Working the Blurs

Sometimes a super crisp, focused image is great. Other times I see something different than the whole shot. It is those moments that make a good image, but they are sometimes hard to discern. I like to go back to Photoshop and try and see if I can create what I “saw” when I was in the moment. You might be surprised!

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Photography as Art: It’s in the Installation

Purple Haze

One of the beauties of our modern, connected world is the access to all sorts of cool images. We see them every day on social media. Often, however, there is disconnect between photography and art. How many images do you see posted on Instagram that you immediately think would look good hanging in your home of office? Not many, I would venture to guess. But here is another way to think about it…

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Capturing the Flow of the Ocean

Flow

The ocean: always changing; always beautiful. I have spent thousands of hours on the shore gazing through my lens at different aspects of the Pacific and I am drawn to the shapes and colors of incoming swells. To me, there is real art in the swell and it only depends on how you choose to capture it. A slow shutter blur is one method that creates beautiful images. Here’s how it is done:

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