Generating Gratitude
By now, millions of us are feeling the stresses of a new decade ahead even as we stay home in lockdown. But life goes on as usual for many. Yesterday, I went to check the mail, and saw my friend … Continued
Professional Provocateurs and Their Raging Discontents
One highly active media character who defies recognition is the professional provocateur. While the start of this character depiction in the U.S. political system can be traced back to one seminal figure in the 1980s: Newt Gingrich, who early in … Continued
2020, There’s No Place Like Home
The plague wildly crashed into Center City Philadelphia like a runaway freight train. It had no name. Only the face of fear, and tentacles of terror. Gay men living in Philadelphia were its deadly target. All we knew was that … Continued
Ms. Joan Simmons
One of the more impressionable people I met in Savannah, before I even moved here, was Ms. Joan Simmons. What’s especially interesting is that Joan is the most photogenic person I know. She is always ready for the camera and … Continued
Bring on the Bokeh
Amateur and professional photographers don’t just buy and use lenses for their clarity and sharpness. Enter the bokeh. Simply put, bokeh (pronounced BOH-ke) is the rather neglected area outside the sharp focal point. This area may be as intriguing as … Continued
Queer Fruits & Veggies
Not everything that belongs together fits together. Yet, often, things that are seemingly, radically different may share the same stage. While not in the habit of refrigerating fresh fruit or items in the onion family, these two distant friends found … Continued
Analog Marries Digital
This gorgeous old C.Z. Jena 58mm f/2 lens retrofitted to my Nikon D200 is fabulous. All images on steve.ws by this date were taken with this exhilarating collaboration except this lens shot, of course, taken with a Yashinon-DS 50mm f/1.9 … Continued