My first inspiration as a photographer, Dave Falconer died this week. He’s here with Mrs. Ford in the family residence at the White House, and in the oval office and on Air Force 1 with President Ford in 1974. Dave later became a friend, but his excellent photos in the Oregonian that I viewed from […] Read More

Kathleen Reiss has been collecting my photographs, and has done a great job of displaying them. I took these photos of my pictures yesterday in her bathroom, living room, and kitchen. I particularly like the bigger prints. They definitely make an impression from across the room!  

This business with Narcisco Contreras, the AP photographer fired by them for improperly altering an image,  is fair warning about manipulation of photos, and rightfully so, but let’s not have a public lynching here. When a golfer makes an error in judgement he is disqualified from that tournament, but isn’t given life in prison. I […] Read More

AP was right to fire this Pulitzer-winning photographer. The line has to be held against manipulation of news photos, otherwise nobody will ever believe what they see. Many don’t already. I feel bad for the photographer, he admitted what he did was wrong, and took responsibility. I hope this lapse of judgment doesn’t ruin his […] Read More

A year ago today. Miss America  Mallory Harden at a Politico/Bank of America event in Washington, D.C. President Obama was sworn into his second term on this day also.

  A few shots from yesterday’s fire alongside the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica yesterday.

I’ve just completed the shooting portion of my “iPhoto a Day in 2013” project. So now I’m in the writing phase, and would love to hear questions you might have about taking better pictures. Part of the book will include my thoughts on how to accomplish better photography with the tools at hand, whether they […] Read More