I am an adherent of film-based photography. The advances of quality and ability in digital photography are by no means small. Add to this that a lot of friends shoot in digital. However, those aspects do not interest me. My background in the visual arts comes from painting, watercolor in specific. The textural, sensual feel …
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Of onions, scum and the dumping ground
Palouse River R.R. Company, Walla Walla, Washington, July 2007
Nikon N80, Nikon Nikkor 75-300 f/3.5-5.6 @ 300mm, exposure unrecorded. Kodak T400CN
Before I turn in at last tonight, I would be remiss in correcting an error of oversight. Just as August rolled out and September rolled in, I managed to slip together a photo essay on the …
Happy Birthday, Bob
Bob Ross, television painting guru, the man who defined fantasy-land do-it-yourself painting. He was to art what the Ginsu knife was to kitchen cutlery. Introducing the art of oil painting to the great unwashed masses, he inspired a cult fan base devoted to his smooth voice, zen-like demeanor, and iconic afro.
Ross believed we all have …