"You can't take funny pictures if you don't live in a funny world."
Elliott Erwitt sure lives in a funny world. Once in a while somebody reminds me that I do live in a funny world -- or at least visit it once in a while. Anna had just scored this frame at a local vintage shop -- she said it was just the size for an artwork she wanted to frame. I asked her to hold it up (she clearly 'got it' and thought it was a good idea. I'm doing a program for the Bellingham Photography Club on the knotty subject of getting your work shown. One of the is


Light is all I have to work with.
Ruth Bernhard was right. If you are a photographer you are required to be very conscious of light. It's the only raw material you have. The camera, film, paper, (sensor, photoshop) are only tools for recording it and shaping it. My 3-minute slide show "on reading" is still available at:
https://tinyurl.com/onreadingedmonds I will leave it up until the end of the month. Between the loosening of COVID19 restrictions and the extended summer-like weather we have enjoyed for t

