The Photographer as Artist - Creative Vocabulary
In this third article we continue our exploration of photography from the perspective of other artistic disciplines.  The first article was The Photographer as Artist - Introduction.  We introduced the idea that art stands on the Tripod of Artistry, three principles that are common to all arts.  The first [...]

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We’re exploring art from the perspective of other artistic disciplines to shed light on what it means to be a photographer and an artist.  (You can read The Photographer as Artist - Introduction.)  We’re doing this because photographers often seem to be expected to meet a “reality standard” that has not been imposed on other [...]

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role of the photographer as artist.  I don’t think there’s doubt in anyone’s mind that photography can be a sublime art form. 
But not all photography is art and not all photographers are artists.  Just about everyone has a camera these days.  In fact it seems you can’t [...]

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I worked on two photographs tonight that have been giving me trouble for the last week or so.  Both were shot in Zion NP.  The one I’ve been working the longest on was what I finished up on tonight.  Hopefully I have it.  We’ll know tomorrow morning.
My point in this post is I often get [...]

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At shows I’m frequently asked the following questions:  “Do you use filters?”  “Do you enhance these photographs?”  “Are these colors real?”
 
The answer is simply, “Of course.”  But I often want to respond, “If these were paintings would you be asking me whether the colors are real?  Or would there be an assumption that as a [...]

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