I have been photographing professionally, semi-professionally, and hobby-ally (that’s not a word, is it…) for most of 50 years. I have an associate’s degree in commercial photography, which would not get me a ride, whatever the local bus fare is. I was so fortunate to have met and married my…

Near squeak. You did everything right but sometimes that's not enough. You learned and put the knowledge to good use. I have around 40 years on you and spend far too much time ruminating on the past. I concluded long ago that getting through life relatively intact is pure luck. …

What a challenging question! Speaking for myself alone, at age 80, I have changed, a lot! I was once the callow, carefree youth, not too bad, no drugs except tobacco that I rue to this day, no alcohol until full maturity when I tipped into alcoholism. I was a high-functioning…

Second Verse, Same as the First — sort of… — I’ve ruminated on this subject before. I am one of those crazies who enjoy editing digital photos. Over time, I discovered that JPEGs could be successfully re-edited for greater detail, provided they were not overexposed. I don’t mind spending hours turning silk purses into sow’s ears at my computer. …

Another example of something so simple, yet for many, so hard. I had a lovely couple as clients, brother and sister, and they would come in periodically to get portraits. Okay. So? So sister had cerebral palsy. A lovely young woman in a wheelchair who could not control her movements…

Do photographers really need one? — A light meter measures the intensity of light falling on or reflected from a scene. More properly called an exposure meter, in various forms, they have been photographers’ little helpers for a very long time, but the earliest photographers had to guess. They were educated guesses. Experience taught them much…

One-Legged Tripod? — In photography, a monopod is simply one leg of a tripod. It is lighter than a tripod and, in some instances, has advantages over a tripod. It is not as stable as a tripod as it only limits the up-and-down motion of…

Warbirds in Ashland, Nebraska.