My old bandmate Yuri told me once that the secret to seeing the world anew was to look up. The lesson was offered as we strolled down a busy street, kicking trash and our thoughts into the gutter. I have followed his advice. A world of architectural oddities and shapes spiraling off into the sky or entangled with trees and wires emerge above us in cities. It … [Read more...]
Believing Is Seeing – Insight, Meditation and Photography Part 1
Accompanying photographs are mine. The intention is to share some of my work which is conjured with the approach and spirit outlined in this essay. Intro: If we are lucky enough to have the gift of sight, we can express this gift to others. We can share and relate what we see and in so doing, discover how we see and more astonishingly just who is doing the seeing. … [Read more...]
Midnight Rainbow #2: Red Bud Morning by Gerald (Jerry) Rowles, PhD
After the dreariness of winter begins to subside, the promise of Spring can be sensed in the warming and greening. The anticipation of blossoms grows with each day’s dawning, with an underlying eagerness to experience the sensations of rebirth and new possibilities. For many of us, the royal colors of the Red Bud are among the most palpably anticipated. Their brief lives em … [Read more...]
Turning Photographs Into Art Part 9 – Printing on the Epson SC-P600
1 - About printing and printers Printing is the least popular digital photography activity today. We capture a lot of digital photographs, we process a large number of them and we post many images on our websites, blogs and social media pages. Unfortunately we print a very small number of these images. As I wrote in my previous essay, Printing and Traditions, making … [Read more...]
Profile: Awe and The Odyssey with Rachael Talibart
Occasionally, photography has a way of reaching into our collective psyche and ringing a bell, creating a sound both nostalgic and numinous. We often attempt to plaster meaning onto this work and are moved to ruminate internally. Sometimes the creator has an articulated appreciation themselves for the qualities churning the waters of creativity. More powerful still, is when the … [Read more...]
Abstract Architectural Photography – Unleash Your Creativity
Changing My Ways: I always found a quasi-direct correlation between how physically free and uninhibited I felt to my flow of creative freedom. Being bogged down by equipment or committed to one location due to my tripod being setup often stifled my creativity. After years of shooting with the heavy full frame Canon system, lugging up mountains two camera bodies, three lenses … [Read more...]
Profile: The Relentless Jessica Eaton
Jessica Eaton has a problem: people always want to know how she makes her photographs, but few are capable of understanding the explanation. The Montreal-based artist has been working in the arcane reaches of analog photography for over 14 years. Through obsessive experimentation, she has developed a method entirely her own, combining additive colour theory and what she … [Read more...]
Seitz Roundshot VR Drive II Review
In this article, I will review the VR Drive II panoramic system using the practical examples and experience I gained from using it in various situations. Due to space considerations, I will not cover the panoramic composition and the panoramic viewpoint, also I won't spend time on the actual stitching methods. If there is an interest in these subjects, I can address them in … [Read more...]
Midnight Rainbow #1: Coronado by Ralph Upchurch
My wife and I were exploring the high country north of Santa Fe back in 2004. Near Dixon, NM, we spotted a dirt track that hugged the crest of a ridge as it snaked off into the wilderness. Although our rental car was not designed for the challenge, we could not resist the lure of what we came to call “The Beautiful Country,” so off we went. Deep in the wild, with no other s … [Read more...]
Profile: Summer On The Way with Mark Sommerfeld
A few months ago a photograph taken for the NYT of the ever-polarizing Jordan Peterson began circulating on my FB feed and within my social circle. The photograph revealed a smug visage which still invited pathos. It was both an awkwardly brooding and dangerous gesture. These apparent qualities were captured through shadow and a delicately mocking position of the … [Read more...]
Profile: Looking For Light with Adam Krawesky
After burning out from a decade of recording music and touring, I spent a few years running a clothing and fine art/fashion magazine shop in the west end of Toronto. It was stationed across the street from the largest mental health facility in the country. This was during the tail end of an era in my city where a community of artists and makers were mostly not yet priced out. I … [Read more...]
Turning Photographs Into Art , Part 8: My Favorite Printing Papers
The outcome of all your efforts is ink on paper, therefore you better use the best ink and the best paper. Ansel Adams, paraphrased and adapted to digital printing. 1 - Introduction I decided to follow my series about Printing in Lightroom with an essay about my favorite printing papers. It is a logical continuation. After writing about printing I wanted to talk about the … [Read more...]
Midnight Rainbow submissions
At mid-summer sunset in Iceland is very late and lasts a long time. The glacial iceberg-filled lake at Jokulsarlon is well know, but on this particular midnight we were treated to a 180 degree rainbow just as the sun touched the horizon. The Luminous Landscape wishes you all a healthy, joyous year ahead filled with learning, making, seeking and beauty. Part of our vision for … [Read more...]
The Still Life of Cinema: Michael LeBlanc
I first met Michael LeBlanc 18 years ago, when I was a touring musician with a label in need of a video and while he was leaping into film as a focus puller, mostly working for our mutual friend's music video and commercial production company (the parent company of which, coincidentally, Luminous Landscape luminary Chris Sanderson worked at). His film journey began … [Read more...]
The Changing Landscape
Welcome all to the Luminous Landscape 2019 My father started this site from our family’s home office where his latest camera gear, printers, and technology patents loomed ubiquitously as totems of his mission. Not to mention his many framed photographs illuminating our house, churned out of said printers at all times of the day and night. My dad traveled the planet, teaching, e … [Read more...]
