This is the last installment of the response to the student. Just as a printer (the person, not the machine) in a darkroom utilizing traditional techniques, the modern photographer cannot make a mediocre photo better with the computer. He can, however, realize a good image’s full potential. My particular tool of choice is Adobe Photoshop. [...]

I find what turns people on interesting—in terms of art,that is.  It can give insight into what that person holds as an ideal and what images he may aspire to make.  I look for inspiration in any number of things.  About a year ago I stumbled upon the work of nature photographer Nick Brandt.  His images [...]

This is the next installment of the response to a student. Digital photography and film photography aren’t as different as the publishing industry would have you believe. Much that has been written about film photography is just as applicable to digital photography. After all, a photograph is merely focused light captured on a substrate. Your [...]

Early in my art education (read: junior year of college) I had an internal debate of sorts concerning photography as a medium.  I wasn’t entirely convinced that photography was “art.”  I saw fellow students drawing and painting what seemed like masterpieces to me.  Each piece was proof of a single, creative endeavor, completely original.  That [...]

A couple of months ago, I got an email from a student taking a photography class at Jamestown College.  The art professor had referred me to him as I have more experience with digital photography than she.  The following grew out of the response to a him and was published in Professor Cox’s column “Art [...]