I’m offering up a selection of my photos on Fine Art America. The details are here on the prints page.
deadwood and morning sun
beavertail
fallen ocotillo and lupine
Now that I’ve discovered how to get color that looks real to me I’m having so much fun with it that I haven’t been doing much b/w. It reminds me of years ago, a long time gone, when I’d talk my dad into buying me a roll of 127 Kodacolor for my Brownie Starflex instead of Verichrome Pan b/w, and just go out and shoot it up without any thought about whether it was any good or not. It was just fun. Snapshooting at it’s best.
tracks in the wilderness
There are those for whom wilderness designation means nothing but another ‘gubmint’ land grab. Another rule to flaunt.
young saguaro
sunrise in the park
more thoughts on color
I’ve struggled with color for several years now. I can be pretty slow on the uptake – try as I might I haven’t been able to get the same gut punch with color as I can with b/w, and I’ve quickly abandoned it.
It finally occurred to me that I won’t get the same punch with it and it’s an exercise in frustration to try. Color speaks in a different voice. It has a voice of it’s own, and if I let it be what it is, and let it speak in it’s own voice, I can get along with it just fine. It can even be pretty good.
Of course it helps to figure out how to tame it…
desert topographics 