2015: A Postmortem and Retrospective.

2015: A Postmortem and Retrospective.

We humans love to think in terms of beginnings and ends, and where, in reality, January 1 carries no more significance than any other day, we see it as a beginning of a new year full of promise. And that is fine with me. 2015 was a difficult year for me, and I am...
Portraits for a Friday Afternoon

Portraits for a Friday Afternoon

I love portraits. This week the students looked at Peter Lindbergh and were inspired by his elegant simplicity. See the images after the jump. Sherri vonSternberg Richard McDonald Richard Skoonberg Paige Henderson Marjorie Decker Linda Luu Kiefl Leonardo Ferri Joe...

THE “REAL LIFE” MYTH

THE "REAL LIFE" MYTH IT'S ALL A LOAD OF CRAP MEANT TO DISTRACT YOU FROM YOUR GOALS ; Truer words never spoken: “And lastly, never, never ever give-up. You must believe in you when, no one else does. You must hang-on to your dreams when there is no reason to even...
Exceptional Portraits (from the workshop)

Exceptional Portraits (from the workshop)

One of the most exciting and ultimately satisfying things I am doing is the 8 Week Workshop courses. We mostly focus on portraits, but are beginning to expand out with an upcoming Still Life Workshop as well. And more ideas are in the works. This last week, we studied...