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A Drive Through Northern Arizona on a Sunny Day
It was a bright Friday morning as I left to go up north. I had planned on leaving a bit earlier than 8:30, but those plans were offset by the need to get my youngest to school and finish some things at the office. Sometimes the plans we make don't work out. They just...
Why I Think You Should Watch My creativeLIVE Show in April
Hi, gentle readers of this blog/zine... err, whatever it is. If you have been following along for any time you know that I don't have a lot of stuff to sell, nor do I spend much time hawking how fabulously cool I am. Really. But occasionally I need to do a little...
GalleryPro: A Portfolio Tool for Photographers
Back in the fall I was discussing an idea about maintaining a portfolio over multiple platforms with Scott Forman, a photographer in Omaha. Scott is also a terrific coder, as you will see. My idea has always been to make it very easy for photographers who do not have...
Shooting With “Abundance” or “Scarcity” – A Creative Choice
Do you shoot with an "abundance" mental approach? Or is your choice to shoot from a mental state of "scarcity"? It makes a difference, you know. It makes a difference in how you approach your subject matter. It makes a difference in the way you see the world. It can...
Improvisation with Pods… Lighting for Dramatic Effect
I have promised myself that I will get out and shoot more for myself this year. These "improvs" are part of the process. I limit myself to one subject and one hour. And the subjects can range over whatever happens to be near me or catch my eye. This time it was pods I...
Some Assignments Are Just Sweeter Than Others
And that's a fact, Jack! Over at Project 52 (www.project52.org) we did an assignment on Desserts. The job was to make a dessert shot so inviting that it fairly SCREAMED chocolate (or at least DESSERT). We had a lot of submissions. Here are twenty that caught my eye......
Some Fun Videos of Lighting Setups
These were quick and fun little videos I did while Regina was shooting at the one-on-one workshop she won at the Lighting Essentials Contest last winter. She has a great little studio for shooting and making great images, and with 7 lights and all kinds of modifiers...
Four Umbrella Madness: Shooting with Regina in Utah
We were having so much fun with Regina (our contest winner) in her Utah studio that I decided to do a bunch of videos of a few of the setups. (Here is Regina's blog post on the past weekend.) This one was made possible when Regina said she had four matching small...
Greetings from Zion Nat’l Park – Winner’s Workshop
Hi everyone. We are here at the entrance to Zion National Park in the small town of Springdale. This is where the "Winner Gets Me" contest winner lives and where we are doing her one-on-one workshop for the weekend. She invited Megan from Phoenix to come up and do the...
Discussing “Sculpting with Light” with Photographer Rick Gayle
Rick walks us through his lighting thoughts while actually doing a shot. You can hear him discussing the thought process he uses, and you will learn a lot of great little lighting tips and tricks to make your next photograph even better. Rick's Website. Rick's Blog I...
“Sea Shell” Improvisation: 1 Hour Challenge
I often say that photography is "Jazz with a camera." And I say that because I believe it to be absolutely true. A Jazz performer has to know their instrument so well, that it is second nature for them to simply play it. Jazz requires improvisation (and if it doesn't,...
Rick Gayle, Photographer: Phoenix, AZ
I have known Rick for a long, long time. I did not know that he had a blog until this morning. Funny how stuff like that goes around. Rick's blog is full of images and stories and shows a level of creativity that is rare indeed these days. I will contact Rick for a...
