In 1960, Peter Gowland wrote that “Light is an interpretive tool in the hands of a photographer. He can make it harsh or soft, revealing or concealing…

If you’re new to the world of using digital filters for black and white photography, here’s a quick primer aimed at portraiture.

In my Tuesday Thoughts post Photographing Places You Love, I wrote about that one of my ongoing self assignments was making images of barns, the older the better. In Today's post—and next Tuesday's as well, I'm talking you behind the scenes on one such shoot and the...

All the ingredients for making effective outdoor portraits are easy to assemble: All you need is a subject, a camera and some light but like any recipe it’s how all these elements are combined that goes into cooking up a delicious portrait.

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald