
Oil sludge from BP's "Deepwater Horizon" oil disaster washes up on Orange Beach, AL | Brett Simison,
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ORANGE BEACH, AL (July 15, 2010) - Dozens of vacationers watch as oil sludge from BP's failed "Deepwater Horizon" offshore oil drilling platform washes ashore at Orange Beach, Alabama. Issuing from a broken wellhead 5,000ft (1,500m) below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico for more than 87 days at t...

I was channeling the spirits of St. Ansel and St. Edward the day I photographed this scene in the Anza-Borrego desert. After walking around these two abandoned Airstream-like trailers looking for a composition, I noticed the waxing moon rising in the east...

Brett Simison Photography Dennis Walker of Camera Bits, in an open letter to customers asking for a "Photo Mechanic" app for the iPad, summarizes *exactly* the problems surrounding the new tablet: it's clearly a device for consumers, not producers.
In an open letter to Photo Mechanic customers, Camera Bits President Dennis Walker says his company can't create an iPad version of its venerable pro photo browsing, captioning and transmission application. ...

Due to newly discovered time constraints over the last nine months, I haven't produced much in the way of new work. Between sharing childcare duties with my wife and a heavy load of commercial assignments this spring, I've been swamped...

Brett Simison, Photographer :: Image of the Week: UVM Mallory, Morgan Horse Farm, Weybridge, Vermont
Due to newly discovered time constraints over the last nine months, I haven't produced much in the way of new work. Between sharing childcare duties with my wife and a heavy load of commercial assignments this spring, I've been swamped. So, instead of producing new personal work, I've been at work i...

It's about this time of the year that I start thinking warmer thoughts and about sunnier climes, and when that happens, my mind drifts to the desert...

Palladium Print on double-coated Arches Platine paper, developed in Potassium Oxalate.Original image captured with Mamiya RZ67, 127mm ƒ/3.8 lens, Kodak Tri-X Pan 320 (TXP), D-76 1:1. Scanned and output as a digital negative on Pictorico OHP.Learn more at www.brettsimison.com.

5.6"x7" Palladium print on brush-coated Arches Platine paper. Developed in Potassium Oxalate.See more at www.brettsimison.com

You can work really hard engineering lighting setups, backgrounds, props, posing methods, hair, and makeup to get an image like this. Or, you can just always be ready with your camera when all of those variables just happen to converge by chance on the ideal scene. I prefer the latter...

Brett Simison Photography One is the loneliest number: using myself as a lighting stand-in for a recent cover shoot. I'm looking for an "economical" photo assistant in Vermont. If you know of someone, pass along their contact info.

The most striking thing about this scene is the one thing this photo can't convey. The quiet. It's an arresting stillness that assaults your senses, simply because they are so used to the constant onslaught of sound: cars, cellphones, televisions, barking dogs...

I've written before on the merits of always having a camera in hand, of always being ready for the unexpected photographic moment. But that doesn't always mean you need to lug around a backpack full of DSLR gear -- sometimes a Point & Shoot camera will do...

Brett Simison Photography Somedays, living in Vermont has it's perks.
Worth Mountain Ski Lift in a Snowstorm, Middlebury College Snow Bowl, Green Mountains, Vermont | Bre
HANCOCK, VT (January 8th, 2010) - Skiers ride the newly-installed Worth Mountain ski lift on a snowy January day at Middlebury College's Snow Bowl. The college maintain 110 acres of open terrain at the ...



















