Our off-grid lighting system- My buddy Jott from Southern Illinois mailed me a 100-year-old oil lamp. I figured I’d make a video on what we use for lighting in our off-grid home.
Author: C. Jines
Internationally published social documentary photographer and author.
Digital and Film Online Photography Coaching
Digital and Film Online Photography Coaching I have helped hundreds of people over the past 17 years improve their photography through my photo walks and photography workshops in Chicago, Albuquerque, and New Orleans. I am now excited to offer my…
A superstitious world…
You would have thought we would have learned to get along. It looks so peaceful from there… Humanity’s farthest-traveling explorers captured this historic image of Earth from the dark side of the moon…
Getting started in digital photography for CHEAP!
Getting started in digital photography You don’t need to spend a ton of money getting started in digital photography. In fact, you could use the affordable camera equipment I’m about to recommend for your entire photography journey! Buying quality used…
Saturday morning woodstove cooking
I’m cooking up some grub on this fine Saturday morning. Off-grid, New Mexico
Phil – The most vulnerable in our society
From 2008 through 2016, I documented homelessness on the streets of Chicago’s Loop area. I did what I could to try to ease the suffering of those who suffered from serious mental disabilities. I wish our society had the funding…
Human Abstract – Back
Human Abstract – Back I was walking through the crowd at a Chicago Blues Fest many years ago when I noticed this image waiting to be captured. I could see the composition and the light as I walked behind the…
Eighteen shots, two usable photos
Over the weekend, I worked on a photoshoot for a project that I’m working on. During the shoot, I took 18 captures. Out of those 18 captures, only two were usable images. Neither image is a Rembrandt, but they are…