Author: dennis

New Mexico holiday

Everyone needs a stress breaker now and then. I found mine this holiday season visiting my son at his log cabin in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico. I had wanted to do this as a road trip but didn’t have time – and road trips really are better done other seasons of… Continue reading New Mexico holiday

An evening with Khaled Hosseini

There’s a reservoir of patience and calm some people carry with them that seems to spring from deep experience. Maybe it’s from being denied what the heart desires, and having to make peace with what life offers. Or maybe it’s acquired by volition and discipline. But watching Khaled Hosseini interact with his many admirers yesterday… Continue reading An evening with Khaled Hosseini

Fallingwater in the rain

I’ve long wanted to see Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece, and finally had the chance last weekend. It did not disappoint. My only regret is that visitors aren’t permitted to photograph inside the house, which is visually stunning at every turn. So now my new challenge is to find a way to get permission –… Continue reading Fallingwater in the rain

Storm front

Monday evening while returning from a photo shoot in Pennsylvania I drove through an intense thunderstorm, and just before sunset observed the most dramatic skies seen in a while. It was touch and go trying to find a place to photograph the horizon without any obstructions before it all disappeared. Minutes before this was taken… Continue reading Storm front

Frederick, Maryland rally against privatization of county jobs

Frederick, Maryland’s board of county commissioners has run full-tilt into the maw of local opposition in its wishes to outsource county jobs en masse to private contractors – and this in a county with no structural deficit or pending fiscal crisis. Two nights of public hearings allowed an array of articulate and impassioned testimony on… Continue reading Frederick, Maryland rally against privatization of county jobs

The lady in red

That “lady in red” has still got it. Although she might be dressed in any other color now. According to Wikipedia, the second best-selling music video of all time (Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” comes in first) was “Yanni Live at the Acropolis”, released in March, 1994. The television special became a historic fund-raising coup for PBS, and… Continue reading The lady in red

Vibrant Life Magazine at DC Premiere of “Forks Over Knives”

Last week I was asked to photograph for Vibrant Life magazine at the DC area premiere of the documentary film “Forks Over Knives.” High points included the arrival of best-selling vegan author, Ironman triathlete and fireman Rip Esselstyn via fire truck, and Vibrant Life editor Heather Quintana meeting with “rock stars of healthy eating” Esselstyn… Continue reading Vibrant Life Magazine at DC Premiere of “Forks Over Knives”

Goodbye, Pinetop

A tribute to boogie-woogie pianist Pinetop Perkins, with photos from the Sugarloaf Jazz Festival in 1995.

Color or black and white?

Color is the default mode for nearly all visual communication now, but black and white images can help the mind snap to attention faster. Whether content is topical or purely abstract, without the distraction of color it often can be more powerful. Making a case for black and white photography.