Day 1 of Rekindling the Creative Spirit has come to an end. Below are a couple of my favorite quotes from the day: “Neutrality is being in a place of peace” – Rikki Cooke talking about approaching your subject matter in neutral, without preconceptions to cloud your vision. “When I’m connected to the source, I [...]
2011 Rekindling the creative Spirit photography workshop on Molokai, Hawaii began today. Afterburners go…
Thanks to a recommendation from a friend, in early December I found myself on the side of a volcano at 11,141 feet on the Big Island of Hawaii photographing a story for the New York Times. The story revolves around the research facility and dedicated staff that has been taking continuous measurements of CO2 in the [...]
On a recent trip to Beijing, China I met a fabulous violinist named Lin. As a violin player myself there was an instant connection and through the course of the evening I got to hear Lin’s story. Lin, had always wanted to play the violin, but came of age during the cultural revolution when the [...]
I’m sitting in front of my laptop computer as is often the case after a photo shoot trying to sort the keepers from the flops. I’m so tired from rising up before the sun to bump down a red dirt road in order to be in the place of maximum potential this morning that its [...]
The following is a quote from a great photographer and friend, Aaron Raymond: Reality is personal, subjective, and fluid. It changes, as memory changes, with time and experience. Our perception of events and even our interpretation of color are altered by our environment and factors as arbitrary as our mood. The sensory data from which [...]
Something that really clicked for me yesterday was the idea that there are two ways to fill my cup. I can fill it with external things like possessions, peoples approval and accomplishments – but these always seem to drain out quickly and I wind up on a never ending treadmill of trying to get more [...]
The front porch of the Hi Hoolana neatly frames a stunning panorama from the island of Lanai, to the King Kamehameha palm grove all the way over to the west end of the island of Molokai. For those of you who haven’t visited the Hui for a photo workshop, the front porch is not only [...]
Ansel Adams once said - I can’t verbalize the internal meaning of pictures whatsoever. Some of my friends can at very mystical levels, but I prefer to say that, if I feel something strongly, I would make a photograph, that would be the equivalent of what I saw and felt… When I’m ready to make [...]
There is nothing is quite as delicious as a day off after working 12 hour days for more than a week. This evening, Dewitt and I headed down to the west end of the island where he has been photographing a beautiful series of wave images. As we set up on the beach, we discussed [...]
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