Hi, everyone

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good holiday season.

It’s January, and the busy season for me carried over from last year. In fact, it might be even busier now than before :-)

Just as a reminder, the end-of-year sale is still on for a few days. If you would like to purchase some prints and get a 20% off, use YEAREND20 code at check-out.

Early Bird price is available for the Lightroom editing class for another week.

Now, that out of the way, for some updates on upcoming events.

My work will appear in several upcoming exhibits that would start in January.

It was a pretty busy year for me with many art fairs and exhibits. I still found some time to go out shooting. For the first time I overcame my aversion to cold weather and have had a significant amount of work done in Winter. I also visited Acadia National Park in early June (always a great location) and scouted locations for a workshop I am planning there in 2025 (stay tuned for the announcement). Then, in the Fall, I had a quick trip to Virginia and West Virginia.

Now that I am done with the art fair season for 2024, I started updating my website.

First thing I did, was to update my Workshops and Lessons page. It now has a drop-down, where you can choose 1-on-1, short workshops, longer workshops, and editing classes.

I have launched two half-day workshops (to run in May 2025) and an Lightroom Classic Editing class to run for 6 weeks in February/March of 2025

Welcome to the new subscribers. Thank you for joining our small community.

Please, enjoy a 20% year end discount on all products with the YEAREND20 code.

Thank you

Life has been very busy for me this fall (hence part of the title of this “definitely not a blog”). In fact, I got so busy with things ranging from business travel to participating in multiple art fairs that I barely had time to take new images and edit older ones (yes, I am still severely behind in my editing process, and that’s all I am going to say about that).

The second part of the title, is just to remind myself that despite being so busy, I am also very lucky to be able to do all these things, and I shouldn’t complain. In fact, I had a pretty good fair season so far, and also managed to combine some business travel with capturing some great images (more on that later).

All that being said, I finally got a little breather now, and am able to get ready for new art fairs and photographic adventures.

Hi, everyone

It’s been a while since I posted. Life interferes it seems.

First of all, I wanted to welcome any new subscribers. As we are heading into Fall, I also wanted to share a few updates regarding some new products as well as upcoming Art Fairs and exhibits. Hopefully, I will be able to post a bit more regularly.

One of my images was chosen as People’s Favorite in the recent “It’s a Beautiful World” exhibit at the Cape Cod Art Center. They center has also posted a short featurette of me on their website. Here, I am reprinting it with the center’s permission.

Just a couple of quick updates.

I have started a YouTube channel and posted a video demo of an editing session. Check it out!

There is one more week left before the start of the editing class. There are still spaces available if you are interested in learning how to edit your images in Lightroom Classic with a little help in Photoshop. The class will run weekly for 6 sessions. If you want to participate, but are unable to to join one of the sessions, no worries. The sessions will be recorded and made available to participants. Click on the link to see more details about the class and the tentative syllabus.

Space is still available in the half-day in-the-field workshops “Waterfall Chasing 1 & 2. These are great fun and a good opportunity to dust off your photo gear and get out to shoot some beautiful spring water flow. They are also a great companion to the editing class. Why not join and also learn how to edit them?

If you chance to go to the Balkans, one of the defining features of the landscape are the many churches and castles you see on your way. They give the area a unique vibe and offer plenty of opportunities for photography.

During my trip, I enjoyed a variety of conditions, from misty to colorful sunset/sunrise. The first morning at the famous Sveti Tomaz church with the beautiful inversion in the valley set the tone for the rest of the trip.

Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

First, I would like to welcome new subscribers. Thank you for joining the newsletter. I hope you will enjoy your stay and find it informative and helpful.

Second, I’ve had a great couple of weeks, participating in the first two Art Fairs this year, one in Wilmington (with Castleberry Fairs), and one in Marlborough (with Paradise City Arts Festivals). The fairs were great, and I enjoyed my time meeting new people and interacting with new patrons and artists. I was honored to have my work chosen as a door prize at the fair in Wilmington. May the winner enjoy my work at their home.

I will be back at the art fair circuit at the end of May in Northampton for the Memorial Day Weekend. Come and join me for a great fair!

A few announcements and housekeeping.

Two of my pieces were juried into the March online “Minimalism” exhibit at the Cape Cod Art Center. The exhibit is amazing. Do take the time to check it out!

The Art Fair season is starting early this year for me. I will be participating in the Spring Castleberry Fair Arts & Craft Festival, running March 16th-17th at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA.

I will be running two half-day workshops May 11th and 18th (May 12th and May 19th are rain days). The first workshop is going to Wahconah Falls in the Berkshires (Glendale Falls are an optional addition if we have time). The second workshop will return to Enders Falls in Connecticut. Come and learn how to manipulate your image with neutral density filters to create the water flow effect in the water, as well as practice your composition skills in these beautiful locations.

