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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greggwaterman
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min
And Now, for Something Completely Different...
This image has always been a personal favorite - I like the colors, and the abstract design. Very few people can figure out what it is,...
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greggwaterman
- Jul 31, 2020
- 3 min
The Color of Light
Isaac Newton observed in the 1600s that if a narrow beam of light is passed through a prism, it emerges from the other side in colored...
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greggwaterman
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
The Magic of Trees
Cedar, Lake Tahoe, Nevada Shore Perhaps my favorite photographic subject is trees - contorted oaks, showy fall aspens, joyful spring...
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greggwaterman
- May 2, 2020
- 3 min
Homage to Frederick H. Evans
Let’s face it – most “well known” photographers are not household names! Many people, or at least Westerners of my generation, would...
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greggwaterman
- Apr 11, 2020
- 2 min
RIP John Prine
I’ve always felt there was a strong connection between music and photography - I make no claim to any originality in this thought! Ansel...
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greggwaterman
- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min
COVID-19 Blues
In January I was approved for a one-month show at the local art gallery. I have been printing and framing images and planning an artist’s...
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greggwaterman
- Mar 9, 2020
- 3 min
There's No Place Like Home
I spent fourteen days in southeast Utah last spring, and made somewhere between one and four photographs that merit public display....
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greggwaterman
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
It's Not Happening
Several years ago I spent a couple early mornings photographing along the east shore of Lake Tahoe. I thought I would come away with a...
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greggwaterman
- Feb 16, 2020
- 2 min
Color: Just a little is enough?
For the longest time I didn’t understand color in my photography. I would put some color slide film in my camera, locate something I...
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greggwaterman
- Feb 14, 2020
- 2 min
California Dreamin'
I have a love/hate relationship with the state of California. It is an amazing place in terms of geographical diversity, but there are...
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greggwaterman
- Jan 28, 2020
- 1 min
Look the Other Way!
One piece of advice that an aspiring photographer will run across at some point is to look the other direction after making a photograph....
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greggwaterman
- Jan 27, 2020
- 2 min
A Disclaimer of Sorts
For the record, I don’t consider myself an outstanding photographer, nor an especially fine writer. But I do enjoy both photographing and...
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