Broughton Quarterly - Winter 2007 - (Page 28)

(from left) Water Apparitions, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park; Joshua Trees, Indian Summer Sky, Mojave Desert; The Old Ridge Route, Angeles National Forest the form, the light, the structure, whatever A lot of your desert imagery has an ethereal it may be. quality. Is this simply the desert speaking, or do you intentionally go for that feeling? What’s your relationship with the deserts of That’s a great question, and I’d definitely say California? it’s the way the desert speaks to me. I don’t I’m a California native, and I’ve pretty well really try and force an image out of a place; split all of my time between the deserts and I kind of let it come to me. So what you see the mountains of California. Pretty well in my photographs tends to be the way I exclusively California…I’m pretty obsessed interpret the place. with this place and have chosen to focus my photography here. What can amateur photographers, casual travelers who like to take pictures, do to How would you characterize the deserts of improve their skills? Southern California? First and foremost, like with tennis or Definitely diverse; our deserts range from cooking, you need to do a lot of it. If you’re quite low to very high, and from sparsely attempting to take your skills to the next level, vegetated to very vegetated, such as the no matter what the activity, you need to make Joshua Tree forests. Despite their proximity a small amount of commitment to it. I also to millions of people, exploring Southern place a lot of value in attending workshops California deserts today feels like stepping or seeking private instruction with more way back in time. Aside from the Coachella advanced photographers. I actually teach Valley and some other areas, there’s still not workshops, along with a partner, and by in much out there. These deserts are very rich large most people who attend the workshops places to explore. do so because they admire either his or my 28 Broughton Quarterly Winter 2008 photography. Where do the workshops take place, and how do you approach the business side of fine art photography? Right now, they take place in California or Utah. We’ve done them in the deserts of both places, and in the mountains of California, places like the Eastern Sierra, Owens Valley, Alabama Hills…The workshops are usually three to four days in length. I personally do one-on-one instruction for as little as a few hours, or a day. But in the workshop setting, with multiple participants, we’ve found the best approach is to do multiple days…The business of being a fine art photographer largely trying to sell prints is quite difficult. I don’t do any stock, and at this point I’m only doing a small amount of assignment photography. But I have begun to accept assignments recently and am definitely looking for more. What makes you choose to shoot something in black-and-white rather than color?

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Broughton Quarterly - Winter 2007 Contents Contributors Plugged In Notes Calendar 1000Words Destination Wine & Cuisine Introducing Doctor Robot In the Desert Stillness Richard Branson Marketplace Spotlight

Broughton Quarterly - Winter 2007

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