The Idea:
“Flood” takes advantage of the technique that I mentioned in last week’s article about Creative Cropping only I cropped on the spot by how I framed the image in the first place. I noticed one day on a stroll that if you looked at this really cool looking tree/vine and cropped out the sidewalk […]

The Idea:
“Preparing to Fly” is an attempt to capture a moment lost in time. The character is introspective. He is dressed for flight. He is confident, but nervous. The flight will be dangerous, but freeing. Behind him is a block wall and he must move forward into the unknown.

The Idea:
“Oil” is an attempt to illustrate the blood for oil war. The ingredients I felt were necessary: oil to represent, well, the oil and sand to represent the location where the war is taking place. The “war” and “blood” parts were the variables I needed to sit down and figure out. For war I […]

The Idea:
“Valley Girl” is a nice simple image. OR IS IT! Look closely. What do you see? A drive in movie theater, weathered, in disrepair, poorly done paint touch ups on just the smallest sections. Half hearted attempts at improvement. The drive in symbolizes the past, youth. You see a woman and her long shadow […]

The Idea:
“Laundry Day” is one of my favorite images from 2007. Maybe my favorite-est. For me it’s one of those images that are difficult to get out of your head. I hope it’s that way for others as well. This week I don’t really want to say too much about my idea behind the image […]

The Idea:
I set out with “Mom in the Mirror” to tell the story of young woman who for a moment instead of seeing herself in her reflection sees how much she looks like her mother. I think this is something most people experience at some time in their life.

The Idea:
“Ellis Island In the Desert” was shot while I was on a short trip to Las Vegas. During the day I’d noticed this walkway with its tall, curved fence and the “Statue of Liberty” in the background. The walkway was packed with people. Maybe everyone thinks it when they see this, maybe no one, […]

The Idea:
“Clipping Clouds” isn’t trying to make a statement about global warming, education budget cuts, or reality television. The idea behind Clipping Clouds was to try and

The Idea:
I know what you’re thinking, “Not another picture of some shirtless guy with a newspaper Christmas light hat. Didn’t Horst already milk that cow to death? Just a joke. Everybody calm down.

The Idea:
Last year while in Seattle, I went for a walk with a camera, tripod, flash, and off camera flash trigger. The goal was to make a photograph that would capture Seattle as a feeling rather than just a location. Everyone has different feelings about different places, but pictures of famous cities seem to have […]