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Stars Over Mountain Palm Springs, Anza-Borrego Desert, California

Stars over the California Fan Palms of Mountain Palm Springs in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Mountain Palm Springs is one of my favorite locations in the Anza-Borrego Desert. On a clear night, the sounds of the palm fronds rustling in the breeze coupled with the [...]

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Hipstamatic: OK, I Think I Get It Now

Sunset at the Cross Street bridge behind Ilsley Library. Taken with an Apple iPhone 5 and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop.

Playing my guitar has made me realize the value of smartphone camera apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic.

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Why Shoot Film?

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Recently, a past student contacted me to express an interest in experimenting with a 35mm film camera. They had been studying the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Sally Mann and [...]

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Always Have a Backup Plan

Middlebury College's Womens Cross-Country team on a training run on Creek Road

“The best laid plans of mice and men often go wrong.” – Eddie Izzard, paraphrasing poet Robert Burns. Mouse or man, if you’re shooting a lit portrait on location you [...]

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To Flash, or Not to Flash?

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Back in November, Adobe announced that they will no longer be updating the Flash player for mobile devices. This comes as no surprise given the market penetration of the iPhone [...]

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