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Poetry’s unnatural; no man ever talked poetry ‘cept a beadle on Boxin’ Day. ~ Charles Dickens.

Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.—Nora Roberts

Whenever I teach a photography workshop or seminar, no matter what the ostensible subject I may be discussing, the topic of exposure always comes up. Ultimately the answer to that question comes down to one word: latitude

The solstice (combining the Latin words sol for “Sun” and sistere for “To Stand Still”) is the point where the Sun appears to reach either its highest or lowest point in the sky for the year and thus ancient astronomers came to know the day as one where the Sun appeared to stand still.

“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.”- Andy Warhol

One of my most pirated books is Better Available Light Digital Photography that I coauthored with Barry Staver. When Barry discovered it was available as an illegal download, we informed the publisher who acted as if they could care less.