only indicate a subjects visual weight,

I always wanted to do this water and cooking oil ‘trick’ with a triadic color combination of Red, Blue and Yellow, and finally found the time late yesterday. Oil and

Practiced by many African cultures, scarifying the skin is akin to making a tattoo, but involves scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the

UNDERSTANDING FLASH I received this question three times in past two days so time to answer it again. How does a photographer combine a flash exposure for subject in ‘shade’

Motion fascinates me, particularly motion and it’s role in photography. Photographers, when presented with motion opportunities have the option of FREEZING that motion into a stark, sharply defined subject to

The Greek Mean, the Rule of Thirds, the Golden Section, all described what is essentially the division of a piece of photographic film, the digital sensor or a painters canvas

Lalibella, Ethiopia, famed for its ‘rock churches’ literally carved out of the rocky hillsides by “forty-thousand laborers by day, and thousands of angels by night” creating Seven rock churches, connected

Eight years in the making, veering off onto the roads less traveled, the backroads of Provence, France, hundreds of miles of backroads, most of which I have traveled, at times

He has 20/20 vision, but he ‘suffers’ from a melanin gene mutation called Waardenberg Syndrome which affects the pigment in developing eye color, a condition that affects on average, 1

When was the last time you photographed the wind? During my Key West Workshop, Nancy Allen, a student and willing model, posed for my other students and myself, a she

It can be a WONDER-FULL WORLD in which we live.  Nikon D850, 24-120mm, F/4@1/200 100 ISO Daylight/Sunny WB Nikkor 24-120mm @72mm F/11@1/160 320 ISO Mark Favorite

Filtered dappled light, often created by surrounding trees, often appearing when “the sun is too high in the sky” and of course when the sun is too high in the

This is a face of a really really really nice man. And when you meet the face of a really really really nice man you feel compelled to do a

It was all new to me, the Yukon Territories and I had no idea where this particular road would take me, other then up, up higher into the woods. I

Fortuitous: to come upon something visually wonderful and having the right equipment to get the shot and then doubly fortuitous to discover later that one of the young man’s shirts

A bit of nostalgia here, a wall mounted gum ball machine, mounted outside, to the wall of a grocery store, in a small village in what was the country, DDR,

My daughter Chloë, under a small ‘waterfall’ at the hotel pool in Cancun. A front lit ‘portrait’ with the exposure emphasis on shutter speed, not aperture, because my primary interest

While setting up my camera and lens to shoot these three windmills from the bridge that crosses this particular dike in Rustenburg, Holland, I heard an unexpected and loud splash

We ‘write’ stories and one of the most often over-looked ‘writing instruments’ that every photographer has at their disposal is choices in shutter speed. On this day, in Mandalay, Myanmar

It was during a somber visit to a Somalian refuge camp that I enjoyed a brief, light-hearted moment when I came upon an unusually large and tall camel, a camel

This is another recent scan of a 35mm slide, shot in the year 90 or 1991, in West Friesland, Holland. It was about 30 minutes before sunrise; the moon was

This is truly a “one of a kind” photo and it has earned this distinction NOT because of anything I did, but first, a very brief history; the image was

An early Saturday morning, my students and myself cane upon a long narrow ‘fountain’, made of black marble, upon which a reflection from a nearby, front-lit building, a bit of

I return to Ethiopia’s Omo Valley in two weeks, returning to continue my personal project of photographing members of the Karo, Hamar, Arbore, Surmi and Mursi tribes. For the most

The similarities between these two images are uncanny, a landscape in Holland, a people-scape in Las Vegas, both images are all about line, shape and color. See the noun, shoot

Taungthaman Lake, just a few minutes from downtown Mandalay, Myanmar, you arrive at 4:30am, a few dogs are barking, a distant splash on the water is heard, you turn your

As I’ve said on several occasions, I am NOT a wildlife photographer, but IF I see ‘wildlife’, sure, I’ll probably get off a shot or two, but on this day,

Season Greetings and Happy Holidays to all of you that do! Thank you SO MUCH for all of your follows, likes, comments, critiques and DM’s. Safe travels, keep the faith

