Good photography takes… hold on a second… time. So does bad photography for that matter, though experienced photographers tend to develop a special understanding of the various aspects of time at play in their art. Henri Cartier-Bresson’s famous concept of the decisive moment is routinely connected with photography of fast action in dynamic situations – an online search […]

for Outdoor Photographer, March 2021 landscape issue Call it beginner’s luck, but naïve, bright-eyed novices often possess an enviably unconstrained creativity. Many years ago, I led a workshop group to a field of wild iris in full bloom, beneath the soaring granite backdrop of the Sierra Nevada’s east face. We arrived early, with ample time for everyone […]

Photographers who are consistently able to create compelling and evocative pictures with a normal lens have always impressed me. This ability can only mean a highly developed eye, in control of composition through use of camera position, perspective, light, design, and anticipation. Wide-angle or telephoto lenses, while perfectly valid and immensely useful tools, can sometimes […]