Christmas Morning Photographs (Tuesday Morning, Too!)

I saw someone published a photograph of Christmas morning by Diane Arbus and another one by Elliott Erwitt on Christmas Day. Both were from the 1950s and they were significant because they were...old. They showed us how we used to be. You've heard me say if you read my essays regularly, that photographs only get...

Holiday Gifts: Framed Photographs You Made

I am a proponent of printing photographs, to make them real and to make them last. So they're not seen for a second on a screen. The holidays are approaching and with that the stress over what to get someone. How much to spend? How many gifts? How much is enough? It's crazy the stress...

Film is Like Christmas Morning Surprises

The one thing that I really love about shooting film, that is really missing with digital photography for me, is the waiting.  The time between shooting and processing is a welcome delay.  Because I have a mind that easily forgets what I shot, and when the roll is finally processed, I have a surprise waiting...