Macro photography tells us to ALWAYS be parallel to your subject and always use F/16-F/32 to record exacting sharpness, but don’t forget that anytime you hear ALWAYS, consider doing the

A landfill, garbage, not food, but industrial ‘garbage’, broken tiles, cement blocks, wire mesh, worn pipes, rotted wood, empty paint buckets, defective ladders and shards of broken glass, both large

“Where’s the bicyclist? Where’s the jogger? Doesn’t ANYONE take morning walks around here? And where is the farmer normally seen behind the wheel of his 1960 CV Citroen?!?!?!???” The frustration

I discovered early in my photographic career that I was not cut out to be a wildlife photographer. I didn’t have the patience that is so often necessary to get

I am not a fan of cold weather but I cannot argue with the MANY photo opportunities that only cold weather can create, including freezing rain! So, put on the

Alone, just me, no other photographers, the only witness on this morning, sunrise, 5:23am, West Friesland, Holland north of Rustenberg, one of many small villages next to the long dike,

How does one honor the utter stillness of the forest, the peaceful silence, rarely interrupted, yet a welcomed interruption by the cheerful melody of a nearby white-crowned sparrow? The forest

The famous town of Oia, on the island of Santorini, Greece, you’ve been there, you’ve ‘fought’ the crowds, you now claim that half square meter of real estate as your

Sunday morning church services in Lalibellla, Ethiopia, a morning photo shoot starting with a 4am alarm. Arriving at one of the seven rock churches, literally carved out of the rocky

“Fifteen seconds MAX!” That’s really all the time you’ll need to create those welcomed dramatic exposures when rush hour traffic coincides with the light of dusk or dawn. ( short video

The awakening to another amazing day in Ethiopia and am so mindful of what a truly fortunate man I am and how extremely grateful I feel for such a blessed

Mesmerized? Hypnotized? Spellbound? Captivated? Dazzled? Transfixed? Enchanted? Gripped? Moved? Charmed?...it was her ashen face, literally, ashes, from a spent fire, combined with her gaze, a gaze that shot out from

Several minutes prior to shooting this frame, a frame of two brothers and the one brothers wife, the young girl in red, the young red ‘jumper’ had entered this lavender

Some houses in this small Ethiopian village, about sixty miles south of the capital, Addis Ababa, were painted in very bright colors, pink, cyan or in the case of this

We all have our favorite images. Some of my favorite images were taken by other photographers while a few favorite images were taken by myself and todays post, an image

He is a seamstress, 24/7...They say in business location is everything...his shop is right next door to the used clothing market...smart man! And of course he has that once empty

Wandering the streets of New York, wondering what I might find, excited, anxious, hopeful, wandering, wondering no more...sidelight, light and shadow and of course color, meter for highlight, Sunny 16,

A quick shot, and the quick backstory; Natt and I were in a mansion in Delhi, a mansion that I had found on AirBnB, a mansion with art on most

Welcome to the information age, where questions find answers and answers lead to more questions, NO shortage of information available to us all, accessible in print or electronically...choose wisely. Nikon

Of the many many images I captured during my three days in Varanasi last March, the images I captured of the constant activity along the banks of the Ganges River,

They are called barn doors, the lightweight metal pieces that are attached to my 10”x4” Bi-Color LED light, and with my exposure set for the brighter light that is being

I recently added another IPhone Max XS to my workflow and when setting it up, ‘the Cloud’ loaded a number of videos I thought I had lost, including a short

Ahhh, snap, look what I just came across in my Provence folder Summer 2019!  Since international travel has been halted, just for fun let’s pretend it’s already July 13th, 2021

No one likes to hear the sound of a bird hitting a window since it almost always means the bird is dead, the result of a broken neck, which was

Immediately upon seeing the glowing red escalator inside the EmQuartier Mall in Bangkok, my plans for that afternoon changed-shoot NOW, shop later and after riding the escalator to the top

After a relatively short climb, the wide path quickly opens up into a small terrace and after counting nine cats, your first thought might be that you have stumbled upon

