by John Crane | Nov 14, 2022 | Black and White, Inspiration
Recently I had the privilege of contributing to a unique and creative project called River Music, by David M. Merritt of Moonlight Studios. David is a hydrologist, and through the miracle of creativity and technology, used flow data from four separate rivers to...
by John Crane | Jul 27, 2020 | Black and White, From the Past, Places, Road Trippin'
Traveling back and forth between Colorado and Illinois for as many years as I have, getting off the Interstate and driving two-lane back roads instead is always a welcome diversion. Most of the time I’m in no particular hurry, allowing me to wander slowly...
by John Crane | Feb 2, 2020 | Black and White, Destinations, Inspiration
No matter what time of year you visit Utah’s Arches National Park you know you’re in for a treat. Having visited frequently over the past 30 years I’ve seen the Park in many different weather conditions – but mostly some variation of hot and...
by John Crane | Jan 10, 2020 | Black and White, Destinations, Inspiration
Arches National Park, January 2020. Having just returned from a long weekend to Arches National Park, I’m beginning to work through my film. Shot a good bit of 35mm and 120, both color and monochrome this trip, keeping with my New Year’s...
by John Crane | Jul 10, 2019 | Black and White, Inspiration
Why do we need to say something – anything – about our images? A few weeks ago I was in Chicago looking at a display of student work at Moody Bible Institute. There were two different exhibitions: one with very nice photographs, printed on canvas and...
by John Crane | Mar 4, 2019 | 4042n, Black and White, Inspiration
How honest do I want to be? How much of myself am I willing to reveal? I’m not a minimalist. At least not in the photographic sense of the word. While I occasionally admire the photo of a mostly empty hillside with subtle tones and a single, isolated tree positioned...