• to the underdog …

    I have a tendency to cheer for the underdog. Perhaps it’s one of the side effects of being a Canadian. I like the storyline of the little guy defying the odds and becoming the star of the show. It never grows old. Sometimes it even works its way into my images. Good photographs tend to… Continue Reading

  • Sandhill Symmetry

    On one fabulous day last fall, I took 1,800 photos of sandhill cranes. Time has not dulled the fondness of that memory. When I take that many photos, I create a huge job of sorting and processing that turns out to be a lot less fun than being there. Initially it was easy to delete… Continue Reading

  • Is that a natural-looking pole?

    Krahnpix is all about wildlife and nature photos so it makes sense that the scenes I photograph should also be wild and natural – right? It’s easy for me to avoid zoos, pets and stuffed animals. On the other hand when I see an elk deep in a pristine national park, all the wild boxes… Continue Reading

  • What’s a second worth?

    How long did you look at the photo above? Or any other photos for that matter? The question arose after I read an article about a study that showed the human brain could classify photos in 13 milliseconds. That is hard to fathom! The article got me wondering how long I look at photos? I… Continue Reading

  • You need pulling power!

    If you suddenly find yourself turned into a photo, the most important thing in your life will be wanting to be seen! You want people to do more than give you a quick glance or the drive-by scroll as the mouse never stops. In short, you need to have pulling power. All the other popular… Continue Reading

  • Sacrificing my body

    Good photographers are willing to do whatever it takes to get their photo. Broken lenses and broken legs sometimes go with the territory. I don’t want to make too big a deal of it but there have been times when I’ve punished the old body, all in the pursuit of an image. It reminds me… Continue Reading