You’re Not in the Mood Well You Get in the Mood
If you ask my wife, she will tell you that I am the moodiest person on the planet-ridiculously happy one minute and ready to end it all at a moment’s notice the next. Those mood changes surprisingly change my creative disposition, and not only the way I take photographs, but the way that I process [...]
Not Goodbye Just So Long
I think my mom said it best today, “John was a crusty exterior filled with a warm marshmallow center.” And after listening to friend after friend of his describe their experiences with my father, I couldn’t agree more. My father was a hard man to understand and know, but once you made it through that [...]
The Road Trip
I am sitting here reliving my youth. It’s the same damn nightmare I remember, just different. I am driving on Interstate 84 finally headed home from a two-week long trip to Colorado. And, I am in fact twitching like a patient in a mental rehabilitation center. Is that the politically correct way to say that? [...]
WWW
No, I am not talking about the World Wide Web or a new website I am going to launch to be a show stopper, like some of the upcoming Apple Products that were announced yesterday. I am in fact talking about photography and the image making process. I think we as photographers have a tendency [...]
The Wilds of Alaska Will Change You Forever
An extended version of this article was published over ten years in a magazine that is no longer in publication. It was actually only the second time I had ever been published in addition to being my second feature article. It still brings back all of those emotions. Three weeks in Alaska changes a man’s [...]
Inspiration-As Open as The Five Year Old
Late last year, I wrote a blog post over on the Outdoor Photographer Website, about losing our creativity in America. This post was based on an article that was published on Newsweek’s website. Because of that article, our daughter’s main Christmas present was an easel and full set of professional art supplies ranging from pastels [...]
Can’t Han…dle the Wor….kload
For the last week I have been under the gun from commercial architecture clients with ridiculous deadlines. I essentially have 7 projects to finish mastering by the 15th of November, which all came to fruition at the same time last week. It wasn’t like I was slacking on my end, just playing on Facebook and [...]
The Many Faces of HDR
You would have to be living in a proverbially photographic cave to not have heard about one of photography’s latest buzzwords–HDR. Although it has been around for quite some time, like all things that break photographic traditions, the community takes its time in adopting them. I have been using High Dynamic Range imagery for 5 [...]
And the Answer is…HDR and an iPhone 4
Last week I created a post asking what a certain photo of Olympic National Park had to do with the new iPhone 4 even though the photo itself was not taken with the iPhone 4. I managed to stump everyone who participated. Thank you all for playing along. The answer is that last week’s photo [...]
Yellowstone Wildfires a Definite Necessity…for Photographers
Last year Art Wolfe posted a time-lapse of the Arnica Wildfire in Yellowstone National Park which ended up burning close to 10,000 acres. The great part about this wildfire is that it crossed the road that parallels the shores of Yellowstone lake allowing easy access for photography and anyone willing to walk into the forest [...]
Read Part 2 of My Art Wolfe Interview
You can read part 2 of a 3 part interview I conducted with nature and cultural photographer Art Wolfe earlier this spring. To read more visit the Art Wolfe Blog and read the interview post.
Yakima – Really? Really!
A few weeks ago I was in Yakima, Washington with friend and fellow photographer Daniel Galan. Right at sunset I lead the charge to ditch the wives and kids to shoot a few images before settling down to a margarita and a little of the local Mexican cuisine. After being cooped up in a hotel [...]
What is Thy Bidding My MASTER COLLECTION CS5 – Just the Beginning
Last week we received our copy of Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 – Master Collection. I am sure that many of you already know about this software from all of the buzz Adobe has generated about its release. We decided that the Master Collection was a good choice for our office because we are starting to [...]
Exposures – Guy Tal
“Exposures is collection of essays and images, originally published in various online sites, blogs, and newsletters as well as some mainstream publications. As the sands of the Internet shift and pile and overtake, I decided to preserve some of these writings in print in the hope that they continue to be interesting and useful. Although [...]
The Gift
I have been skiing for 25 years now. If I were about to turn 30 and not 40, I probably would be some kind of professional athlete instead of a photographer. Maybe? I only say this because statistically most professional athletes are exposed to their sport at an early age, usually before they can really [...]
Look Ma, No Hands! I Think?
I spent last night leafing through a sketch book of mine from 1994. That was right after I graduated college with a 5 year Bachelor of Architecture Degree. This sketch book was originally 100 sheets of paper. I know there are less pages in there now because I remember tearing out multiple sheets for those [...]
5 Things I Love About Life
These are in no particular order and all of equal importance. -Exercise. I don’t care what it is, skiing, mountain biking, road riding, walking with my daughter, hiking, backpacking, running, trail running, weight lifting, Tai Chi, or the 12 ounce curl. I need it, live for it, breathe it, it is my drug of choice. [...]
They Are…
They are sharp. They are pointy. They are smooth. They are rough. They are jagged. Some are different. Smooth. Curved. Never Ending. Sexy. Angry. Unpredictable. Inspiring. Dilating. Magnificent. Worn. New. Old. Tall. Short. They change their minds with the direction of the wind. They lure you in. Win you over. Then send you home without [...]
Riding Giants – Inspired Once Again
Before my flight to Arizona last week I decided to upload a movie into my iPhone to keep me occupied during part of the three hour plane ride . Riding Giants is a surf film about the history of surfing and riding monster waves with a focus on surfer Laird Hamilton. And again, like my previous [...]
Vancouver 2010 – The Olympics – Part 2 – The Context
In my first post regarding my visit to the 2010 Winter Olympics, I discussed an image and fascination with the bobsleigh since childhood. With this post I want to take the photographic process a little further and talk about image context. Any time that I shoot a story or idea, whether it be a personal [...]
Vancouver 2010 – The Olympics – Part 1
Since age 10 I have been enthralled with the bobsleigh. That was the first time I was old enough to realize what it was. I watched every segment of the sport on TV during the Lake Placid Olympics of 1980. I built my own toy bobsleigh run out of clay, cotton and plywood, built bobsleighs [...]
Aperture 3 – a Quick Personal Comparison to Lightroom
For starters, I feel that I need to qualify this review with a little bit of my history with Apple Computers and Aperture software. I bought my first Mac over 20 years ago and have been using them exclusively as my publishing platform since. My standard saying is, “You can have my Mac when you [...]
Where Does Your Inspiration Come From?
As I conjured up the words for this post in my head, I was convinced that I was going to discuss what has inspired me, what currently does inspire me, and what I think will inspire in the future. Lately, I haven’t been looking to photography for inspiration, I have been looking elsewhere. I have [...]
The Rise
Jay has an article on new friend and fellow photographer Greg Russell’s blog today! To read it click here.
Jay is an internationally published and celebrated photographer and writer. His work focuses on architecture, nature, and adventure. His clients have included fortune five hundred companies, trade publications, national and international magazines and books, graphic designers, architects, builders, commercial printers, and many others.