How do we make sure our digital images outlast us? Digital photography has made photography easier, there’s no doubt about it. Digital photographs are millions of different numbers in two-dimensional binary representing millions of pieces of data that make up one single digital image. These numbers represent pixels which translate into exact colors, shapes, objects, […]
Richard Bernabe Uncovers The Spirit of Africa
Richard Bernabe, a landscape, nature, wildlife, and travel photographer gave up corporate America some years ago to pursue a full-time career in photography. He gave up job security, a comfortable salary and career stability in order to chase his dream of being a professional photographer. He, like many photographers before him, built a truly successful […]
How the Monetization of Instagram/Facebook Affects Your Web Presence
Photographers that have built a solid following via Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, 500px, Flickr, have started to face the reality that these photo-sharing hotspots and social media hubs are first and foremost a business — and their existence is to make profit and not to support your photography career. I’ve known photographers who have had hundreds […]
On The Road: The Land of Enchantment
The first time I passed through New Mexico I was in a hurry. The second time I was coming from a blizzard that marooned me in Amarillo, Texas for a few days that kept me in a hotel room eating beef jerky and drinking sink water. Both times I was more than happy to see […]
The Connoisseurs: Upcoming Book Project
Oftentimes we glance at a stranger and assume who or what they may be. Looks are often deceiving, and some of our assumptions are far from who that person is. We are all in this world floating around in a fishbowl, trying our best to avoid pitfalls, strangers, and anything we perceive as foreign. But […]
On The Road: The Florida Keys
90 miles to Cuba, and the sun was melting my bald head as we waited in line to get our picture taken at the Southernmost Point buoy in Key West. This is literally the end of the line, and when you hit Key West you’ll start seeing “Mile 0” everywhere, because that’s it, there is […]
Day 1: Fear and Serenity; Watkins Glen State Park, NY
I have traveled alone since I was 18. I’ve always had a burning desire to experience and explore what was unknown to me since I was a kid. I always hated the fact that I had to cram my travels into a small time frame instead of having the freedom to do and go wherever. […]
Somewhere Between Chaos and Pura Vida – Getting On The Road
What is it about the road that gives us a sense of freedom? What revelation or divine experience are we seeking when we travel down those old gravel and concrete highways that connect the lower 48 states from coast to coast? Jack Kerouac was looking for what he called the ‘it,’ in his novel ‘On […]
Suspending Time: The Miniature and Landscape Photography of Yoav Friedlander
A moment in time is the movement of light, a retracting, ever-changing illumination photographers chase to expose the world. Israeli photographer Yoav Friedlander’s world is still life, miniature, and landscape photography, which is an exploration of his personal diaspora, and a meditation on constant war. Yoav creates intricate miniatures and introspective landscapes that trigger his […]
Chasing the Light: The Landscape Photography of Piet Visser
The evolution of the photographer happens when the work becomes more than a photo; it’s when time, place, subject, color, and significance collide to give an emotional connection to the work itself. Piet Visser, a well-traveled landscape photographer, experienced this evolution when he went from being a technical photographer into an artistic endeavor, making photographs […]