How to Photograph Spring
The winter of 2015-2016 has been a season of ups and downs in Philadelphia and likely that's how it was for you where ever you live. It was 73 degrees on Christmas day and then a few weeks later we had 30 inches of snow on a Friday night. School didn't resume...
Here Lies Chief: A Hard Life Lesson on Easter
Teddy woke me up Easter morning and the first words out of his mouth were “Dad, I had the strangest dream. I dreamt that I found Chief.” Chief was the favorite of their cousins' dogs who live across the road from grandma’s house. She vanished mysteriously over...
How to Photograph Easter
1. LIKE ALL HOLIDAYS, SIMPLER IS OFTEN BETTER A couple of eggs, a classic basket, and a simple handmade sign and all of a sudden it’s Easter. Easter does not require much in terms of props. Kim Anderson did a lovely job of posing her kids in an alley way making them...
Geeks
Earlier this week we posted a photograph of Alexander reading the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan by the light of an iPad while listening to a one-hour YouTube version of Pachelbel's Canon under bed covers. (It's a loop. According to my son there's also a TEN...
Snow Needs to be OVER-exposed
There’s a reason the snow in many of your sledding pictures is gray. Ironically, it’s because snow is white therefore it’s gray. Sorry if I’m talking in riddles here but the reason many of you have snow pictures that are too dark is because the snow is bright white....
Winter Photographer Foot Gear
I want to make an addition to my master list of things to carry in your camera bag—or at least in the trunk of your car. First a couple of anecdotes. A couple of winters ago I went for a walk in the woods alone after a fresh snowfall. It was a bit icy and everything...
Cropping Action for Impact
I'm going to meddle with and crop Kim Beyer Rayburn's wonderful sledding photograph in the most loving way. Sometimes, it's amazing how cropping into a photograph can give it so much more impact. I think this is especially true with sports photographs…and this is a...
7 Last Minute Valentine’s Day Smartphone Ideas
I don’t care if it is the night before Valentine’s Day and you don’t have so much as a piece of red construction paper or a doilie in the house. You have have your smartphone and so you have plenty of opportunities to say I love you with a camera—the camera you have...
How to Photograph Falling Snow
Picture one of those beautiful, Currier and Ives big giant snowflakes snow falls. If you’re in the woods by yourself; it’s just about one of the most peaceful things you can experience. There’s no wind; you can actually hear the soft luscious flakes landing on the...
Don’t Wait to Photograph Snow
I grew up in Fargo. What did I do at 5 AM when it was 35 below and the wind was howling? My paper route. But despite years of early morning childhood trauma sometime in the last ten years I realized that winter is my favorite season. It must be genetic. I almost enjoy...
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