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greggwaterman
- Nov 3
- 3 min
Mistakes Were Made: Installment 1
Due to a mishap mentioned in a previous post, I’m currently in the process of going through old black and white negatives and culling out...
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greggwaterman
- Oct 22
- 2 min
A Bristlecone Primer
Bristlecone 5, Windy Ridge, Colorado I recently had the opportunity to photograph some bristlecone pines in Colorado. Shortly afterward I...
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greggwaterman
- Oct 19
- 1 min
Hard Reset
It was bound to happen sooner or later, given my reckless attitude in the face of risk. No, I didn’t get COVID – I have somehow managed...
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greggwaterman
- May 9
- 3 min
National Parks, Part Two
In the previous post I insinuated that perhaps our National Parks are best avoided. But let’s face it – there is something remarkable...
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greggwaterman
- May 9
- 1 min
National Parks, Part One
Yosemite and Yellowstone, the Everglades and the Great Smoky Mountains. America’s National Park system is one of the crown jewels of our...
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greggwaterman
- Mar 8
- 5 min
The Dark Side
What about shadows? If you are a photographer, what do you do with, or about, them? In the event that there are any, shall I say,...
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greggwaterman
- Feb 4
- 5 min
Ghosts of Our Predecessors
There I stood on the morning of November 3rd, 2021, at the base of a magnificent sandstone cliff in Arizona’s Canyon de Chelly. The rock...
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greggwaterman
- Dec 13, 2021
- 5 min
A Forsaken Land
With over a month of consistently dry weather in November and early December, I spent some time photographing in Lava Beds National...
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greggwaterman
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
(Almost) Coast to Coast
Sorghum and safflower, cotton and corn. Roadkill armadillos in Missouri, ‘possums in Kentucky. Ferry boat rides across the Ohio river,...
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greggwaterman
- Feb 17, 2021
- 1 min
Stonebridge Man
In a previous post I shared a few photos of the Stonebridge grain elevator, that was demolished in 2016. Before its demise, I visited on...
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greggwaterman
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
Snowstorm Tree
December 24, 2018. Christmas eve fast approaching. I’d been watching this tree for over a year, waiting for the time when conditions...
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greggwaterman
- Dec 5, 2020
- 2 min
A Mystery of Perception
A few years ago we were visiting friends in the high country of Colorado, and I took a morning excursion by myself, to do a little...
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greggwaterman
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
The Accidental Chronicler
chronicle verb : record (a related series of events) in a factual and detailed way Other than smartphone photos for family and friends, I...
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greggwaterman
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
What the Viewer Does Not See
My ideal day of photographing occurs when I find myself alone in some wild, quiet place with no schedule and no thoughts of my life...
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greggwaterman
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Same place, very different photograph...
My last blog post was about the making of a photograph of the Little Shasta Church, in far northern California. That particular...
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greggwaterman
- Nov 15, 2020
- 2 min
Sometimes you just get lucky
Some years ago I was returning home from kayaking in northern California with my wife Vivian and friend Grant. Part of our route included...
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greggwaterman
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
What are you going to do with those?
That’s the interrogation I’ve gotten from my wife, more than once, in reference to my photographs. “Those are nice, but what are you...
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greggwaterman
- Sep 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Most Important Decision
I recently began teaching a class, via Zoom, on “basic photography,” whatever “basic” might mean! I put quite a bit of thought into what...
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greggwaterman
- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min
Altered Images
Road and Tree, Adin, California Is this a photograph, or is it a painting? Well, … it’s both! It is an example of what is known as a...
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