Author Archives: Lea Hartman

The other day, as I was critiquing a photo on a photographer website I’m part of (solicited criticism, I might add), I found myself looking at the image and thinking, “It’s really just a standard snapshot.” And in that moment, a “snapshot” wasn’t good, wasn’t worthy. A “snapshot” was something your mom took during aContinue reading ““It’s just a snapshot.” And other crap I’ve said.”

I love black and white photographs. Color can be a large distraction to me and so my first inclination is to shoot black and white or convert to black and white in post. However, I’ve really challenged myself to shoot more color work over the past year. The dilemma comes when I can’t choose betweenContinue reading “Black and white vs. color.”

A little walk behind our neighborhood puts us in a rural area you could almost call a forest. Almost. It’s nothing spectacular. It smells of swamp – because it largely is one. Unfortunately, there are sections that are quite literally littered with trash. But if you persevere through the smelly garbage areas, you actually reachContinue reading “The beautiful ordinary.”