“Your children can learn photography from an award-winning, internationally published fine art and commercial photographer. Kristianne has been a photographer for 27 years and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography at Cal State University Long Beach. She has created advertising photography for LG – Signature Kitchen Suite, …
You mustn’t want, you must be receptive; don’t think, even, the brain’s a bit dangerous. Sensitivity is the flavor of moments. Henri Cartier-Bresson All photographs demarcate their own period in time. You must not disregard the first image you ever made for future photographs. Every image you have made is …
Hello enthusiastic photographers! Are you ready to learn how to make the images that you’ve been dreaming of? The Loupe Photography Workshop is gearing up and we have a contest to give passionate, aspiring photographers discounted tuition. Winners can save up to $300 (a 50% discount) off tuition. …
When I was first studying photography in the ’80s, I only shot B&W film. There were so many benefits that I didn’t realize at the time. One was that it was cost effective. I only had to pay for the rolls of film and I processed everything by hand. [All …
I just started reading the most amazing book about photographs not taken. The Photographs Not Taken is a collection of photographer’s essays edited by Will Steacy and published by Daylight. I just received it in the mail yesterday and haven’t been able to put it down. It’s …
Back in October I made an image that I didn’t take. It was a photograph I had in my mind. A vision of a feeling and an emotional moment brought to fruition. I picked the location, I picked the lighting and time of day, I picked the aperture and …
Kenya (and a little corner of Tanzania) was my first travel adventure after deciding I wanted to be a photographer back in 1989. [Please excuse the dust on the above images as these are scans from some of my first images on Kodak Plus X and Fujichrome 100 D film]. …
Because so many of you have asked about taking a workshop with me, I have finally put together what I think is the perfect combination of technical and creative knowledge I have to share from my 20+ years of working, educating and expressing myself as a photographer. This special workshop is not just for fun and will push your photography skills and knowledge of the medium: technically, creatively, historically. We will gather at a Tuscan inspired organic farm right here in San Clemente! Learn how to make images that speak from your gut, see light in a new way, and …
I am in love with this app called Instagram. It’s got a bad rap for breaking your phone images down into goo with hardly any information left. However, I’ve made a book of all Instagram images from our staycation on the boat last summer because I took so many fun images with my iPhone. I only pulled out the SLR for special visits to “Big Kid Beach,” when we sailed to Catalina and to greet the Polynesian Outriggers coming in to Dana Point Harbor. I have also made great little deep matte prints of many of my favorite family …