Favourites: Fill the frame
Fill the frame The year was 1971 and I was in my first year of photographic study at Conestoga College. Looking back, I'm am amazed I was there. There were…
The Welder
Favourites
Favourites; every photographer has them. Favourite images, some took hours or even days to plan out and execute. Others happened so quick there was no time to plan anything. But…
Driftwood and a log cabin
Driftwood and a log cabin, or a study in black and white, or Inspiration Point; all are possible titles for this black and white toned print. The title is, as…
Clarity
Does it have clarity? Right away when I wrote this I thought "is it in focus" and I guess photographically that is the obvious way to thinking of clarity. Is…
On the other side of empathy is trust
If empathy is on one side of the coin trust is on the other. In my last post I talked about the importance of having empathy as a photographer and…
Portrait of me created by David James Photography, early 1980's
I have empathy
Yes, I have empathy,believe it or not. It's because of attending a seminar of Leon Kennamer that I have it. The year was 1982. A flyer at Sylvano Color Labs…
Good-bye old friend.
It was sometime around 2008 or 2009 I think, when I bought this used Epson 7600 printer from a photographer friend. Since then every print that is 24 inches or…
Friends make great subjects
Friends make great subjects -- especially when they're "furry." About 15 years ago I approached the Cambridge and District Humane Society with the idea of doing a fund raiser. If…
There are no accidents
There are no accidents. There may be mistakes, but there are no accidents. I'm reading a book right now by Steven Pressfield - "NOBODY WANTS TO READ YOUR SH*T AND…
You are photogenic
Cookie – cutter photography is good for photographing cookies, not people. You are photogenic. Cookie cutter photography says most people will look good with a short-side loop light set up.…