Photography and the Creative Process

I am preparing several photographs for an upcoming exhibit in Frederick, Maryland. I have been inspired to go beyond the pictures themselves and create works of art that, while centered on the photographs, provide a context for the images as well.
Schism II (shown below) incorporates the photograph, Schism, but includes a handcrafted weathered oak [...]

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I came across this statue of Jesus’s face, rent asunder, in a shop selling Christian religious iconography in Los Angeles. Schism, the photograph’s title was inspired by the crack in the statue’s face, but the more I looked at the image, the more it occured to me that the other elements of the image convey [...]

Alpha and Omega, the image in this post, is my latest addition to the Focus on Religion gallery at my online Photo Gallery. I invite you to visit the photo gallery and look at the other images as well.

At the Maryland Renaissance Festival, the performers and other players are not allowed to employ the modern accouterments to which we are accustomed. They cannot wear eyeglasses, eat with plastic spoons, or wear clothing that is not true to the period. This is to ensure that these actors contribute the the authentic feel [...]

On November 11, I wrote an article on Depth of Field in a Digital World and illustrated the post with two photographs. One of those photos, Renaissance Acrobat is a color image of a young woman in a ring suspended in midair. I was working on that picture to submit it to the [...]