Lightroom has had some weaknesses when it came to processing infrared images like channel swap and white balance. The primary problem has been and continues to be the range of white balance options not being wide enough into the blue end of the slider. That has had a fix for quite some time which I … [Read more...]
Jack Pashkowsky – Celebrity Photographer
There are many stories that go untold, unheard, and unappreciated. Others, we accidentally stumble upon as I did on Jack Pashkowsky. He photographed Hollywood celebrities with the intimacy you do not find in many similar photographs you know. As I was looking for something to watch on Kanopy.com, I … [Read more...]
Trees Are Almost Budding
Winter kept us inside, especially me. Combined with cold allergies, my persistent cough prevented me from taking even short walks. Today, after supper, I pulled up enough courage to take the first walk in a long time. It was not especially warm, but 42° F was better than zero or even below zero we … [Read more...]
Still Life Photography
A while back, I had another roundtable discussion at the Film Photographers Association. This time the subject was Still Life Photography. It is a genre we all take for granted and include in it a great variety of photographs. I would like to explore the origins of still life in painting, how it … [Read more...]
A Review Of My LensCulture Submission
A while back, I submitted six photographs from my Passing Through Anatolia series to a contest on LensCulture mainly to support their work. Another incentive was a review of the submission if I submitted 5+ images, and I did want a real review as they promised. A week or two ago, I received a note … [Read more...]
The Pleasant Sides of Istanbul
As much as I wrote about the discomfort and stress I get in Istanbul, I should also mention the comfort zones, the pleasures even if they may be in the midst of the dreaded construction everywhere. There are still pleasant sides of Istanbul and you can find them. Around the house, we always had a … [Read more...]
Providence, High and Low
Although I have at least one more post coming about our trip to Turkey in October, I wanted to switch gears a little and talk a little about Providence, Rhode Island. It is a tidy, interesting, livable, historical city that has retained its texture and character. Evren visited with us for three … [Read more...]
Discomfort of Istanbul
This photograph has been in the making for about 20 years, maybe even more. When I first thought of taking a photograph from this point, on the exit connector from the freeway, the trees were not nearly as tall nor have the looming towers were built. The apartment buildings are situated on the … [Read more...]
Plumb Bobs
Most readers will know or at least heard of plumb bobs as a kind of weight at the end of a string. That's exactly how much I knew about them until I met Dr. Doğan Başak in Istanbul this past October. The waiting area of his office looked like a museum and in the Plexiglas cases hung hundreds of … [Read more...]
Bill Clark Exhibit
The word "photography" comes from Greek, "photos (ϕοτοσ), light, and graphos (γραοσ), writing, delineation, or painting," (Oxford Reference) or drawing with light. Bill Clark takes this almost literally in most of his photography. I first saw Bill's work at a juried … [Read more...]