The time seems to have gotten away from me. It’s been almost two months since my last “definitely not a blog post.” The winter seems to be winding down or at the very least taking a breather around here. This offers a good opportunity to reflect on the last two months of my photography.

This year I captured far more winter images I am happy with, compared to previous years. And although I have semi-good excuses why previous years weren’t as productive, it still comes down to the title of this post.

I hope you had a great holiday week, and enjoying your weekend. This will be Part Two of my favorite images for 2023 (Part One can be found here). It will focus on the second half of the year, though in practice, all the images in this “definitely not a blog” are from the workshop in the Balkans.

Before I go into the images, I just wanted to note a few things that happened in the second half of the year. I participated in a few successful fairs, which I hope to return to in 2024. My images were chosen for several prestigious juried shows at the Cape Cod Art Center. One of my images even won first place in photography at the All New England 2023 show! Two of my images won bronze awards at the Epson Pano Awards. Finally, three of my images were also juried into the Small Stones festival. The festival was supposed to happen in October, but due to water damage at the venue, it was moved and will now run January 27th-February 4th. It should be a great festival, and I hope some of you will make it to the new venue either for the reception or just to visit. As you can see, all in all, I had a great second half of the year, and I hope it continues in 2024.

As 2023 is almost over, it is that time of the year when I look over the year that was and choose my favorite images. a lot has happened this year, and it naturally breaks into two halves. As a result, I will make this a two part “definitely not a blog”.

These lists are always difficult for me. Although some images definitely make it onto the list, others can make it or not, depending on the day I look at them. This year I took a large number of images, many of which are not even edited yet, which makes the task of deciding even more difficult.

Hi, everyone

I hope you are having a great weekend. First things first. I’ve launched a holyday sale! Get 10% off of any print type until January 2nd by using code “HOLYDAYS2024” at check-out.

I have recently returned from a two-weeks workshop in the Balkans. We spent about a week in Slovenia (with a short detour into Italy) and another week in Bosnia and Croatia. In addition, I spent a few more days around Ljubljana (what an amazing city!).

I wanted to go to that area of the world for probably more than twenty years. Well before I became serious about my photography. It offers an amazing selection of natural wonders and is well worth the visit.

I plan to write a series of “definitely not blog posts” about the trip that will be called “Dispatches from the Balkans.” I was originally planning to write in more or less chronological order, but eventually decided against it. I settled on writing posts that would be focused on several themes during the trip.

This post focuses on the use of telephoto lenses in landscape photography as this trip offered a variety of amazing conditions to get the most of that type of lens.

Hi, everyone!

First of all, I wanted to say welcome to the new subscribers! Thank you for visiting my booth at the Paradise City Northampton. It was a great show and I hope you all enjoyed the excellent selection of arts and crafts. I was very happy to meet you all and to talk to you. I would also like to thank again everyone who purchased artwork from me. Knowing that people enjoy my work, make my efforts worth it.

Here are a few updates on the art fairs, juried exhibits, and competitions

A few updates.

My image “Stormy Night” was juried into an online Black and White exhibit at the Cape Cod Art Center.

I will be participating in an Art and Crafts Festival in Yarmouth over the Labor day weekend. Come visit my booth.

Just in time for National Lighthouse Day, 2024 calendars (including New England Lighthouses calendar) are now available for sale

I’ve finally uploaded a good number of new works to the website. You can see three of my favorites on the “Home” page, and all of the uploaded artwork in the Recent Work gallery.

In another bit of news, my piece “Sky Full of Stars” was chosen to participate in the “National 2023” juried exhibition at the Cape Cod Art Center. The show will run July 10th-August 12th at the center in Barnstable, Cape Cod.

As a landscape photographer, it is important to have a wide angle lens in your tool kit. Although some people consider these types of lenses to be “landscape” lenses, that’s not strictly true, as pretty much any focal length can be used for landscapes. However, wide and ultra-wide lenses do offer the ability to create stunning landscape images, aided in some cases by the perspective distortion they create.

A few weeks ago I rented two ultra-wide lenses from Lensrentals, Venus Laowa 15mm f2 zero-D and the new Sigma 17mm f4, and took them, together with my 20-70mm workhorse and the 14mm Rokinon to a short trip in Maine. i compared the lenses in standard landscape situations as well as some Milky Way photography.

Over the years I’ve printed photo products for myself with different companies. I even tried Walmart and Walgreens. Printing your work is important for a photographer, and there really is nothing like having a beautiful photobook to do that. Here I review several printers I’ve used in the past and still use for my photobooks.