Sojourn Chronicles by D. Brent Miller
Observations, photography, and travel essays … sometimes on a motorcycle.
From the monthly archives:
From the book, Hope in the Face of Challenge. Henry Hall inadvertently became the poster child for the project. This photo was taken in 2003. Henry was 56. He worked in an asphalt factory and had too many health disorders to list, but Black Lung Disease was the main culprit. Without insurance, his wife supported [...]
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I’ve never been into the social networking scene. I joined Facebook some time ago, because my son was on it, and he would post photos. His mother and I could see what he was doing, and feel like we were a little closer, even though he was in Utah, and we were here in Ohio. [...]
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From the book, Hope in the Face of Challenge. Student doctors from East Tennessee State University learn hands-on at a free clinic in Appalachia.
More images from the book are available in Portfolio. Listen to the audio slide show, and read a sample of the book.
DBrent
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A friend alerted me to this book, and immediately, I was intrigued. There are very few books today focused on rural life. As family farms are swallowed up by the mega agriculture businesses run by corporations, the stewards of the land, the American farmers, continue to toil and sweat. As many in this book stated, [...]
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I’ve mentioned that I was rebuilding my photography web site, DBrent.com. Today, I added an audio slide show of images from my book, Hope in the Face of Challenge. The book was produced several years ago with my friend Tom Rowley. We traveled to ten states to visit unique programs with solutions to providing health [...]
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From the book, Hope in the Face of Challenge. Three nurses who help make the mobile clinic work in rural Texas.
More images from the book are available in Portfolio. Listen to the audio slide show, and read a sample of the book.
DBrent
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Last week, and Monday, I talked about the importance of details in writing. Not surprisingly, the same lessons can be applied to photography. All you have to do to improve your travel photography is think about the composition and the shots to tell the story.
Here’s a few things for you to think about.
Composition Techniques: [...]
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