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Size Matters
Size Matters
October 5, 2025

I print big. 

The other day I asked my photography students what a large print was. Some said 8x12 and others said a 16x20 were big images. I was surprised that their responses were so small...

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Seeing in Contrast
Seeing in Contrast
July 11, 2025

My life was upturned and became chaotic in May of this year. My home of 5 years was sold out from under me and my family. With that upheaval came the reality that we were forced to move. In the end the move turned out ok, but it brought many changes...

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Reflections of Pain, Wilderness, and Art
Reflections of Pain, Wilderness, and Art
December 14, 2024
Pain

Pain has been a friend this year that I have not generally wanted to hang out with but yet has overstayed its welcome. Sickening pain, crippling pain, mind crushing pain, nagging pain, sharp pain, dull pain, emotional pain, pain pain...

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The best advice I heard from other artists
The best advice I heard from other artists
November 11, 2024

Want to hear a question I feel like I have no good way of answering? What’s your inspiration? Or in another way, what inspires you? I feel like I don’t know what to say. In my mind when I hear this, I should see something an artist creates then have the sudden desire to go out and do something in response...

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Lossless Workflow for Photo Editing
Lossless Workflow for Photo Editing
May 8, 2024

There are times to have wordy explanations about topics. This is not one of those times.

There is a proper methodology to taking and editing images. This method allows for the ability to restart if things go wrong or you need to adjust images days, months or years in the future...

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Why You Should Edit Your Images
Why You Should Edit Your Images
May 1, 2024


I do a lot of art shows and the number one question I get at shows is "Do you edit your images?" I always respond the the strong affirmative yes. The follow-up statement I give goes something as followed

"A good photograph should be edited...

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Understanding Apertures
Understanding Apertures
February 7, 2024

If you are new to photography you probably came across the exposure triangle. This triangle is made up of ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture. I have already covered the first two in previous blog posts, but today I am going to cover the latter...

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Shutter Speed and Landscape Photography
Shutter Speed and Landscape Photography
January 18, 2024
What is the Shutter of "Shutter Speed"

I think the best way to start off this conversation of shutter speed is to actually see a shutter in action. So with that, let me introduce you to a 10 minute video of the Slow Mo Guys recording the inside of a camera as it takes an image...

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What is ISO, Understanding The Basics
What is ISO, Understanding The Basics
January 8, 2024
What is ISO Glossary ISO- International Standardization Organization Noise- unwanted random signals (in this case photons) of light striking your sensor

Lets start with something right away. ISO means International Standardization for Organization (ISO)...

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From 2023 to 2024, Accomplishments and Future Goals
From 2023 to 2024, Accomplishments and Future Goals
January 2, 2024
There and Back Again, A Photographers Tail

Low and behold a year has gone and a new year has arrived. As I begin writing this I firmly sit two days into the new year, but the past year is still fresh on the mind...

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My Perceptions of Art and Landscape Photography
My Perceptions of Art and Landscape Photography
7/8/2023

I do a lot of art shows. I get to look at a lot of art that people do. I get to see paintings, photographs, sculptures, rock art, pen and paper, pencil and so forth. At the nicer shows I get to see those who have been doing art for a long time, who have honed their craft and have become quite exceptional...

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More Than A Rock, A Book By Guy Tal- Response
More Than A Rock, A Book By Guy Tal- Response
7/6/2023


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Compositional Triangles
Compositional Triangles
6/10/2023

There are a hand full of compositional elements I hate the way its been written about online. One of those elements are triangles in photography. Most of the time authors end up drawing way too many triangles, or put them in random spots or make them up...

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Tips on Composition in Photography
Tips on Composition in Photography
4/27/2023

Last night I finished watching Steven Spielberg's most recent movie, The Fabelman's. In it, the story follows a young man as he comes of age and falls in love with film making. The movie is filled with compelling characters, advice and warnings for artists, and in the end following your passion...

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Know Thy Deserts- A Journey Through Americas Great Deserts
Know Thy Deserts- A Journey Through Americas Great Deserts
3/21/2023  |  American Southwest

I have completed a life goal I never knew I had until it was presented to me. I finally visited all of North Americas great deserts. Yes there are four deserts in North America, but lets include the Colorado Plateau because I am biased towards it, and that makes five for this article...

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8 Tips I Wish I Knew Before I Started my Landscape Photography Journey
8 Tips I Wish I Knew Before I Started my Landscape Photography Journey
2/1/2023

There was an individual the other day that asked a local photography group the following question- "What do you know now that you wish you knew at the beginning of you photography journey." So I answered his question and after thinking it through I decided to bring those bits of details to you and expand on them...

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