East of the Rockies, from mid-summer to fall, photographers play cat and mouse with the beautiful Monarch butterflies, butterflies whose unmistakeable orange wings and their black veining are bring a

Green is youthful, hopeful, promising, new beginnings, healthy, vitality, symbolic of fertility...and of course the symbol of spring ...Wishful thinking is arguably healthy ? Mark Favorite

Happy Monday...that’s it! I’m in a great mood, but in no mood to write...another one of those Dutch landscapes from last April. No one wonder the Dutch Masters felt compelled

I’m throwing caution to the wind, ALL WEEKEND! I will share my results on Monday, if notable...however you choose to spend your weekend, may a portion of it add to

A million years ago, there was an explosion, actually an eruption, a volcanic eruption, spewing lava and rocks of all sizes onto the desolate valley floor. Then just two years

IF this photograph were to be used as an advertisement, do you feel it would be best used for a men’s cologne or a women’s perfume? I have often lectured

The calm, the quiet, of the horizontal lines, interrupted, briefly, by the brisk upright vertical line of a man, a man seeming to walk with purpose, a man on a

I first met this young woman from the Karo tribe of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley last year, while camping for several days in her village. It was the first of two

When I accepted just how hard life can be, with all of it’s expected and unexpected ups and downs, life got a little easier, and along the way, I’ve learned

I wanted to re-visit the WB settings/questions I often hear in my photography workshops. The option to change/choose the WB, at ant given moment is probably my second most liked

Mandalay, Myanmar, a textile factory where bundles of thick white cotton threads are dyed in vivid and various rainbow colors then hung out to dry on long bamboo poles, rows

A chance meeting of like colors on the streets of Chandni Chowk, Delhi...right place, right time. Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-120mm F/16@1/320, 1250 ISO, Daylight/Sunny WB Mark Favorite

Okay, so let’s just cut to the chase and address the elephant in the room; “yes this is a ‘corny’ portrait!” and now that we got that out of the

We had a great time in my recent Chicago workshop, and although it felt at times bitterly cold, Crown Fountain was running at full strength and there was no shortage

When a leaf falls from a tree branch and onto the hood of a mini-van, (photo below) does it make a sound? Hmmmmh...you tell me. Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-120mm@30mm, F/16@1/60

It’s almost every week, somewhere in the world, that I’m either out with a group of photographers or I happen to be in the area where a group of photographers

If contrast is your thing, then here is the perfect ‘storm’; remember the last time you photographed a sunset/sunrise and anything or anyone in front of the sunrise/sunset was rendered

My intent was simple enough; compose a composition of LINES, lines in this case that would be comprised of vertical trees that lined a narrow country lane in West Friesland

Further proof that color is everywhere, ... and when composing this portrait at a Hindu Temple in Jaipur, India, I chose a point of view that would allow me to

Just dreaming about my Boston Photo Workshop with fabulous fall weather and the stunning colors! Here is an image that will surprise many, IF only because it was made with

When two worlds collide...an amazing evening, to photograph a full moon rising on Inle Lake, Myanmar, but where was the fisherman...None to be found, but then, the next morning, I

A low point of view, camera/lens on tripod, an image of Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, an image that consists of 74 single images, each a 30-second exposure of the

Several weeks ago, I was struck with the realization that beginning with the cover photo of the original first edition of my book Understanding Exposure, and to present day, pigeon’s

‘Panning’ the streets, at a 1/15 second in the area of the always colorful and beautifully chaotic Times Square New York. You keep shooting! Mark Favorite

Make it a point to carry both a black piece of fabric and a colored piece of fabric with you and when the need arises, and your backgrounds are quickly

This FIRST image is a 9-shot IN CAMERA multiple exposure. The SECOND image is a single exposure of the colorful scene you see here AND finally, a 16 second video,

Let’s keep it short and just cut to the chase and address the importance of and willingness to consider a change in point of view, such as what does a

If you remember the 60’s you weren’t there, so it is with a degree of caution, that I volunteer a fog like memory from 1967 of reading The Illiad and

