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 others was a closed system. A person witnessed an event or action from another person, which … Continue readingThe Day I Quit Instagram: My Exodus from the Strange and Savage World of “Social” Photography
I wouldn’t presume to know the motivations behind some of my fellow photographers reasoning for making or not making a photograph. The only information I have to go on is the discipleship of experience and what I see displayed on their social media or…whatever. That … Continue readingMaking the Photograph: Sundown on the Great Yoo-Hoo River
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 a fairly girthy rock, and lets face it you’d still have your phone, you’ve likely noticed … Continue readingThe Never Ending Race for Mirrorless
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 feels like that sensation of reaching the surface of the water just as your lungs run … Continue readingQuitting a Job at 6 A.M. on a Thursday
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, Charles Bukowski, and The Dude himself…just to name a few. Even more impressively, they seemed to … Continue readingA Dudeist Approach to 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 of emotion? Was this moment so complex that words could never be formed so a photograph … Continue readingDigitalism and the Murder of Photography