So far, I am happy with my new Nikon ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter. Above is the third scan attempted and below are details of that scan. Click on the images to see them at 100%. I did not overthink this. I screwed the adapter onto the front of a Nikon AF Micro Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 […]
Explore Your Camera’s Shutter Speeds
Homework Assignment No. 2: Shutter Speeds, Diagonals to Corners My second homework assignment is to send me 2-5 photos in Shutter Priority Mode (“Tv” on Canon and Ricoh cameras, and “S” on Nikon and Sony cameras) and to include a line to a corner. Vary Shutter Speed Try various shutter speeds, especially at the extremes […]
Explore Your Camera’s ISO Settings
Homework Assignment No. 1: Rule of Thirds and ISO Settings The first homework assignment I give students is to take photos in Program Mode to explore ISO settings and to use the Rule of Thirds. Rule Of Thirds If you compose your image using the Rule of Thirds, vertical objects are placed one-third to the […]
Student Photos, 2012 on …
My students at the Delaware Art Museum have produced some wonderful images since I began teaching there. Here I have limited myself to 10 images from each class. Here also are links to photographs of dress rehearsals at the Delaware Children’s Theatre. Wonderland: Alice’s Rock-n-Roll Adventure, February 20, 2018 Honk! on October 3, 2017 Aristocats […]
2018 Arden Fair Photos
Every year thousands converge on the tiny village of Arden, Delaware to shop for handmade and antique goods, gorge their appetites, listen to live music while drinking beer, browse used books, play children’s games, learn about the economic philosophy of Henry George, get their faces painted, greet candidates for political office, and buy T-shirts, honey, […]
Urban Growth
Who does not identify with a plant that is able to thrive even in the bleakest of settings? Do we not all struggle to succeed in spite of our environment? So finding a healthy green plant growing out of a crack in the sidewalk is a good sign, right? — a situation with which we […]
Fire Hydrant Spray People
UPDATED FOR 2018: Every year, the Arden Community Recreation Association hosts its July 4th Games on the green in Arden, Delaware. The event ends with people cavorting in spray shot from a fire hydrant. I love how the people look when photographed. They are often just silhouettes, and there is a pointillist feel to the […]
Those Who See Slowly on exhibit in D.C.
An exhibit of my photographs — Those Who See Slowly — was on display during June in Washington, D.C., with a preview in Arden, Delaware. Solo Exhibit by Danny Schweers “Those Who See Slowly” May 31 thru July 1, 2018 at Washington Printmakers Gallery 1641 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 Artist’s Reception, Sunday, June 3, […]
Performances at the Biggs
An exhibit like no other! Those are the words I like to use to describe the Brandywine Photo Collective “Performances” exhibit at the Biggs Museum of American Art, February 2 thru April 22, 2018. Nine groups of photos are on display. In each group, you see the photo as interpreted by the artist who took […]
2nd Place, Rehoboth Art League
I was one delighted guy to win second place in the third annual photography exhibit and competition at the Rehoboth Art League in January, 2018. A hundred dollars! — nearly enough to cover the cost of framing. The exhibit featured work from the north and south — of Delaware — from the Brandywine Photo Collective […]