Monthly Archives: February 2014

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Posts like this one, exploring composition, are the perfect and proper place for all of us to give our opinions on the subject of composition.  Notice that when I write about composition, I use my own imagery for any negative … Continue reading →

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Not necessarily in that order. I have for you, four superb photographic artists today. We will begin with two abstract photographers.  Nature is their primary subject, and each has their own personal style. Light, pattern, texture, tone and color are the … Continue reading →

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I am showing you a mixed bag of my own images, with some superb pictures from several excellent photographers.  Despite the fact that today’s images that are mine, are rather ordinary, I continue you to bring you top-notch pictures from great photographers.  … Continue reading →

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In my most recent article on the subject of education, I lauded the value of the grammar school that I attended.  Of course that meant that I would immediately make an error in grammar in that very same article.  In … Continue reading →

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Famous American photographer Gordon Parks, is the person who is most associated with the term “the learning tree”.  In 1969 (I believe) he directed a movie by the same name.  More on the learning tree further down the page. First … Continue reading →

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Today we have three different photographers from three different continents. They specialize in the three different forms of nature photography and I am showing you three images from each photographer.  Nope…it wasn’t planned that way…really. Our first photographer comes from … Continue reading →

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The images below show the Seventeen Year Periodical Cicada, and from where it came. The Cicada you see has just “escaped” from its outer shell after spending 17 years residing beneath the ground living off the roots of a tree.  … Continue reading →

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In my last article, the link placed at the very end of the post was not operational. That has been fixed.  Sorry about that. The Palominos of the bird world?  I have not affected the color on these two Mourning … Continue reading →

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Today’s post is not about how to grow grass or plant flowers in your yard.  It is about honoring the art of landscape photography. The term landscape photography means different things to different people.  To me they are medium to large … Continue reading →

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Staying Home:  I think everybody desires to go to great exotic places where an abundance of photographic subjects reside. The sort of things that we see in magazines, books and on the internet, that  “other” photographers make pictures of. Everybody … Continue reading →