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Strip Lights, Fools and Wrapping up the Second Book
A kind of a hodge-podge post this morning. I am deep into the final shooting for the Lighting Essentials II book to be published by Amherst Media sometime in the moderately distant future. These days it seems like a year from completion to seeing it on the shelves. I...
Time to make the jump to full time shooter… the 80’s
I discuss the third decade of my love of photography.
Learning the Ropes: My Earliest Commercial Photography Experience
The 70’s and 80’s were a heady and exciting time for me as I started my commercial photography career. This is part two of the series on how I got started.
My First Brush with Photography
It was 1963. We were on a vacation in California, and my dad wanted to see the town of Carmel. We would do that as a family. Head out from Phoenix to places (usually west of us) and find things that were interesting to my dad. Mom didn't really care where we went, she...
Summer’s Here: Some stuff to read, see and do to keep “Cool”
Well, the hot days are here. Believe me. 110 in Phoenix today. We experienced three of the heat wave days in New York, and then some great respite up in Old Orchard Maine. This is a gathering of some things I think you may enjoy as we prepare for the long hot days of...
Somewhere, Right Now, at This Moment…
A photographer is preparing to make a photograph that may change someone's life, forever. An art director is considering a new photographer for a substantial editorial assignment. He is a little nervous about it, but he also knows that this is the right shooter for...
Our Second Annual Photography Contest, “Summer in My Town” Begins Today, June 1, 2011
IMPORTANT NOTE: Registration for the contest has ended. If you missed it, look for our next contest in the Spring. If you did register, an email with important information was sent out on August 11. If you did not get that email, please let me know and I will find...
Two Different Approaches to Discussing Art and its Future
Well, it seems we have had some interesting discussions on the future (or lack of it) of photography as a career. I personally find the whining very unattractive, and somewhat arrogant. I found two different approaches to discussing the difficult changes facing those...
Kirk Tuck and I are doing a Workshop in San Diego: Focus on Portraiture and Light
OK... this has been in the works for a while, but it is time to take off the wraps and announce a truly special workshop with yours truly and Kirk Tuck of Visual Science Lab. We discussed it a bit last month when I was in Austin, and yesterday we decided to pull the...
Creating an Asset List for Your Photography Business
We are all familiar with lists. Lists of gear for our insurance agencies and reporting. Lists of our clients. Lists of our images. Lists of all kinds of things. When I talk about an asset list, I mean to also consider the assets that are not 'tangible'. Sure that...
Two Book Reviews on Styling for Food
Today we look at two books on food styling directed toward the photographer and the commercial approach to food images. With the lowered budgets these days, the commercial photographer is being called on to style food on many assignments. And while the pure food...
Featured Photographs from Project 52: Part Two
We are really having a blast with Project 52 - "52 weeks to go pro" and I need to share a few of the images from a few weeks projects. If you aren't participating, you should be. Whether or not you go pro, or want to, it is a mind-sharpening, skill enhancing...