NYC Architectural Abstracts: A Photographic Walking Tour of New York City
The New York City skyline is recognizable to millions. The Empire State building, the Chrystler Building, the Brooklyn Bridge; the twin towers that stood and then were gone so noticeably and now a gleaming new spire atop the Freedom Tower. The buildings together as a unit create the famous silhouette perched on the […]
Summer Flowers – Bright new photography
Summer flowers are one of the joys of this season. My list of summer pleasures is a long one. Here, in today’s post, I want to share a few recent photographs of summer flowers. My friend offered me a ride back to her house. We were planning an evening of barbeque’d food and […]
Etsy Treasury Feature: Colorful Veggie Display
There are so many reasons I love Etsy, the online handmade marketplace. One of the reasons is that others can put together collections of items available on the site and share them as a treasury. Good keywording and visual appeal help to get your items found and selected. One of my listings, a print I […]
Christmas Stalking: Seasonal images in marketing
The little trick or treaters had barely been nestled into their beds when I heard it. The first jingle of the holiday sales season. Marketers so focused on one of the three big kid holidays of the year quickly shifted gears and ads went from orange and black to green and red. Pumpkins […]
LIGHTS. . CAMERA . . ! SPOTLIGHT: Food Photography & Dramatic Illumination at Collins Center for the Arts 2012 Gala
Photographing food is one of my favorite things. Whenever I have an opportunity to turn my lens toward some artfully created dishes I do so. I am also drawn to light and its effects, whether it’s the shadows or the beams, light is a big part of photography. Combining the two, food and light, […]
Peddling my wares – Selling Photography at Art & Craft Shows part 3
Show selection – why some shows are good for photographers and some of my experiences. If I am to continue selling photography at art & craft shows, which shows would be best? I’m asking myself this question, of course, but feel free to chime in with advice on this. The first […]
Images of Summer (so far)
I can only speak for myself but I believe that in thinking about summer, we all have images that we put in place in our minds as the ultimate image of summer. Of course it depends on your feelings about the season in general as to the tone of the image, but in all […]
Food Porn: Delicious, sensual, glorious food photography
Bright and colorful, alluring and ubiquitous, food is inescapable. As a necessary component of human life, food could take the role of just another part of the daily grind. We all need to eat, sleep, breathe, and eliminate. Fortunately, the need to eat has stretched far beyond its basic goal of nourishment. […]
Emotion & Perception in photography
“You never know when you’re making a memory.” Rickie Lee Jones quotes (American Singer and Song Writer) “Please buy my Mom’s pictures. Each one of them is a great memory for us.” My daughter wrote this note and put it in front of the baskets of matted prints and photo cards I was trying […]
Experience it or record it? Is there a choice? Living life through the lens
I read an interesting quote recently. George Clooney observed that whether he’s signing an autograph for a fan or just saying hello, the person has held up a camera phone or is shooting video or snapping pictures. Of this, he said “I think people are experiencing less and recording more.” Am I guilty […]
The birth of a blog
Here it is at birth; the inaugural post to this new blog on this new website. It’s freeing in a way to begin anew. The path this journal takes as it meanders through my photographic experiences could go anywhere. We could find ourselves entwined in the high grasses on the dunes or mired in […]
