There are only so many photographs that make it in to the newspaper. Dubya dubya dubya has been a saving grace for we photogs who shoot too many photos and have $0 budget to hang them in some coffee shop. Coffee and I don't get along anyway. Still, the motivation [...]
My ongoing quest to find beautiful light in Sonoma County and beyond. Follow the light. It will guide you. -Kent Porter
A warm (the light too) evening. Polished chrome. Loud, smooth paint. unadulterated exhaust. Fossil Fuel eating, tire burning, gear churning, down home car muscle in downtown Santa Rosa: Peggy Sue's All- American Cruise last Saturday June 12, 2010. [...]
Every once in ahwile, I step out of my photojournalist's shoes and put on the photoart shoes. I have to say, the clouds have been great the last few days. It's almost June and we all need to dry out. Let summer begin! Follow the light. It will guide you. [...]
The light will guide you. The Guiding Light. Follow it, shoot it. -Kent Porter
Pick up a camera and follow the light of the day. Morning, afternoon and night. The light will guide you. -Kent Porter
Rainbows. They're fleeting. As much as I enjoy chasing weather, I find the color arch elusive. The best ones appear while you're on a freeway, in a wine cave or glued to a dentist's chair with two pounds of gauze crammed in your mouth. I chanced to travel a back [...]
I drive by the Red Wall almost every day. I dream about the Red Wall. I dream about making a picture at the Red Wall. I think about the Red Wall on real slow news days and wonder if a moment is happening at the Red Wall if I'm in [...]
I've gotten tons of email on the lightning pictures I shot on September 12 near the Hawkeye Ranch above Geyserville. Most were complimentary, while one person said she was "sure it was judgement day" and another thought that I was crazy like a loon to be out in lightning. I'm [...]
How many frames in a photojournalists life? Millions. Literally.
I’ve lost count since I started shooting photos at eight years-old with a Polaroid Land Camera (which I still own). It’s a way of life this photojournalism thing which is endlessly fascinating. The trip along the way, now in my 31st year professionally and the last 25 with the Press Democrat, has been an adventure in life. What it has to offer, ranging from implausible beauty to the utterly cruel things life randomly pitches out have shaped and molded who I am. That means I get to witness history. Pretty cool, eh? This journey has included photographing lots of inanimate objects which can be terribly boring. I’ve also borne the brunt of people unhappy to see a photographer show up to document less than pleasant circumstances. Then there’s the weather, which wreaks havoc on the human race daily. So I document the clouds. My advice for anyone having a bad day is to go outside and take a picture of those clouds once in awhile. It will do wonders for the interior beast. Unless you are using a metal tripod in an electrical storm.
-Kent Porter