INTRODUCTION Thoughts on minimalism in photography I studied music at Indiana University and was a professional musician for many years before my carreer in photography. I still listen to classical music( I really hate that term) and jazz. Bot [...]
The famous line, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” has never been more appropriate, at least for me when it comes to all the current fuss about AI in photography and how it could “change” photography in the future. I’ve received email, phone ca [...]
My creative background has intersected jazz with photography. The two artistic endeavors are eerily similar. Jazz and Photography continues to play important roles in my life and in so many others. Whether good or bad, we photographers always are se [...]
How do you react when faced with the unanticipated conditions at a landscape location, despite all the preparation possible? About ten to fifteen years ago, I authored a lengthy article on preparation. It has been published many times in [...]
Learn to Think / Learn to See / Learn to Create WHICH ONE WORKS? # 1 “Composition, Processing Challe [...]
©Jack Graham / Jack Graham Photography. All Rights reserved Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” …Albert Einstein “Everything is Composition” …. Lyle Mays In November 2020, I wrote a piece called the Path to C [...]
What’s it All about? ©Jack Graham / all rights reserved What is your personal quest? Where are you going, where is your photograph going? What’s it all about? These are just a few of the questions we photographer’s constant ask ourselves If you are n [...]
Over my years making images, I have had so many amazing experiences. Ironically there have been as many experiences that have been byproducts of photography, having nothing to do with cameras and being in the field. I have been so fortunate to have m [...]
I am up on Mt Rainier this weekend conducting a photo workshop. Daytime light has been somewhat challenging, but the first light of the morning has been amazing. It's the peak of the spring wildflower bloom here and at about 5500-5600' the flowers a [...]
I returned home yesterday form a 3 day workshop that I conduct for the Pacific Northwest Art School on Whidbey Island. Whidbey Island is a sort 20 minute ferry ride either from Port Townsend or Mukilteo north of Seattle by about 1/2 hr. Once you get [...]
