A passion for the rails

Rail fans watch a container train roll by near a crossing in Caliente, Calif.

I have been photographing trains, I think, forever. I remember taking a snapshot, with my dad’s old camera, of a big black train tearing by while I was still in high school. There is this adrenaline rush, a natural high as the train passes; horns screaming, crossing bells going off, the ground rumbling. Did you [...]

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Sometimes a notion

I STAND ALONE

In each photographer the spark of creativity is vitally different, each expression unique. Inspiration can come in many shapes and forms. A bug, a face, a landscape, flowing water or flowers can inspire you to pause and think, “yes, this is the time to make an image.” Recently for me, inspiration came in the form [...]

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Celebrate inspiration

THE WATCHERS

Someone asked me once, “What inspires you to make an image, to get out of the house and go photographing, to think photographically?” The resulting images did not have to be art, but, of course that is a nice result. What is important is that the image was made, the scene captured, the journey taken. [...]

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Eye of the beholder

Evidence of the Seqouia National Forest’s 2000 Manter Fire can still be seen today. Using a LensBaby in this image increased the sense of mystery and desolation.

So many times people say “I don’t know what to shoot.” You never know what will catch your eye so you just have to get out there and be open to possibilities. Galen Rowell said once “I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means [...]

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