Hang a soft left onto Moody Road. Twist up and over the gold plated hills through Los Trancos until the tiny stretch of asphalt turns to a road called Alpine;Continue readingPescadero and Pomponio: Beaches of the Left Coast
Category: Inspirational Juice
The Day I Quit Instagram: My Exodus from the Strange and Savage World of “Social” Photography
If you’re over thirty you likely remember the “#” symbol as the pound sign. Reaching back to the days when phones had tails and commenting on the actions of othersContinue readingThe Day I Quit Instagram: My Exodus from the Strange and Savage World of “Social” Photography
Fear and Loathing in Photography
From Poe: ‘Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride,’ The shade replied,— ‘If you seek for Eldorado!’ A Needle inContinue readingFear and Loathing in Photography
Confessions of a Self-Taught Photomaker: Epilogue
There’s a crushingly unique olfactory signature exuded from a pit toilet in the boiling months of summer…no matter where you are; a completely indiscriminate assault on every bodily sensitivity. SomehowContinue readingConfessions of a Self-Taught Photomaker: Epilogue
The Never Ending Race for Mirrorless
Sweet weeping Christ…. The climate of the photography world has turned grim with forecast winds likely whipping even more torturous in the coming months. Unless you’ve been living under aContinue readingThe Never Ending Race for Mirrorless
Gear Fever: Why Do We CONSTANTLY Upgrade Our Cameras?
I gotta’ fever…and the only prescription is more…camera gear??? Yesterday I received a very polite and undoubtedly well-intended question on one of my Instagram posts. In case you can’t makeContinue readingGear Fever: Why Do We CONSTANTLY Upgrade Our Cameras?
Sony Guts: A Look Inside the First Generation Sony A7R
Alright…here it comes. I took my first generation Sony A7R apart to replace a worn out back panel. I know, right? A little bit of a risk? A little bitContinue readingSony Guts: A Look Inside the First Generation Sony A7R
Quitting a Job at 6 A.M. on a Thursday
I keep getting asked “What are you going to do?” Or even the occasional “Are you going to lose your insurance?” All I’m thinking about now is how it feelsContinue readingQuitting a Job at 6 A.M. on a Thursday
A Dudeist Approach to Photography
Throughout history there have been individuals who found a certain magic simply by “taking it easy”. Ben Franklin, Lao Tzu, Hunter S. Thompson, Janis Joplin, Bill Murray, Albert Einstein, CharlesContinue readingA Dudeist Approach to Photography
Digitalism and the Murder of Photography
Let’s talk about this. Why did you make your last photograph? Was it because there was an object or person or place that moved you on some weird level ofContinue readingDigitalism and the Murder of Photography