As Marek commented on the last post, I’ve been a little off my game the last couple of weeks. Chalk it up to changes at work, the cumulative effort of keeping a film based blog going (seriously, it’s a lot of work), and just doing too much of the same thing for too long. The [...]

Harry Callahan, writing in a grant application after World War II, asked for money in order to “photograph . . .to regulate a pleasant form of living.” This seems to me to be the best reason to pursue any craft. Whether it be photography, writing or beer brewing, the regular rhythm of craft, the slow, [...]

I’m blessed with a local library that values photography books. Here are a few of the books I’ve recently plucked from the self.

Harry Callahan. The Photographer at Work.: fascinating, more about this one another day.
Moksha, by Fazal Sheikh: beautiful, ethereal B&W, troubling subject. I usually pass on social justice sort of photography, but this book [...]

Despite my recent comments about using what you are comfortable with, at the moment, I can think of two great ways to spend $5000:

Buy an M8.
Buy a Seitz Roundshot.

The Case for an M8
It’s fairly hard for me to justify buying an M8. I’ve gone through three digital cameras in as many years. The Canon [...]

This guy ran right through my bleak mid-western suburban landscape.

I’ve got a number of half-baked ideas for posts banging around in my head. I’m noting them here, so that I don’t forget.

A post about the difficulties of portraiture, the role of employment in changing idea of self and the growth of the media [...]