Shadows and Light

Podcast: An Update on the Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith Copyright Case

Welcome back to the Fine Art Photography Podcast. In this episode, I'll discuss the supreme court oral arguments in the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith.

How to Fix a Black Split Prism Focusing Screen on Medium Format Film Cameras

This 60-second video will provide an easy fix for anyone who's plagued by a blackened focus screen in their medium format camera

Field Recording: The Atlantic Ocean Meets the Seawall in Lynn, Massachusetts (Podcast Episode)

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography Podcast, a field recording made on location at Red Rock Park in Lynn, Massachusetts, with the turbulent Atlantic Ocean crashing against the big concrete seawall.

Archive of Early Minnesota Photographers

Archive of early Minnesota photographers: A reference list of historic Minnesota photo studios founded thanks to a generous donation of photographs

Podcast: The Influential Aperture Foundation Turns 70 with a New Permanent Home in Manhattan

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography Podcast, we will discuss the influential Aperture Foundation and magazine, which turned 70 in September 2022. How are they keeping relevant and what do they plan for their new permanent facility in New York City?

Podcast: Bad Photography Advice Circa 1888 — Cleaning the Hands with Cyanide and Other Chemicals in the Darkroom

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography Podcast, questionable advice on how to clean the black nitrate stains from the hands after darkroom work circa 1888

Foggy Morning on Salem Common: Black and White Photography of Salem’s Most Famous Park in the Fog

In this video, Keith Dotson takes advantage of foggy conditions and dewdrops on cobwebs to produce dramatic black and white photographs

Shooting Antique Cars at Old Car City USA (with Cinestill Double-X Medium Format B&W Film)

Join fine art photographer Keith Dotson on a walk through Old Car City USA looking for rusty antique automobiles

AI-Generated Art Based on My Photographic Style

I used the new DALL-E 2 AI system to generate a series of black and white "photographs" based on my style of photography using a written description

This is Why I Photograph Abandoned Buildings

I view the photography of abandoned buildings as a form of architectural preservation -- a memory of at-risk locations that are endangered from the threat of progress, being condemned, or collapse. Here's one that I missed.

Abandoned Enterprise Cotton Mill in Coleridge, North Carolina

Join fine art photographer Keith Dotson on location at an abandoned cotton mill in the mountains of North Carolina