Winter Macro and Landscape Photography

It is not often that we have nature or landscape shots to show off, even less macro still lifes. But here are a few of Janine’s from this winter – she likes to wander around outside with a 100mm 2.8 macro and see what she finds. This collection found a home in our stock, and [...]

Road Trip Reflections

Almost exactly ten years ago, a rickety old VW Westfalia pulled into Moab. Its owners had no real plan as to what they would do, they just knew that things would fall into place. The length of their stay would depend on how things went, how they liked the area and how they found the [...]

Saying Yes to Life

This morning we woke up to heavy rain. Ok, fine, computer time it is. Soon it was noon and I was antsy to get out, but the rain came down heavier. So dark was it outside that we had to have our lights in the house. Two, still inside, three, ditto. Four rolled around and [...]

Pursuing Vision vs. Assignments

As a professional photographer, there is some hard wired belief that one must shoot assignments. As creative people, shouldn’t we be out making images that come as a challenge from our clients? Somewhere along the lines this all became a glamorous theory. Rather than saying, “I am shooting stock” or “I’m scouting” or even, “I’m [...]

Having a Life First

It is always a pleasure to be reading along and suddenly just stop on a line that hits home. Over at Rob Haggart’s site, A Photo Editor, I stumbled upon this: “You need to have a life first so you have something to draw from and you need to consistently produce work.” It is immediately [...]

No Photos, just Words

Twenty years ago I did little more than climb; sport climb, trad climb and alpine climb. Like so many other climbers of my generation, Peter Croft was a hero. He was also, and still is, a friend. I vividly remember one morning we spent having coffee together at my house, he was telling me all [...]