This past week I returned from a short but welcome Vagabond Adventure in Ontario’s rugged, windswept and peace-filled Georgian Bay area with a camera and iPhone filled with Group of Seven-ish snaps that wanted to be shared. But how? Today’s technology and...
Let me start this post by saying I HOPE you can forgive me for not writing this past month. Each Sunday I look forward to crafting a short missive that reflects the week gone by. But I have a good excuse! For the past 4 weekends I have been on assignment, camera in...
Today’s Globe and Mail carried an article by photographer Ian Brown entitled “Humanity takes millions of photos every day. Why are most forgettable?” In his article Brown reveals that he was recently on a panel of judges for the Banff Mountain...
Do you ever wonder how and why people, messages, or ideas seem to find you right at the moment you need them most? I have had this happen to me a lot in the past few months. Ever since I received another karmic kick in the seat from my much beloved publishing...
This past Thursday the newspaper and photo-journalism worlds witnessed a sudden sea change in how stories in the future will be reported upon and told. The Chicago Sun-Times editorial staff received this memo after 28 members of their photography staff were abruptly...
I have had this blog post clanking about in my head for a month now, and today is the day it finally makes sense as a story. If you have read my previous posts this month (thanks by the way!) about my reflections on a book called Instant: The Story of Polaroid by...
Peter Adams is on to something I think. Even though I love a simple, classic, thoughtfully composed photo (especially in black and white) and often strive for that with my Canon 7D, I also love the ability to evoke emotion with smart choices in colour and effect....
This week’s post is the third in a series of posts reflecting on the book Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos. If you’re interested, you can find the first two posts here and here. This third post is also about my reflections on...
This past week marked the 41st anniversary of a camera deemed “The Greatest Gadget of All-Time” and one of “The Most Important Cameras Ever Made,” the SX-70 Land Camera from Polaroid. You might recall that last week I wrote about madly...
Who on earth is Jennifer Land you ask, and why is she so demanding? Well, Jennifer Land is the daughter of Edwin Land, the brilliant inventor of the Polaroid camera. At the time she supposedly said this back in 1943, Jennifer was 3 years old and out on a walk with her...
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