No trip to Bhutan is complete unless it includes a visit to the world’s largest sitting bronze Buddha, AND if you are lucky enough to be there during or shortly

It was at Seal Rock, along Oregon’s, where way off in the distance, at the top left of this image where I left behind a great deal of frustration, the

It wasn’t until this particular afternoon in Old Dubai where I was reminded once again just how powerful the color orange is and I say reminded, because the color orange

A funny play on words, the Nikon acronym, CH, which means “Continuous High”, a reference to the rapid firing frame rate of Nikon’s camera’s when CH is selected, a selection

I feel extremely grateful to all of you who follow me here. Your comments, criticisms and overall support is greatly appreciated! Today, I wanted to share some anticipated news with

In the town of Oia, on the west end of the island of Santorini, Greece, it is quite common to witness photographers and the newlywed couples that hired them, being

Expect the unexpected! In celebration of Cats on People’s Heads Photography Day, I present this portrait of a brightly dressed woman and her kitten, photographed in open shade against one

Hey it’s International Show the Color Red Photography Day, (and yes I just made that up), but none the less, three cheers for the color RED and while you’re at

If patience is a virtue, then street photography is the place to become virtuous! In all my years of shooting, nothing comes close to having your patience challenged more than

What should your exposure be? Your exposure should not only be correct but it should be the most creatively correct exposure too! Every scene offers up a multitude of correct

The Nikkor 50mm F1.4, was the only lens that I could afford at the time, the only lens that I had during those first 7 months of what was the

Inlee Lake, Myanmar...a chance to get a front row seat of ‘the fishermen water ballet’, a surprisingly easy photo shoot! You will need to hire a ‘long boat/driver’ who will

How do you create ‘that look’ when shooting portraits? Perhaps an example that may feel a bit too extreme for some, but certainly one that has proven effective for me,

We were having one of those “best places for photos” discussions and if you know me, my answer is always the same, “bloom where you are planted”, but then the

Venice, Italy, living the dream and it’s great to be back! A slow shutter speed of a 1/30 sec. coincided with the unexpected emergence of the flapping wings of three

It’s no secret I love color, so it should come as no surprise that I plan my entire year around India’s Holi Festival or what I affectionately call, India’s Festival

From the bar at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, situated atop the tallest hill in Muscat, Oman, the view of the ocean below is truly impressive, especially nearing sunset and as

Most of us have come across the old car or perhaps it was an old truck, abandoned years ago, under what is now an even larger oak tree...and what was

Summer of 2018, this really was my FIRST rodeo, and as is often the case when shooting sports, including rodeos, the normal train of thought is to emphasize those fast,

I believe it was 1975, give or take a year, when I was in downtown Portland, Oregon venturing WAY OUT of my ‘shoot only nature’ comfort zone, attempting my first

Would you like to know a really simple idea that just might help in sharpening up your vision? This weekend, consider looking for and then creating compositions that are first

A summer without sunflowers just wouldn’t be summer and I hate the reminder but the calendar says another great ‘summer to remember’ is coming to a close, but damn, where

Can I offer just one invaluable tip that all of the frustrated wide-angle lens shooters could use? You bet and here it is: “Embrace the FACT that your wide-angle lens

LEARN MORE If you are like most photographers, you can remember the photo that changed you forever a single moment captured in time that captivated you and spawned the inception

Arguably, the people of India as well as the landscapes and cityscapes, are the most colorful in the world, and some days, some mornings, some very brief morning minutes, no,

Ahhhhh, the power of red! An otherwise monochromatic ‘sentence’ ends with an exclamation point, a red exclamation point no less! When setting your camera’s meter reading for snow scene’s, make

Could not tell you what all the celebration was about, but I was certainly elated to come upon this couple appearing to be dancing in celebration of..?...on a pedestrian bridge

In much the same way the sculpture gazes at the rock before them, with chisel and hammer at the ready, the gifted and extremely talented make-up artist/model ‘Natt’, finds herself

Like most artists with a camera, chances are quite good that you are looking for answers, inspiration, ideas and motivation in your continued pursuit of photographic excellence. Consider getting involved

