Here is another newly scanned image from 4×5 film. The film was exposed using a Wista 4×5 Metal Field camera in 1988. It is about time I brought it out of “moth balls!” I made this image during a late… Continue Reading →
I made this image yesterday on my patio. The water reflects my ochre-colored wall. I have been watching the light for when the stones and water were in shadow but the wall remained lit. I was trying to find a… Continue Reading →
Here is a new image, taken on Thursday in my backyard. I make my own ice pond by leaving out a large, rectangular bucket and checking the results for potential photos in the morning. This was my favorite of the… Continue Reading →
I am a collector. I have shells, rocks, tree bark and more in boxes and drawers that I look through now and again for the memories and possible photographs. I also have salsify seedheads that I have saved from summers… Continue Reading →
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.williamneill.com/portfolios/best-of-2009/loader.swf” height=”500″ width=”585″ quality=”best” bgcolor=”#ffffff” wmode=”opaque” fvars=” paramXMLPath = http://www.williamneill.com/portfolios/best-of-2009/param.xml ; xmlDataPath = http://www.williamneill.com/portfolios/best-of-2009/images.xml ” base=”.” /] Many years ago, when I was involved with Ansel Adam’s workshops, I was fortunate to hear lectures by many master photographers. One… Continue Reading →
This photograph was made at sunrise overlooking Monterey Bay from Point Pinos. I used my Singh Ray Vari-ND filter to use a slow shutter speed so the surf would be blurred. Check out info on this filter here: Singh Ray… Continue Reading →
Last week, my family and I traveled to the Monterey coast for a short vacation. I returned to one of my favorite subjects there – the endangered Monterey Pines. Very fortunately, there was thick fog that makes this subject so… Continue Reading →
Here is a variation of my “found leaves” from last week… Winding down after a crazy week printing 40x60s and teaching a private One-on-One. Have a good weekend! Enjoy, Bill
On Sunday, we had rain. Unusual for August. Here is an image from the many frames I made. Given the brown and dry surroundings of my backyard, I enjoyed this lushness! Starting September 2: Inspiring Nature Photography: The Essentials (four… Continue Reading →
Big news! We have launched our newly-designed web site. John O’Connor has done an amazing job!! He designed my ebooks, so if you seen those, you know the design is excellent. This is the first full redesign in many years,… Continue Reading →
Last Friday, my family and I went to Drake’s Beach at Pt. Reyes. For various reasons, mostly that we were going to hang at the beach with the cousins, we were there in the middle of the day. I brought… Continue Reading →
Last Thursday, I stepped outside my office and noticed this cloud. For the first time I can remember, I saw the subject in terms of a final BW result, envisioning a “red filter” effect of a black sky. The conversion… Continue Reading →
Yesterday afternoon, I stopped here at an overlook of the Sierra just beyond Oakhurst. Using my Singh Ray Vari-ND, I created this Impressions image. I added contrast and color saturation since the blurring process “softens” the separation of tones. Also,… Continue Reading →
Here is a recent image. Not sure what I think yet… when is an image too simple, or too “open-ended?” Bill Twitter Facebook EBOOKS NOW AVAILABLE! Impressions of Light – Digital Edition Landscapes of the Spirit – Digital Edition Meditations… Continue Reading →
I recently did an interview with a British magazine called DSLRUSER. Here is the interview online. Interview Also, Outdoor Photographer recently posted my latest On Landscape column. They have cut back on the number of columns per month – down… Continue Reading →
Early this morning, the clouds were great above my home. While I composed, a bird flew off of the big Ponderosa pine behind the house. Simple design with the pine adding an accent to the main subject – the clouds…. Continue Reading →
This morning, I made this image in my studio using window light. My assistant John challenged me to make a new image for posting here, which is a good thing since I haven’t photographed much lately. So I pulled out… Continue Reading →
Yesterday afternoon, I finally made some new images. I didn’t have far to go. My backyard waterfall flows over this wonderful Yosemite slate, which is the source of color here. In the sunlight, the patterns form graphic little waves. I… Continue Reading →
I was reminded of the great importance of having backups. John was looking for this image above, but only found an empty folder. No master file, no sized files for printing. Couldn’t find it on any of my drives. I… Continue Reading →
I wish I had new images to share, but I don’t! Unusual for me. But I have been busy! Teaching BetterPhoto classes. John is redesign my web site. Looking fabulous… I am also writing captions for my next ebook, a… Continue Reading →
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