Archive for April, 2007

Looking at Trillium in different ways

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Howard Grill had written previously about some challenges he was facing in trying to come up with new ways to photograph trillium that is in bloom this time of year. I had commented on one of his original posts that I often face the same creative block with certain subjects. At […]

Alternate pursuits and talents

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

During my flu ‘break’ last week I came across a nice interview with Anthony Hopkins on daytime television. Normally I think they should just save the airwaves with most things found on daytime television, but that is another matter. Anyway, I had learned that Anthony Hopkins is also an avid painter. […]

Hepatica from the archives

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

I have been out of commission the past few days with a bad case of the flu, and unfortunately more concerned about coughing up a lung than getting out in the great spring weather we have started to have here.
I just snagged a 1978 Nikon 50 mm 1.4 lens off of Ebay that I plan […]

Most expensive photographs, and today?

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Just sharing an interesting link to a list over on Wikipedia. I don’t suppose I will ever understand why these images fetch the prices they do. I can understand some of them hold fairly significant historical reference, like one of the first color photographs. Ansel Adam’s Moonrise is on the […]

Alien Ice

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

I shot this ice image along with my other ice patterns back last month. This one sat in my ‘to-do’ que for awhile. I go back to these over time and determine how I want to handle some images that just don’t thrill me out of the camera. I have […]