Selective focus is a technique and a photography term that gets thrown around a lot, but often times without mentioning the all important need to USE MANUAL FOCUS! With each

Here are five more images from last April’s Holland workshop and I realized earlier this week, “better late than never”, so let me just add that all were shot with

When I lived in Chicago, one of my favorite locations for photographing people was Millennium Park. On those hot August days of stifling humidity, Crown Fountain, with its two impressive

It’s so easy to become lost at Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi’s 400year old market, yet it seems every time I’ve been lost, I find some great treasure and this was

During the Provence workshop, we were shooting near the northern French Alps, about one hour SE of Grenoble, a wheat field here, a lone tree there, a small country road where

You can do this! In the world of macro/closeup photography, there is this ‘optical law’ that states, “any out of focus spot of light in your overall composition will be

Here are several ‘who cares’ portraits taken on this overcast day, and I say “who cares what aperture I use here because the subject will be standing very near a

It was in one of the neighborhoods in Jaipur, India where I, with camera in hand, had met several young boys who volunteered their white doves as potential ‘props’. Although

It’s another take from the Montreal Convention Center, one of the most colorful locations I have ever come across. In fact, just on color alone, Burano, Italy and the Montreal

Just when you think you’ve seen all there is to see among the lavender fields of Provence France...using drones is becoming more and more restrictive, which is WHY, I rent

When you feel you have come upon a good portrait subject and assuming the logistics are worked out, i.e. lens choice, aperture choice, background, point of view, you will, in

When one looks for opportunities to shoot ‘motion-filled’ subjects, waterfalls, ocean surf and city traffic at dusk often come to mind, but the reality is, motion is everywhere, including the

The colors of Ethiopia, in a single frame, a composition of a cheerful and beautiful young girl within the surrounds of some equally cheerful and beautiful light. A lucky morning

I’ve been known to go just about anywhere, but my preference is to go somewhere. Somewhere and I share a great history. Somewhere leaves the door open to chance. Last

As artists, we are aware of our inner voice that is constantly prodding us to do more, to push past the self-imposed boundaries, boundaries that keep us ‘safe’ yet behind

While getting dressed today, for work or play, consider wearing AND sharing your WARMEST piece of ‘clothing’- your smile. These two smiles belong to two young girls from the Karo

We are passionate, we are driven, we move with a sub-conscious abandon, under a self-casted spell, relentlessly pursuing the perfect image, which as most of have learned and accepted by

I have photographed my share of forests and some felt almost perfect, but not until last week, near Inle Lake, Myanmar did I feel I had finally reached ‘perfection!’ This

Another day in Old Harar, Ethiopia...one of my top five favorite locations in this, our very colorful world.  Pointing at me, “You keep shooting!” said the little girl. Nikon D500,

She is a little girl from the Dorze tribe of SE Ethiopia’s Omo Valley and upon seeing her ‘hiding’, yet peeking from around the corner of the very small 8x10

Rarely will anyone argue with the overall consensus that “mid-day light is the worst!”, yet as further proof that ‘rules’ can in fact stifle a shooting opportunity, a MID-DAY shooting

Atop the small incline, grows a very big tree, a tree that provides some welcomed shade when temperatures top out at 98 degrees plus each afternoon, but overnight, the temperature

As I recall, the car was still rolling to a stop when I opened the passenger rear door, leaping out and running back up the lone country road, anxious to

PART I: How important can a background be, particularly when shooting portraits on the street? It can every bit as important as the seamless or muslim textured backgrounds used in

Late afternoon, racing down a gravel road in NW Tuscany, Italy, a single refrain of the song, “...over the hill and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go...” is

It was the wall of sewing machines that got my attention, as if they were a collection of trophies, yet I soon learned that these Singar sewing machines were in

My idea was simple enough; to record colorful images of moving cars at shutter speeds nearing a 1/4 second, as I shot down onto street below from my 45th floor

The 200-year old Ubien Bridge, built from teak, stretches across the southern end of Tangthman Lake in Mandalay, Myanmar, allowing one to have an elevated view of the lake and

