Year one of the pandemic necessitated a stay-at-home Christmas without visitors. To cheer things up a bit, we put up our artificial tree...

Digital Dialogues are small study groups sponsored by the Photographic Society of America. There are currently 99 groups, each of which...

Four days in a row, the word-of-the-day for the photography 365-day challenge have been rather negative. At first I was stumped as to...

One of this week's assignments for the Black & White Fine Art photography course I am taking, is: Select a subject and shoot it straight...

Today was a glorious day, with the temperature getting into the low 60's. It was also Campbell day in that we had errand to do in...

I am enrolled in Black and White Fine Art Photography. Today my assignment was to photograph something centered and then on a "rule of...

tur·tle | ˈtərdl | noun a slow-moving reptile, enclosed in a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and thick...

Everyday I rotate my globe to a different place. Today I looked at Africa, and Tanzania in particular. I've been on safari once a number...

When it rains a lot, any tree not firmly rooted or slightly tipsy from disease, will fall. This week, I looked out the window to see a...

The cruise industry, while not back in full swing, is definitely back. It's easy to tell by going to Cruise Mapper where you can see the...

Years ago, when I took a life drawing class, the teacher asked our model to change poses every 15 seconds, then every 30 seconds, and...

As a member of the Los Gatos Saratoga Camera Club, I have the opportunity to submit two images a month to a competition. The club hires...

After staying at home for most of 2020, Glen and I decided to cautiously venture into the world for some local multi-day trips. In...

This year my inner student has been doing much more traveling and socializing than last year. As a result, I've taken fewer formal...

More time seems to have past than it has since I read my first book of 2021—Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide. A non-fiction book, it...

Most resolutions I've made or have heard other people make, have to do with trying to correct a self-perceived flaw—lose weight, stop...

I'm not sure why, but I decided to photograph feathers today. I usually find a fair number of feathers lying on the ground, particularly...

One of the things that characterized 2020 was the cancellation of musical performances and events. At first, most of us thought...

In November 2019, I was a panelist at King’s College London, for an event about the conductor Constantin Silvestri. I showed a few...

Everyday is a holiday for me, but today started with a light blanket of snow. With temperatures dipping into the 30's last night, the...