Painting Beta Bridge (2)
An endless supply of artists keeps Beta Bridge freshly painted. It's usually good for a handful of new photos any day of the week. It...
Back to Basics in Black and White (3)
In the last post, we saw the local band Mama Tried performing in a small nightclub. An on-camera strobe made color photos possible at...
At the Nightclub: Photographing Mama Tried
When was the last time your sister and brother-in-law were friends with the guitarist in the local band? Approximately never, until now....
Traveling South: Corolla, N.C.
The beaches of Corolla, N.C., cover some 20 miles along the northern Outer Banks of Currituck County. About 5,000 vacation rental houses...
Shooting 500 Keepers at f/2.0 - Part 3
This post continues a previous series on shooting 500 keepers with the Zeiss Milvus 35 mm f/2.0. The idea was to set the lens to f/2.0...
A Walk Around The Lawn: Reunions
By early June, The University is mostly vacant. Graduation is over, and The Lawn is recovering from the thousands of graduates and...
Back to Basics in Black and White (2)
It was late March when last I went down to look at the creek, but already there were sprigs of grass along the path. Winter was tough. ...
When the Creek Floods
Every now and then the creek floods and it's a muddy mess. If it's spring or summer, it looks like the Amazon. You might think that no...
Back to Basics in Black and White
The color photos of William Eggleston were something of an inspiration for the present website. His oeuvre of photographing the ordinary...
A Walk Around The Lawn: Zeiss APO 135 mm
The Zeiss ZF.2 135 f/2.0 APO Sonnar is a superb lens. Often, there is a temptation to claim that a great photo is so good because of the...
