Make it Yours
Click on an image to view full size. This is a short post today. Just long enough to encourage you to explore and stretch. I just wrote that the geek needs to play by the rules to develop an instinct, where as the artist can break the rules anytime. Note: I didn’t say anything about [...]
A Developed Instinct
Henri Cartier-Bresson said “In photography, visual organization can stem only from a developed instinct.” I think what he meant here by visual organization is basic design principles and composition. These are things that can definitely be developed over time and yet he still uses that word “instinct”. As much as we want to believe [...]
Last Day
Click to view larger We leave India tonight and head back to Penang. I leave you with a few images from life in Delhi, India.
Nizamuddin, India
Click on an image to view it larger. These are photos from yesterday’s shoot in Nizamuddin. Nizamuddin is a small Sufi, Muslim community within the boundaries of New Delhi. It is always alive and bursting with energy. These next images are from Humayun’s Tomb, just across the street from Nizamuddin.
Old Delhi
Click on an image to see it full size. Most of my time in and around Old Delhi today was spent shooting video with my 5D MKII. It was a new and challenging for me. Nate seems to think I got some good footage. We will have to wait and see. For now and over [...]
Pricing Your Work
Every now and then I receive e-mails from people asking how I price my work. Then just today, I was having a Skype conversation with my mother and she asked the same thing about the crafts she makes. Why is this so hard? When I first started to sell prints I was surprised at the [...]
The Penesak Jeweler
Tomorrow I leave for India for five days. It’s a quick trip shooting for a client and then home again. My wife decided she tag along and go shopping. So it will be a lot nicer rooming with her than with my fellow photographer Nate Watkins who I went with to Indonesia. Nate will be [...]
Photography by Timothy Allen
For the last two weeks I’ve been remiss in writing any blog posts. There are good reasons, none of which I’m going to share here. Suffice it to say it’s been a very tough couple of weeks. However today, Jessie, my daughter was looking at some of my work with me on my computer, when [...]
I shoot for mostly NGOs and nonprofits. I photograph images of the unknown, the forgotten and the helpless. These are often the stories that most people overlook. 
