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Lately, I’ve become fascinated by lights! Because I have found that ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) can transform simple lights into a myriad of interesting lines and shapes. It takes a bit of experimenting with different shutter speeds and camera motions, but the results can be very intriguing!

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I was recently interviewed by Bold Journey Magazine (yeah, I had never heard of it either :). But it was a fun experience. If you’d like to know what I had to say (the questions were actually pretty interesting), here is a link to the magazine interview:

https://boldjourney....


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“Neon” © Howard Grill

I have two ideas that have been rolling around in my head for several months, and I am hoping readers can help me get a sense of how much interest there might be for them. I hope you will take a moment to consider my ideas, one of which is aimed at photographers and the...


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Most photographers have a very intuitive feel for how the color mixer in Lightroom works. It's meant to be self-explanatory. You just pick the color(s) in your image you want to change, then move the hue, saturation, or luminosity sliders to achieve the look you're after within those colors. Easy!

On the other hand, most people have an inherent fear of playing in the ca...


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Why Create?

Recently, I was thinking about the reasons I photograph and paint, so I made a short Reel video about my thoughts on the subject.

As usual, if you get this post by email, the video doesn’t come along for the ride, but you can see it by opening my blog post or on Instagram here...


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