I teach photography lessons in Wilmington, Delaware, privately. For 13 years, I taught at the Delaware Art Museum. Above is an image from a portrait class at the museum. Before I honk my own horn, here are some links for you to explore. A listing here does NOT mean I recommend the teachers unless I […]
Composition – Rule Of Thirds
When you compose an image using the Rule of Thirds, vertical elements in the viewfinder are placed one-third from the left or right edge of the frame, horizontal lines are placed one-third from the top or bottom, and sometimes both. If you do NOT have strong vertical or horizontal objects in the scene in front […]
Delmarva Peninsula
Delaware is the lowest of the 50 states; that is, its average elevation — 60 feet — is lower than any other state. Forget mountain majesty. South of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, the Delmarva Peninsula has marshes and tidal rivers, big skies and flat farm land. The Delmarva Peninsula is divided up into parts […]
Austin Book of Days 1977
On January 3, 2017, John Van Beekum, editor of the 1977 Austin Book of Days appointments calendar, began to re-issue the images on Instagram. forty years after the initial publication. He began with the published 1977 cover with Stanley Farrar’s Lake Travis image. Click here or the photo to visit John’s page on the Instagram site. […]
Danny at Gallery 919 in early 2026
Of the many thousands of photographs I have shot recently, which few are worthy of your attention? The photo in the graphic above and by itself below is a photo of my wife, ready to do battle against a nest of yellow jackets. Yes, I am in love with a killer! I think this is […]
Arden, Delaware – Fire Hydrant Spray People
2012 thru 2025, Arden, Delaware — Every year, the Arden Community Recreation Association hosts its July 4th Games on the green in the Village of Arden, Delaware, where I live. The gathering ends with people cavorting in spray shot from a fire hydrant. I love how stately the gyrating people look when photographed. They are […]
Arden Fair, Delaware
When the weather cooperates, the Arden Fair takes over my neighborhood with crowds, vendors, musicians, artists, food, books, crafts, and wizards. This annual event benefits the Arden Club, the cultural umbrella for Arden, Delaware. It has many gilds including Ardensingers, Shakespeare, Swim, Garden, Writing, Folk, Georgist, Library, Scholars, Dinner, and Concert, all headquartered in Gild […]
Featured Artist at Chris White Gallery
On July 23, 2024, I was the featured artist at the Chris White Gallery in downtown Wilmington, Delaware! Sixteen of us were asked to lend our names to this non-profit’s summer fundraising campaign. I hope my endorsement makes a positive difference! I am inspired by Chris White’s vision for Shipley Lofts and continue his efforts […]
Light Painting with Camera and Flashlight
Illuminate the subject by hand — If you know how to shoot in Manual (M) Mode, you can use a flashlight to paint light onto our subjects. Cameras are on tripods for these exposures, which are often 20 seconds long. When done correctly, objects seem to emerge out of darkness, glowing. Light painting is a […]
Explore Your Camera’s Manual Mode
Make images as light or dark as you want Many, perhaps most, professional photographers shoot in Manual Mode. Cameras in automatic and semi-automatic modes cannot guess what you want. If you want the image darker or lighter, or if you want to control the ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture all at once, then shoot in […]
Explore Your Camera’s Aperture Settings
Aperture offers some control of focus blur The third homework assignment I give students in my digital photography class at the Delaware Art Museum is to separate subject from background by using small aperture numbers; that is, apertures with little depth of field. The subject is in focus while the background is out of focus, […]
True Posterization Using Photoshop
I worked many years using a copy camera to produce 12×18-inch litho negatives. I especially liked the way that high-contrast medium transformed gradual tones into hard-edged images. I like woodcuts and linoleum cuts for the same reason, especially the work of Cynthia Back, one of my former colleagues at the Washington Printmakers Gallery. Click here […]
Control Motion Blur by Varying Shutter Speed
Changing the shutter speed on your camera allows you to control motion blur — Releasing the shutter lets light into the camera for a fixed amount of time. I encourage you to try various shutter speeds, especially at the extremes of your camera. For most cameras, that is 30 seconds for the longest time (slowest […]
Explore Your Camera’s ISO Settings
ISO: Varying Your Camera’s Sensitivity To Light, Varying Noise Increasing the ISO makes the camera’s sensor more sensitive to light. That means the camera can capture images in darker places or at faster shutter speeds or smaller apertures. But noise increases as ISO increases. That means quality decreases, sometimes to the point that photos […]
Focus
Sharp Detail or Beautiful Blur? Sometimes you want all the details sharp and revealing. Other times you want the background to be beautifully blurred, or everything blurred. What you get depends on your aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and the focal length of your lens. Aperture By changing the aperture (the f/stop), you can let less […]
July Images by Danny Schweers
Here are images I have never before shared on-line or exhibited in print form. All the images were taken in July, but the years vary and the days are mixed up. July 29, 2013, Arden, Delaware. “Have A Seat!” I am not sure what I was thinking, but it was not pleasant. This an the […]
Zion National Park, November, 2012
These 68 photographs of Zion National Park in Utah were made over a period of six days in November, 2012. The Zion landscape is often photographed, yet I hope you will find a few images here that are unexpected. Questions? Comments? Please click her to contact me. Click on any thumbnail below to see it […]
Portrait Photography, Delaware Art Museum
On January 11, 2020, Iris McKenney, an experienced artist’s model, posed for the first time for photographers. This was my first time working with a live model and students. Iris made it a delightful experience, putting the students (and me) at ease, striking one pose after another, not rapid-fire but measured, like she was in […]
Rice Spill
Don’t hold jars by the lid! If the lid is loose, the jar will fall. I speak from experience. When the loose lid slipped last week, almost a cup of rice scattered before I caught the jar. “Arrrgghh!” I cried as I stood there barefoot in the kitchen, grain all around my feet. “Stay right […]
Airline Disasters
I confess! Lately I relax by watching episodes of “Airline Disasters” on the Smithsonian Channel. What I enjoy most about this television series is the recurring idea of redemption. Every episode ends on a positive note. Talented and diligent safety inspectors analyze every accident. Often the cause of the accident is mysterious, but our dauntless investigators hunt down […]
Student Photos 2021
Below are thumbnail images of photographs taken by my students in 2021, starting with images taken at two “Rule of Thirds” classes in composition at Mt. Cuba Center, Delaware. Click on any thumbnail to see it larger in a slide show. In the slide show, you can use your keyboard arrow keys to move forward […]
He admitted to himself it had him.
“William Weigland took a hurried look at the sketch map, decided to chance it, and swung left off Route 22 on a narrow macadam road. He drove a few hundred yards and pulled the Buick to the side of the road. He stared at the map and admitted to himself that it had him.” […]
Open Gates: Photo Prayers by Danny Schweers on Exhibit in Delaware
Photographs and Text by Danny Schweers in Wilmington, Delaware in 2020. Scroll down to see images from the show. This exhibit opened on March 6, 2020, at the Buzz Ware Village Center in the Village of Arden, Delaware. Three days later the building was shuttered due to the COVID-19 — ironic for an exhibit called […]
Book of Days Murder of Michael Cahill
The Fox-TV show, America’s Most Wanted, first aired the Book of Days Murder segment in 2007. The television crew came to Arden to interview me and then flew to Texas and California to interview other photographers about the unsolved murder of Mike Cahill that took place in 1979 in Austin, Texas, a murder tied to […]
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