Writer – Photographer – Educator
As I often find myself on the darker side of life, I also capture images that evoke a darker, more somber mood. Today I'd like to share a few examples of dark-mood photography, as well as a few links to some of my previous posts about capturing mood in photography. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCuF43hDrn2/ Here are a few [...]
Showing and selling your images online, and other resolutions Happy New Year! We start each year making plans and promises (mostly to ourselves) to guide us through yet another chapter in our lives. Yet, in a post-2020 world, with corona virus still among us, are we really ready for this New Year's resolutions? And yet, [...]
The story of a black-and-white Lensbaby photograph on World AIDS Day 2020 Angels in America has been a source of inspiration for many artists, in particular those capturing the AIDS pandemic of the eighties. The Bethesda angel is a symbolic figure at the center of Tony Kushner’s play, and, itself, a source of inspiration. Known [...]
How I Got That Shot - Planets Collide Quite a few years ago I joined a photo group here in New York City area. As part of the group, we were to work on various assignments. One of the assignments asked us to create an image with an end-of-the-world theme. So I came up with [...]
Through the Years: Photographing 9/11 Tribute in Light and Other Related Events Today is September 11. Each year on 9/11 I try to photograph the commemorations, ceremonies and moments of silence, as well as the Tribute Lights. Perhaps commemorating September 11 in images is mainly about photographing the Tribute Lights, if we're in New York [...]
Photographing with a Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f/1.6 Macro Lens In a previous Lensbaby Photography I talked about my experience photographing with a Lensbaby Composer. I've had the Lensbaby Composer for several years. Recently, I had the chance to test out a newer Lensbaby model. That is, the Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f/1.6. First impressions: This [...]
Thoughts on lensbaby photography: what's a lensbaby, how can one use it, what can one photograph with it
Working on "Must-Do" and "Wish-To-Do" Projects - An Ongoing Balancing Act I guess we all know it. In life, there is what we need to do, and then there's what we'd rather do; a must-do list, and a wish list. I think that, for the most part, deadlines help us keep an eye on [...]
Alina Oswald 