Newsletter:
July-August, 2009
Photograph of the Month
NEWS
It's all too easy to get distracted with the day-to-day drill of running a business, even if you're an artist. So this month I have taken extra time for the essentials of art photography: shooting photographs and making prints. Along with my trips here in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, I had a great week in South Dakota. I'll share some of the Dakota images with you next time.

I'm also sitting down to print some of the many photographs I've shot over the last few months but didn't have the opportunity to polish. There's a good-sized collection from the Colorado Plains, and I hope to have them completed in a few weeks. (With luck, they'll also be up on my website in time for the next newsletter.)
*** CLASSES: FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY***
Learn the basics of hotshoe-mount flash photography with me at Working With Artists this August 22nd: We'll look not only at how to control your flash (they can get complicated), but at what's REALLY important: improving the quality of your lighting.
** Check out the class descriptions or enroll by clicking HERE.
Image of Murphey's Drug Store
Image of Saguaro
Here in Colorado, we've had more rain this season than there's been for several years. The result is a very green state, with wildflowers bursting out everywhere. Here are two images of flowers from the high country; the one above was shot at around 9,500 ft., and the one below, at around 11,500.

What makes them interesting, though, isn't their altitude, but their size: In both photographs, the large collection of blossoms you see here would fit easily into the palm of your hand.

On one hand, the flowers' tinyness is a testament to the ability of life to find a niche even in the often-harsh environments found in the high mountains. On another, they're a reminder that there are whole worlds, filled with beauty and possibility, that most people miss--even though they're in plain sight, right at your feet. My job this month, then, isn't just to get you up to the mountains to see the flowers, but to peer downward. I wonder what else we might find, if we just started looking...
Image of Morning Glory
Fine-art photographer Zachary Singer has had a camera in hand since childhood—more than three decades now. He came to fine-art photography through his experiences in photojournalism: While shooting for Greenpeace and other environmental groups, as well as Native American tribes in the Southwest, Zach learned to quickly capture the essence of his subjects.
Zach has written dozens of articles on photography for magazines such as Outdoor Photographer, PCPhoto, and Digital Photo Pro, and has taught photography at California’s Santa Monica College. When time permits, he works with a select group of commercial clients.
Image: "Photo of the Month"