Red bottle

Greene County, Virginia 

Many photographers feel that it is a sin to crop. They pride themselves on getting it right in the camera. Anything else is somehow "cheating."

I made several shots of this red bottle in the afternoon sun but I was not happy with any of them. Returning to these photos six years later with "fresh eyes" I realized it wasn't so important to see the entire bottle and by cropping the bottle I was also able to eliminate a lot of extraneous and distracting woodwork. Sometimes I think of cropping as finding the picture within the picture, and I don't feel the least bit guilty about it

Mineral Depot

Louisa County, Virginia 

From time to time it is interesting and instructive to review old files and negatives. This week we will be revisiting some pictures taken in the winter and early spring of 2008.

A black and white version of this picture appeared on Photography In Place in April 2011. (See here). The photo above is from the original color file.

Still life in rain

Greene County, Virginia 

Summer is not my favorite time for photography. The light is often harsh and there is just too much green. A couple of days ago during a late summer shower I found this "still life" outside on our deck in the soft light and rain. Sometimes it pays to get a little wet.

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Wagon ride

Pennsylvania - 1973

Spinning

Pennsylvania - 1973

Scarecrow

Pennsylvania - 1973

While looking through some of my old negatives the other day I found a few pictures that were taken somewhere in Pennsylvania around 1973. These pictures have not seen the light of day for forty years (perhaps with good reason) but I decided to post a couple of them this week.

Unfortunately my memory completely fails me as to the circumstances surrounding these shots. One of the advantages of digital photography is that a good deal of information gets recorded in the file from the camera. On the other hand, I wonder how many digital files will still exist (and be readable) forty years from now.

Botanical #18

Greene County, Virginia