Alaskans — especially those of us in Southcentral — just experienced a very hot and dry summer. Wildfires raged across the state, homes were destroyed, and our scenic vistas were obscured with a smoky haze for months. The historically rainy…
A New Beginning
I’ve had two websites for many years. My primary website at raybulson.com displays 80 continually updated images and is intended to showcase my fine art nature photographs, primarily landscapes. This website has no e-commerce capability for selling prints, however. The…
Turnagain Chaos
The word chaos is used to evoke situations of confusion, disorder, randomness and unpredictability. In the 1980s, chaos took on an expanded meaning as scientists developed chaos theory to describe the behavior of complex systems. Governed by nonlinear mathematics, chaos…
Working the Composition
In 1984, the biographical film, Amadeus, depicted a fictionalized rivalry between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian composer Antonio Salieri in the mid-1700s of Vienna, Austria. Narrated by Salieri, the plot line follows him as he reluctantly comes to grips with…
Composition Flaws, Part 1
No one likes airing their dirty laundry, or in the case of photographers, showing their photographs which have failed. But recognizing mistakes and correcting them is a good way to learn and progress in any endeavor. Starting with this and…
iPhone, Really?!
It’s become something of a tradition with my wife and me that every Christmas Day- after the gifts have been opened – we head outside to enjoy the Alaskan winter scenery and reflect on the holidays. Usually, we cross-country ski…
Serendipity Now
Louis Pasteur was a French microbiologist and chemist who is known for postulating the germ theory of disease. In 1854 he gave a lecture at the inauguration of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lille in which he…
Computational Photography
Photography as a craft has always been married to technology. For photographers who wanted to practice that craft as an art form it has presented many challenges throughout its history. I believe no other art form has been transformed as…
Walk With Me
What makes some photos more visually appealing than others? As landscape photographers we are blessed – and sometimes overwhelmed – with a variety of compositional tools, many borrowed from painters. The rule of thirds, power shapes, the psychology of colors,…
Revisiting Old Photos
In my Lightroom catalog I have a collection called Masterfiles. In it are photos I consider my best, highest quality images for use in stock or fine art. The photos are arranged from newest to oldest. Occasionally I will scroll…