When it comes to photographic competency, is it possible to be both accomplished and stink at the same time? I’d argue yes on both accounts. I find that people tend to generalize about what it […]

Daniel Stainer Photography Weblog
When it comes to photographic competency, is it possible to be both accomplished and stink at the same time? I’d argue yes on both accounts. I find that people tend to generalize about what it […]
Let the good times click—one photographer’s journey back to New Orleans.
Here is a humorous look at the top idiots we often encounter at crowded tripod holes!
In the decades that followed, it was rumored that Mingo, West Virginia was harboring an evil supernatural presence, most likely the result of the town’s macabre history…
When it comes to street photography, is it ever OK to take pictures of children without parental permission?…
The connection between photography and music has always fascinated me. Like many, I was deeply exposed to music growing up. As a child, I learned how to play the piano by ear, often reconstructing complex melodies in my head…
“If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me.” ~Minor White…
At some point in our photographic lives, we all experience apathy. This demotivating condition can best be described as a state of indifference; the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation or passion. Like any other psychological ailment, photographic apathy manifests itself in varying degrees of severity…
I was sitting on Fritz’s couch when his daughter Sue asked me squarely, “Why do you want to do a story about my Dad?” I told her, “If I don’t do it, then who will?”…
The cowboy vigorously runs his wire brush across the leather tail of his thickly braided bull rope—a small halo of dirt disperses into the late afternoon sun. He breaks apart a tiny chunk of amber rosin on the metal bars of the bucking chute before placing some into the palm of his leather riding glove…