time goes by, so slowly but time can do so much; love always Lawler, Vincent Versace, et.al.
Developing Joy is my vision of sharing with others my experience in one-on-one consultation, recorded instruction and destination workshops how to develop Joy by expression through a photograph using the current day tools that are available: digital cameras, scanners, personal computers, imaging software (primarily Adobe® Photoshop® LightRoom®, but not limited to) color managed solutions through t
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Bad News for Friggatriskaidekaphobes: 2026 Has Three Fridays the 13th It’s the first time since 2015 that the combination of the day and date associated with bad luck has recurred three times in a calendar year.
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Stay ‘til your love is/Alive and kicking,
09/14/2025
I don't want a future, I want a present. To me this appears of greater value. You have a future only when you have no present, and when you have a present, you forget to even think about the future.
-Robert Walser
04/26/2025
03/03/2025
"We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome... We are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for in our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being."
~ Hermann Hesse
02/28/2025
“Nature hides her secrets because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse.” - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
01/21/2025
Ack!@!
Develop Joy is my thought of sharing with others my experience in one-on-one consultation, recorded instruction and destination workshops how to develop Joy by expression through a photograph using the current day tools that are available: digital cameras, scanners, personal computers, imaging software (primarily Adobe® Photoshop® LightRoom®, but not limited to) color managed solutions through to printers capable of creating fine art, archival photographic prints (Epson).
I have been helping photographers and other artists express themselves using the currently best offered equipment created for imaging since 1997 (approximately). I have been employed by a number of companies noted for this equipment: Nikon, Minolta and Leaf (a division of Kodak’s Graphics Communication division at that time). I have been privileged to be educated by some notable teachers over this time, including: Katrin Eisman, Brian P. Lawler, Vincent Versace, et.al. I founded Develop Joy in 2014 to continue my efforts to share knowledge that helps others develop joy in expressing themselves through photography, as an art form. Since I began in 1997 I have worked with a number of notable artists and institutions that have been integral in my development: Catherine Opie, Xavier Fumat (collaborator with Richard Serra at Gemini GEL), LACMA (Peter Brenner and the Photo Services Department).