Life's Lessons on the Trail to Ramsay Cascade

I'm not the fearless adventurer, so often and well-represented in the movies with the character of Indiana Jones. I'm just a middle-aged, roaming photographer and wanna-be writer. But Indiana Jones and I have one...

Dayton Photographer Wins Silver Addy for Editorial Photo Shoot

This past Saturday, February 21st, Picture Ohio, LLC (aka Jim Crotty Photography) won a Silver Addy at the 2009 Greater Dayton Advertising Association Hermes/Addy Awards presentation. The Silver Addy - from the Elements of Advertising: Photography category - was presented in...

Spring Nature Writing/Photography Workshop in Hocking Hills, Ohio

Update - this workshop has been canceled due to low registration. I will be offering half-day workshops on close-up nature photography at the Wegerzyn Garden Center and MetroPark in Dayton, OH, on July 11 and...

Embracing the Blight of the Midwest Industrial Landscape

It was Thursday afternoon, January 9, 2009. I was just outside downtown Dayton, to deliver my entry for the Hermes Award Competition at a meeting of the Dayton Advertising Club. My entry was for the photography category and included tear sheets from an editorial feature...

Classic Beauty of Black and White Nature Photography

The stinging smell of stop bath solution. Mixing chemicals in brown plastic jugs and using all of my lawn cutting money for Kodak paper at Malone's Camera Store. Loading exposed Tri-X film in the film processing tank by hand and in total darkness. Hanging 8"x10" prints to...

The Traveling Photographer: Junk on the Bunk

With the economy in a tailspin and the cost of travel rising, pro nature photographer Jim Crotty presents a less costly alternative for those amateur photographers who still want to get out into the woods and...

Ohio Photographer Wins National Award; Expands Photography Business Beyond Na...

"Wildlife photograph by Jim Crotty wins national award and place in exhibit at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C.  "

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