Are you aware of just how vitally important your index finger can be in the creative process of image making? To be clear, I am not talking about the role

Two things regarding this image are working in my favor. It’s 1:30pm, but it’s a day of heavy overcast, so the normal harsh light of mid-day has been softened considerably

What is your ‘wait time’ between capturing one truly compelling image until the next; one hour, one day, one week, one month?  If you are experiencing giant gaps between the

We camped, for two nights with one of the Hamar Tribes near Turmi, Ethiopia, and it was the first evening, while scouting locations, that I saw this large ‘lookout tower’

When shooting on the streets, sometimes my subject is ‘confined’ to a given area and then the challenge can become even greater to find a clean background, and when all

We had just come up the steps at a metro station near ‘little India’ in Paris, when I caught site of some really old style windows made of glass and

Frieda, a 77-year old widow, born on this very farm southwest of Hamburg, Germany, raising pigs, cows and chickens “for as long as I can remember.” With the help of

An easy compositional tip applied to portraits... On the streets of Delhi, many colorful fabrics are on display outside the shops that sell them, displays that mimic hanging curtains. And

Driving south of The Dalles, Oregon, near Dufur, it was a late afternoon in early July when my eyes caught sight of him in his field. He was checking his

My eyes caught site of a lone pigeon flying above this vivid magenta painted wall and it was his brief shadow, that caught my attention as it raced up the

Photography has taught me many things, not the least of which are the seasonal changes that take place near and north of the 45th parallel.  The value of re-visiting these

Somedays, I wake up, and I am eventually greeted with a sense that on this day, I am lacking any ability to ‘see’ and if it persists long enough, self-doubt will

So there she sits, on a blue step of a stairway in the Old City, ‘The Blue City’, Jodhpur, and as I prepare to shoot, a pigeon, flying overhead in

Imagine taking gum wrappers and other small pieces of paper, folding each into a 1 1/2” square, folding in such a way that each additional folded square inter-locks with the

You’ve found the clean background, and with camera at the ready, give the child a balloon, and you keep shooting! Nikon D500, Nikkor 18-300mm, F/6.3@1/800 sec. 100 ISO WB  

Happy, jovial, giddy, lucky, fortuitous, blissful, delighted and joyful are words that all of us have at one time or another used to describe our good mood or the good

Her ‘business’ was not much wider then a single kitchen cupboard and when she opens her doors, she sits cross legged, atop a soft red pillow and serves up a

This is an image of the world’s largest sitting Buddha, Thimphu, Bhutan. Simple stuff here: camera and 10-24mm Nikkor are sitting on rock floor, at a spot where a reflection

How do you bring much needed water to your rice fields in and around Inle Lake, Myanmar? You make narrow channels from the lake to your farm, and while walking

As I came around the back side of one particular house on the edge of Inle Lake with it’s explosion of purple water lilies, in the country of Myanmar, my

Over the years I have witnessed both men and women at work, in what are arguably, ‘brutal and/or hostile’ working conditions, yet it is in these very conditions where I

The Yamuna river runs right through the city of Agra, India, a city most notable for being the home of one of the Seven Wonders of the World, The Taj

Panic has not set in yet, despite your confidence at being ‘lost’ in NE Myanmar, near the Thailand border. You have no GPS, but you still have one hour of

Although it was brief, the afternoon rain shower left behind a puddle large enough to capture the reflection of the twin spired church across the street, and with the help

  Before we say goodbye to summer... Just how elaborate is the set-up to create a shot of ‘refreshing lemonade’? Surprisingly, it’s not elaborate at all! You will need: 1)

I am often asked what separates an ordinary photograph from an extraordinary photograph. Most 'ordinary' photographs have one thing in common; most were shot at EYE-LEVEL! Most extraordinary photographs became

When does a used bar of orange soap reach a level of critical significance in the world of photographic image making? My students and myself were unexpectedly presented with a

In your efforts to expand your photographic vision of understanding exposure, don’t forget that you will need to start limiting your vision as well! Let me explain. It is estimated