sense of place, continuing…

November 17, 2009 | Filed Under fine art, projects, travel | Leave a Comment

Sitting in tsu rumaturu cemetary, just outside pitzcuaro, absorbing the sights, sounds, smells. How to even begin to capture this experience with a still photograph?

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noche de los muertos

November 16, 2009 | Filed Under fine art, projects, travel | Leave a Comment

day of the day’s main celebration is during the night of October 31st to November 1st, when believers celebrate their dead relatives by spending the night at their gravesite. The elaborate alters often include candles, flowers, photos, along with any number of ritualized objects from salt, water, bread, to tequila, their relative’s favorite foods, sugar skulls, hobbies, or if they were children the toys they can no longer play with.

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dia de los muertos

November 14, 2009 | Filed Under fine art, projects, travel | Leave a Comment

Wow, its been more than a month since my last post! So much traveling and shooting! This will be the first of several showcasing the day of the dead celebration Wendy, Colleen, and myself got to experience in the areas surrounding Pitzcuaro, Mexico. Enjoy…

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hilltown

August 20, 2009 | Filed Under blatherings, travel | Leave a Comment

On our trip to Italy last month we visited the Etruscan Civita di Bagnoregio. I photographed it using a tilt/shift lens to focus attention on the architecture. check out how keith loutit uses this technique.

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to the woods

August 14, 2009 | Filed Under blatherings, travel | Leave a Comment

what a great weekend to spend some time in the woods…or at least outside! this shot is from my recent trip to blera, italy

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Colosseum

July 21, 2009 | Filed Under travel | 1 Comment

how do you make a photograph your own when so many people have shot the same image? slpitaly0709_5045_blog

quintessential

July 20, 2009 | Filed Under blatherings, travel | 1 Comment

how to capture the quintessential shot of italy:

narrow street-check, cobblestones-check, medieval buildings-check, vespa-check.
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italy

July 15, 2009 | Filed Under blatherings, projects, travel | 2 Comments

just back from italy and editing, editing, editing. when on a trip that is more vacation than work, I shoot first and edit later. always the challenge…to capture what it felt like to be there rather than to simply document what I saw. here is a start, and more to come. let me know if you feel it.

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