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Recently, I was thinking about the reasons I photograph and paint, so I made a short Reel video about my thoughts on the subject.

As usual, if you get this post by email, the video doesn’t come along for the ride, but you can see it by opening my blog post or on Instagram


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Gravity

This image is a multiple-exposure photograph of several artworks. I was trying to find a title for the piece, and “Gravity” seemed to be the right fit, given the number of what look to me like celestial bodies. Though this was originally in color, the black and white version appealed to me the most as it brought the viewers’ attention to the sha...


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I recently posted about my using the average blend mode to make multiple exposure abstracts from a sculpture I have visited many times. I wanted to show another image that I made using the same technique.

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When composing either abstract or, for that matter, non-abstract photos, I have always been drawn to geometric shapes. This image is a multiple exposure made from several tiles on the exterior of a storefront and is pure geometry. The multiple exposure was inverted, making white into black and vice versa. Do you look for geometric shapes when co...


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I was recently in Washington, DC, and whenever I am there and making photographs I am always drawn to this particular statue in the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden.

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