Photography by Danny Schweers
Click here to learn about the Digital Photography Classes at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. Kathy Buckalew and I have begun teaching our winter classes, and plan to teach again in the spring, starting sometime in April.
My Digital Photography Course Outline and Assignments
125th Anniversary Banquet of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Delaware. Getting good photos of an event like this is difficult but, because so many of the people knew me, they were relaxed and smiled easily. I'm proud of one or two of the photos. I worked at Westminster for four years, and the church still publishes my Photo Prayers in its weekly e-newsletter.
 The Arden Fair 2011. Here are 71 of the 448 photos I made that day. I would have shot more, but I was working traffic control.
Crouton Stacking: Finally, I have photographic proof of my record-setting crouton stacking at The Charcoal Pit Restaurant in Wilmington, Delaware. Click here or the photo for details.
Salted Cars: After snow storms, salt spray dries into fantastic patterns on the sides of vehicles. Walking around a parking lot is like walking through a gallery of abstract paintings. The salt and melted snow, thrown onto the vehicles as they moved down the road, has dried in many different shapes and textures.
 Reach Academy for Girls: No, this Delaware charter school has little to do with photography, but I am now serving on its board of directors and want to brag about it. Click here to learn more.
Painting With Light. Click here to see the results as I experiment with this technique.
Photo Prayers: The Wilmington, Delaware News Journal featured my Photo Prayer project in its first issue of the new year. These prayer pix are emailed to subscribers, usually every week. Click here to subscribe to my Photo Prayers. 1/1/11
eLABorations: I've started collaborating with Edward Van Vliet, an artist in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Each month he takes images from a number of photographers and adds a message. Today's message is appropriate for the new year and for the first month of Edward's project: "This could be the beginning of something beautiful." 1/1/11
Photography Business Advice: Someone just starting out wanted my advice about the business of photography. Here's what I said.
PHOTO GALLERY: Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Click here to see 30 of 315 photographs.
New Clients
Website design for Paul Klinefelter, bass guitar and double bass. Also a website for The Propeller Club of the Port of New York / New Jersey.
Recommendations
Recommended Books. My friend Larry Gorman encouraged me to put together a list of books worth reading more than once.
Other Recommendations
Other Recent Work
Pilgrimage to Henri Cartier-Bresson's retrospective at MOMA. Photographer Kathy Buckalew joined me on a day trip to Manhattan, making images along the way, there and back. 6/19/2010
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. I joined other members of the Brandywine Photo Collective for a sunny day between Dover and Delaware Bay. 6/6/2010
Arden Snow (December 2009)
Over a foot of snow fell in Arden, Delaware, and made for some memorable days. Here are a few scenes.
Brandywine Valley (October and November 2009)
Forty-three images shot during three different walks in the Woodlawn Trust, just five miles west of the Arden Trust.
Bright Foam on Dark Sand [June 2009]
Fifty images of gentle Pacific Ocean waves washing onto the beach below Waimea Pier in 2009.
Photographic Workflow [June 2009]
What happens to an image after the shutter clicks? Here's a brief overview of what happens to my photos, from camera to workspace to the eyes of others. Some call this digital asset management. Some call it B-O-R-I-N-G.
How Not To Cut Down A Tree.
Trying to help the lone birch tree on his Arden leasehold, Danny killed it. No one was killed cutting it up for firewood. A funny video by his neighbor Mike.
Essay: The 10,000 Things.
One thing leads to another.
Essay: Random Work.
An infinite regression leads to the high desert.
Photo Prayer
For years I have been matching my photos with prayers. I shy away from the obvious and hackneyed, or so I pray!
Web Resources
Here is a link to a page I maintain on the Interfaith Resource Center's website. It includes a list of people who use Adobe "Contribute" software to update their websites, leaving me very little to do.
The Cultivated Eye: Brandywine Valley Photographers at the Delaware Art Museum. Four images of mine were chosen for this handsome exhibit of local landscape photography. A larger traveling photo exhibit is also at the museum.
The Book of Days, 1977-1995
756 shots by over 400 photographers.
Website Priorities
What's important to know about websites for churches and non-profits, including how to get them to rank highly in search engines.
I Saw Her - A Dream Interpreted
I came across this photo and essay years after it was created as a framed piece of art. Also added is this series of journal excerpts from 1990, Singing A Hymn.
The
Rag Photos, 1971-1975
A few photos have survived. The Rag, an underground
newspaper, was published in Austin, Texas, from 1966
to 1975. It was my introduction to publishing and
community.
ADVICE
How to beat back prejudice: Don't flare up, cry vengeance, or launch competing theories. Just tell the truth. --Anthony Lane, May, 2007
LOOK AT THE WORLD
This bright hymn by John Rutter puts forward the claim that photographers need to be thankful in order to see. Here's an excerpt:
Look at the world,
so many joys and wonders.
Praise to thee, O Lord
for all creation,
give us thankful hearts
that we may see:
all the gifts we share
and every blessing,
all things come of thee.
[iTunes and other music venues have this hymn available for $0.99.]
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