I’ve been going through a bit of a slow period with my photography in the past couple of months. I have not been shooting much, and it’s for various reasons. I’d like to just say I’ve been so busy with other things – but it’s not just that. Sometimes we all go through periods when [...]
“Tree of Life” by Frank J. Nackos, sculpture on display on Brigham Young University Campus. I took this photo almost three years ago and it is still one of my favorites. The sculpture should be familiar to any BYU student or alumni. It’s located not far from the Testing Center, and I passed it hundreds [...]
Yesterday I received a new DVD of Lenswork Extended in the mail and it sparked a new idea about how to get more out of my digital SLR and turn it into a large format camera. Issue #87 features portfolio of architecture photography by Scott Hendershot. I have not yet listened to the interview recorded [...]
The lives of creative people are all pretty similar. For example, any photographer can learn a great deal about the craft from studying the work and lives of painters and other kinds of artists. With that in mind, I found myself recently reading the books on writing. Reading these books allows me to accomplish two [...]
If you have a moment, check out an interview I did with guys at Caliber SF, new blog with San Francisco street and documentary theme that a group of photographers recently launched. They’ve interviewed me about my photography, about how I learn and how I keep myself motivated and about a couple of my favorite [...]
Since I work in downtown San Jose, few weeks ago I noticed a big poster advertising a new exhibit that was about to open in San Jose Museum of Art featuring early work of Ansel Adams. I’ve been to few of his exhibits in the past few years, but none of them featured his early [...]