Howard Grill Fine Art Photography

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The Portfolios

Portfolios - A list of all the available photography portfolios.

Landscapes - An artist's statement for the landscape portfolios and links to the two landscape portfolios.

Intimate Landscapes - A portfolio of 'intimate' landscape photographs.

Grand Landscapes - A portfolio of 'grand' landscape photographs.

Pittsburgh Parks - A portfolio of images taken in the parks surrounding Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania.

Scene In Stone - A portfolio that utilize cross-polarized light to make abstract photographs of cut rock that look like landscapes.

Dreamscapes - A potfolio of images taken with a zone plate instead of a glass lens that portrays dreams.

Urban - A portfolio of urban images that concentrate on Pittsburgh architecture.

Botanicals - A portfolio of botanical images including trees, flowers, leaves, and plants.

Odds 'N Ends - A collection of photographs that are varied and do not yet fit into a completed portfolio or body of work.

 

The Story Behind The Images

The Intimate Landscape Portfolio: AuTrain Falls, Autumn Mist, Balance, Canyon Reflections, Last Leaf Of Fall, Leaf And Wooden Door, Leaves And Falls, Passages, Reaching Out II, Reaching Out III, Reaching Out IV, Spring, The Burning Bush, The Hidden Chamber, The Vault.

The Grand Landscape Portfolio: Bandon Beach, Blue Hen Falls, Gerlach's Point, Glory, Heceta Head Sunset, Heceta Head Sunset II, Heceta Head And Clouds, Herring Beach, Lake Superior Sunset, Land, Sea, And Sky, Race Point Lighthouse, Siren's Song,Swift River, Yellow Morning, Zion.

The Pittsburgh Parks Portfolio: Emergence, Fishing Heaven, Fluidity, Foggy Morning, Gone Fishing, Icy River, Lonely, Over The Edge, The Staircase, Three Trees, Veils, Walking Into Winter, Water Painting, White Trillium, Wild Geranium

The Scene In Stone Portfolio: Badlands, Cliff Edge, Desert, Field, And Ocean, Fight Over Sand Dunes, Floating Down The River, Florida, Frozen Forest, Mesa, Mountain Range, Mountain Sunrise, Mount Sinai, Over Hill And Dale, Rainbow, River And Hillside, Rolling Hills, Sand Dunes I, Sand Dunes II, Strait Of Dover, Two Trees, Volcano

The Dreamscapes Portfolio: Dreamscapes #1, Dreamscapes #2, Dreamscapes #3, Dreamscapes #4, Dreamscapes #5, Dreamscapes #6, Dreamscapes #7, Dreamscapes #8.

The Urban Portfolio: Escape, K & L Gates Center, Old And New, The Matrix, Union Bank Building, Union Station I, Union Station II, Urban Reflections I

The Botanicals Portfolio: About Face, After The Rain, Purple Tulip, Purple Tulip II, Tulips I, Unfurling Leaf, Windows, Yellow And Green

The Odds 'N Ends Portfolio: Anger, Carrie Furnace I, Carrie Furnace II, Fall Impressions I, Fluidity, Mischievous, Purity, Rudbeckia I, Shadow Tree, Standing Guard, Structure, Intimidation, Magnolias, Standing Firm.

 

The Blog

Blog - My blog, entitled "Motivation", which discusses all things photographic.

Read - My blog, entitled "Motivation", which discusses all things photographic.

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Articles And Writings

Articles - A depository for articles I have written, encompassing both technical and non-technical aspects of photography.

"Photography And Truth" - Discusses whether fine art photography need always depict 'the truth' and was previously published on the Digital Outback Photo website.

"The Twin Jewels Of Western Pennsylvania" - Published in Nature Photographer Magazine, 2008. This article describes the history of McConnell's Mill and Moraine State Parks. Initially polluted and abused lands, they are now beautiful state parks located in Western Pennsylvania. In addition, various areas of the parks and photographic opportunities at these locations are discussed. This article is also available as a .pdf download.

"An Unconventional Recommendation" - This article, which was originally published in the September 2005 issue of Mike Johnstons "The 37th Frame", discusses the basics of using Contax Zeiss lenses on Canon (or any other non-Contax) cameras.

 

Purchase Artwork

What Types Of Artwork Can Be Purchased? - A description of the formats in which my artwork can be purchased.

Purchase Prints - Information about purchasing prints including sizing, prices, and how the printing is done.

Purchase Note Cards - Information about purchasing custom note cards, where you can choose the image to be printed on the front.

Purchase Folios - What is a folio? The question is answered here and information about how they may be purchased is provided.

Purchase The "Scene In Stone" Folio - See the "Scene In Stone" portolio along with purchase information.

 

Information, Comments, And Mailing List

About - Links to my bio along with contact, comment, and mailing list information links.

Howard's Bio - Here is where you can find out all about me.

Contact Howard / Send Comments - How to contact me by e-mail and a form that can be used to send comments.

Howard's Mailing List Information - Information about my newsletter mailing list and how to join.

About This Website - A bit about of information about this website and the way I would like it to develop.