My friend Seshu, a photographer and owner of the Tiffinbox.org website, recently posted this article: "Gary Fong Wonders If Photo Workshop Instructors Can Handle The Truth" (link) (An admonition to the gentle reader - this is a very long post. There are some points...

Over the weekend a 'controversy' began with a small firestorm of criticism of the images of American Athletes taken at a "media event" in Dallas. The images show cut off limbs, torn background papers, shooting off the sweep, terrible lighting and a longer list of...

It has now been a full week since I did the creativeLIVE workshop on introduction to product and still life. It was so long in the making, and then it was there. Done. The weekend before I left for Seattle, I had a huge list of things that were to be done for the...

I am making my second appearance at creativeLIVE this coming weekend. And it will prove to be something totally different than what creativeLIVE normally does. We are going to be tackling the still life and product realms. And I have a few goals and plans for this...

NOTE: These triggers were sent to me to test. My TOS is clear. I do not review items that are not interesting or do not live up to my standards. If I don't like something, I do no write about it. I like these triggers. Commlite is a company based in China, I believe,...

WordpressThemesForPhotographers is a new site at the URL I used for selling my WP sites. We are no longer selling those sites, but will be offering customization and initial setups of Wordpress Themes for photographers, designers, artists and small business. I will be...

Hey Hot Shot is a photo competition held by the Jen Bekman Gallery in New York. Featuring the work of up and coming photographers, the competition introduces new ways of seeing to an ever widening audience. It is certainly one place to go on the internet to see work...

Yeah, it happens. Once in a while I have to break down to clean the office. I find it is a great way to procrastinate from doing something that is not ready yet. Creative block - no problem... dig through the cabinets. Heh. This time I found my little box of...

Travel I simply love to travel. I want to do it much more. I am adding to my travel portfolio by doing some traveling this year just for portfolio work. On the agenda is: Vancouver and Western Canada, Toronto and Eastern Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, South...

Photo District News has a great two part article on where art buyers are finding new talent. Consider it an absolute must to read... and take some time to hit ALL the links. There are many places we all know about... Flickr, 500Pixels, Yahoo, G+. And participation...

Update Info: We will be having dinner Friday evening at 7PM at Macayo's which is not very far away. If we need multiple cars, we will arrange it. Macayo's is a landmark restaurant in Phoenix and is where the Chimichanga was invented. Yes, it is Mexican food. I have...

I am an old school film guy. It's true. It's also true that I have embraced and love digital. Seems to me that photography gained a whole new set of tools with the addition of digital. Of course, many folks treat everything they do as some sort of 'team' affiliation...

Memorial Day... always comes on a Monday. The all important three day weekend. Sales on mattresses and big screen TV's. Beach, sun, the start of summer. I am rather quiet on these days. You see, there is another reason for this holiday. Long forgotten in the lowered...

I am working on a big project with the Phoenix Children's Choir, and need to get some new shots of the kids and the choirs and the performances. So when last weekend's final concert came along, I knew I had to get some shots. The venue was amazing, and I checked it...

The "Bolt" LED light for photographers. LED lights are becoming more and more important as a tool for photographers. We are adding video and motion to our solutions, and continuous light that has color control as well as being able to run 'cool'  is a great tool. This...

Project 52 is in its second year, and we added a PRO group. This group is focused on getting up to speed on the business, portfolio, website and marketing focus needed to go professional. Whether that professional is full time, part time or just for the fun of getting...

I love this theme from Theme Forest. Bloom could be just what you are looking for. Clean, neat, responsive and full of custom features. This is a theme that would be a comfortable fit for a photographer, a designer or an illustrator. It would work for a small boutique...

The great folks up at creativeLIVE produce new learning experiences for photographers, designers, illustrators and more. Their plan of delivering focused, intensive learning that is student centric instead of geography or school centric, is bold and, I think,...

One of the most powerful gifts of using Wordpress is the vast amount of Plugins and tools that are developed for it. These tools help you increase your productivity and interactivity without having to learn how to code. Simply push a button and install very powerful...

Once we have our theme worked out, we must get our materials ready. I suggest doing this before you start to build your Wordpress website. Flying by the seat of your pants is NOT the best way to organize your material, as well as write it, design it and get it into...

It's time. Actually it may be later than that. And that makes it all the more... more... Well, I don't really know how I feel about stopping the workshops. A little sad, I suppose. Possibly a tiny bit bitter (fuckit, I'm human... right?). But mostly I feel like I...

This was a most incredible assignment over at Project 52. Based on a single layout, supplied to the photographers, they had to complete a faux assignment from an ad agency that was representing a Pharmaceutical Company. The point of the ad was to show how a new pill...

I was asked about my portraiture by a reader who wanted to know what I am thinking about when shooting. I decided to break down a couple of shots I did of Natalie in Seattle the Sunday after my creativeLIVE presentation. We were on the waterfront and the sun was out...