Yesterday I went on the road to photograph baby Gavin at home. I find this approach works very well with newborns. Mom and Dad don’t have the stress of packing up the family and hoping baby cooperates at the studio. I bring the mobil studio to the baby and we work on his schedule. As… Continue Reading
I had a new student in the studio this morning. The greatest challenge I face photographically is trying to distill down 30 years of learning and experience into 90 minute lesson plans that can immediately impact the student’s ability to realize their photographic vision. I am currently reading Within The Frame by David duChemin and… Continue Reading
I just placed the order for my first large metal panel collage. The image above will be three feet square printed on 9 one foot square sheets of Aluminum Plate. I first saw this new technology at a trade show back in January. I have been waiting for the right image to test out the… Continue Reading
Of all the things I have photographed repeatedly, flowers are the most challenging. Have you ever seen something and photographed it only to feel that the picture somehow fell short? As human beings we have the ability to focus in on things to the exclusion of everything else around us. So while the scene we are viewing may… Continue Reading
Since the dawn of time, or least the advent of digital photography, the discussion has centered around RAW vs. JPEG. If you are new to this discussion here is the Reader’s Digest summary to get you in the game. A Digital SLR is capable of recording images in different formats. JPEG is the universally recognizable… Continue Reading