the Contact Sheet

On of the areas that I have missed about digital photography from my film days is the contact sheet. For those of you who never shot film, a contact sheet was created by taking your negatives and placing them directly on a piece of darkroom paper and making a contact...
Pan and focus

Pan and focus

When you spend a good deal of your time photographing from a tripod, you can find your panning skills a little rusty. Learn to pan is way more about muscle memory than anything your brain can come up with to get a clear shot. Like most things in photography, practice...
What did I do here?

What did I do here?

I have recently taught a couple of workshops that focused on digital black and white photography. For both workshops we worked with Nik/Google’s Silver Efex Pro 2 and onOneSoftware’s Perfect BW. Both of these tools are great for working on images in black and white...

Where is my stuff

I am teaching a class on organizing (and finding) your digital assets at the Photographic Center Northwest on the weekend of March 2-3 from 12-4 each day. If you are looking to get a handle on your digital photographs I encourage you to sign up there are still a few...

My first bike race

This past weekend while photographing for the Photographic Center Northwest’s Longshot event, I wandered over into the great neighborhood of Ballard in Seattle. One of my favorite outdoor stores (Second Ascent) was sponsoring a bicycle criterium race. The event...