Photographing Barren Trees Inside a Mountaintop Cloud (Video)
Join fine art photographer Keith Dotson on a hike to an extraordinary location on a mountaintop in North Carolina to make photographs of trees in fog.
Historic British Camera Store Ad Circa 1857
Historic ad for Horne & Thornthwaite's Photographic Establishment in London circa 1857.
All About Albumen Prints
In this article, fine art photographer Keith Dotson takes a deep dive into the history, characteristics, appearance, and process of albumen prints.
How to Make an Albumen Print According to 1857 Directions
Full text of "The Albumen Process" from The Liverpool and Manchester Photographic Journal, published 1857
Who Were Bell, Barker, and Jennings? (From an Old Sign in Lynchburg, Virginia)
Fine art photographer researched an old sign he shot in Lynchburg, Virginia. Who were Bell, Barker, and Jennings?
Perfectly imperfect film camera failures
In this post, fine art photographer Keith Dotson uses the vintage camera from his youth, but experiences some mechanical failures. See the images he captured on Ilford HP5 film.
Podcast Episode 34: Johnny Depp Stars as Photographer W. Eugene Smith in ‘Minamata’
In this episode of the Fine Art Photography Podcast, we talk about photographer W. Eugene Smith, subject of an upcoming movie starring Johnny Depp.
Is Street Photography Ethical?
Ep. 32 of the Fine Art Photography Podcast: We examine the ethics of photographing strangers on the street without their consent
Photos of an Antique Daguerreotype Camera(?)
I found this old camera in the Charleston Museum On a recent tour of the Charleston Museum, I spotted this old camera — labeled as a Daguerreotype camera — in …