The Journey Into Art

Driving around the Escalante area in Utah, one is met often with bland flatness or that same old red you see all over the Southwest. Yet a turn in the road or view around a corner can show a dramatically changed landscape...

It should be plain that you can only capture what you see. Yet when starting out and trying to focus on something to photograph (other than everything), one must see first and then capture the image...

I have been asked by a number of people to expand on the description of my basic capture and processing workflow as described on the Artist's Process page. It is important for me to share that what I do is not remotely close to point-and-shoot photography...

This is the second in a series of Before and After images that shows what came out of the camera and what subsequently went on paper. This series was spurred by several issues. First was that people regularly ask me if the print was "manipulated...

Many have asked what was the change that I mentioned earlier about this month's print of the month. So I thought I would add this Before & After to the series a bit earlier than planned.

The initial image from Lightroom with some basic modifications...

This month's print is a creative divergence from previous prints.

I love the Southwest US for its openness, grandeur, solitude, history, and scenery. Sometimes when I am standing on an overlook, I get so enamored with the beauty and the moment that I want to jump up and down, run around in circles chasing my tail, dance, sing, and shout...

There are more and more of us on this planet. That means it is harder to find places of solitude and photos that show something new.

I have recently wandered the landscape of southeast Utah and paid particular attention to where I walked after being reminded of the delicacy of the soil...

This is the first of a series of Before and After images that shows what came out of the camera and what subsequently went on paper. This series was spurred by several issues. First was that people regularly ask me if the print was "manipulated...