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1 year ago

Photography Widows- Living with A professional Photographer

Being Being a professional photographer isn’t easy.  Living with one is far more difficult.  As Mother’s Day approaches I think it’s important to take a look at the people behind the scenes- The wives and mothers that put up with professional photographers.  Namely, my wife. Even though I began my photography journey almost twenty years ago when I got my degree in [...]

1 year ago

BEVERLY HILLS and JOSHUA TREES- part III a tale of photographic Thanksgiving

 PART III We’re sitting in Beverly Hills at a Starbuck’s hoping to maybe see someone famous saunter in.  I’ll be honest - I’m not past snapping some paparazzi shots at this point…we’re on our 2nd day of a 6-day photography trip and the photography portion of the trip is non-existent.   Other than seeing a few purse dogs (being carried [...]

1 year ago

STICKER BOOKS AND PRIUS BEDS- Part II of a tale of photographic thanksgiving

PART II PART II Our first shoot was a bust for all practical purposes.  It was nice to get out with the camera and take some photos, but the light wasn’t great…and there were no real ‘winners’ created during our time on the Santa Cruz coast.   It was just the first stop though.  Plenty more opportunities still awaited us as we sped into the darkness [...]

1 year ago

A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A WEEK- A photographic tale of Thanksgiving

For my Thanksgiving holiday week, I opted out of a few family events, loaded up my youngest son, Aiden, and good friend, Rob into my Prius and set off to create a few new images.  This is a detailed report of what 6 days on the road brought my portfolio.   My schedule for making personal images has decreased in the past months due to the fact I’ve been teaching a lot of workshops [...]

1 year ago

Improving images is as easy as breaking out of your comfort zone.

  I woke up early….dark early… wife still sleeping early…pre-rooster early. E-A-R-L-Y.   I’m not a morning person by nature.  However, I’d been just getting into this whole outdoor photography kick…and I had decided that in order to make the photographs of a particular waterfall that I wanted to make…I would need to be there [...]

1 year ago

Every day life has a way of ruining your photography: When it rains it pours.

  My series on becoming a better photography will return after the Holiday week...until then enjoy this piece of my life... My life is in a crazy place.  I’m aware of this, and for the most part I embrace the insanity, and roll with it.  However there are perfect storms that roll in every so often and derail my best laid plans to get out with my camera.    This [...]

1 year ago

How Will People Remember your Photography When You're DEAD!

How do you want to be remembered?  When your photography career is finished and you’re too old to creak out of bed and walk the trail in search of new images, how will people to remember your work? How do you want them to remember your work? like this? "Oh, (insert name here) was a passionate photographer…..always out and at it.   His shots of (insert name) [...]

1 year ago

Landscape Photography Gone Wild: The joys of parenting

Landscape Photography is a brutal endeavor.  Doing it well is anyways.   More time than not the visions we have of creating something amazing fall short.  Horribly short.  Casual observers and fans of our work don’t typically know this side of things.  Why would they?  We don’t share those days with anyone.  Those bad days.  It’s not [...]

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