How to improve your photography. This article is part of a growing series of essays on photography. A table of contents can be found here. The previous installment covers the topic of “Why Photograph?” This is the most important and most interesting question a photographer, artist, student, writer, scientist, clown, etc could ever ask themselves....
Pescadero State Beach From the asphalt arteries of the San Francisco Peninsula, to the very edge of America, a narrow ribbon of road runs. Over the coast range and through redwood groves we ride the hairpin turns of a shoulderless, muddy path to find the salt-crusted and sea-battered granite boundary of the country. We ride...
A torrent of images. We live in a world of exploding photographic documentation. Not only is it certain is that the number of photographs taken every year is growing, its growth rate is growing. Years ago, I remember reading that the average American is exposed to as many images in a day as his great-grandparents...
The clouds roll above and the sea below. Many thanks to all of you for your kind wishes regarding my big news! It’s funny, not much is different, yet everything seems changed. There is before, and there is now. Or perhaps that isn’t accurate. It’s more like, past experience is now viewed through the lens...
A happy announcement I’m a dad! My wife and I had a son, Oliver Wesley Kern, born 3/15/2012 at 4:11 AM. He’s the fulfillment of so much for us and the beginning of an amazing adventure. I have been focused on his and his mother’s care for the past few weeks, neglecting the blog for...
