Project Panic Attack
Some time ago, I wrote a blog eulogizing a friend that passed away suddenly, a friend that I had fallen out of touch with for many years and was never afforded a good bye. I wanted to know my friend...
View ArticleTIME inspires Photographers… again
Inspiration in this career is everything. It is worthless to argue that all creative is found within the self when even the most obscure campaign finds its life built of particles of life, art and the...
View ArticlePhotography’s new suitor: Microsoft
Apple, we had a good run… Through the many iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, Mac Pros, heck, even the Apple Watch, it was a good run indeed. However, times have changed, and that beauty that was once your...
View ArticleFinally, a proper camera review
There are camera reviews, and then there are camera reviews… today’s blog post is about the latter. It seems that all too often we see camera reviews by writers that haven’t actually seen the camera...
View ArticleSports : A Study in Motion
For a significant amount of time, we started to see commercial photography offer its hand to motion in a way that was formed with confusion and a broad-spectrum desire to please. Photographers were now...
View Article100 Megapixels : The New Standard
A career in commercial photography is a progression in learning. One that wains when complacency creeps in and thrives when pursuit of knowledge lives at its heart. Having a broad mind in both approach...
View ArticleSplit Color Lighting
There is a progression that takes place in the journey that is our lighting knowledge. At first it is learning the ways of ambient light (read: I don’t want to buy a flash). As our career progresses we...
View ArticleWhen there is Darkness
To say this last week was a rough one is a gigantic understatement, in a fair comparison, rarely does it get harder. The week began with the funeral of one of my family’s best friends and ended with...
View ArticleBlackBerry KEYone
First and foremost, I hope you are all having a great day. The first two months of 2017 have seen new beginnings and a return to an old love. I am currently still learning and perfecting techniques...
View ArticleAuston Matthews
Photoshoots are never a linear process, but rather a makeshift triage of events that need to happen to ensure that you always get the shot. Some are results of timing, some weather and others merely...
View ArticleHasselblad Ambassador
It is a story that starts long ago in my life and an accomplishment that words will fail me to quantify. Since I was in college, I have gazed at Hasselblad cameras with the eyes of a starstruck boy...
View ArticleAaron Hernandez
UPDATE: The news today brought word that Aaron Hernandez has taken one last life, his own. While this will serve justice to some, it only deepens the darkness of an already morose story. Below is the...
View ArticleLarry Fitzgerald
I’m going to break with tradition a bit, for I usually am not one to talk about celebrities that I keep in touch with from photoshoots. Some of this comes out of professional courtesy, and another part...
View ArticleIs the New Surface Pro for Photographers?
The soul of an image is not always visible in what the viewer sees, but lives in what the photographer experienced. Uneducated eyes are often all too quick to criticize a black and white image by Henri...
View ArticleClayton Kershaw of the Dodgers
Photographing baseball pitchers is perhaps one of the least predictable aspects of my job, for the men that play that position have the largest gamut of personalities. I have had the good fortunate to...
View ArticleWhen f/1.0 just isn’t fast enough
The progression that is the discovery and appreciation of photography is a journey unique to the voyager. Whether the path is walked through a textbook, an online forum, or alone, there is not two that...
View ArticleBret Michaels… NAKED!!!
Catchy title, huh? A few years ago the good people over at Billboard called and asked if I would photograph Bret Michaels for their cover. I was busy at the time and more or less scanned over the...
View ArticleBill Biggart
On this, the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I thought I would take today’s post and speak about a reason I am where I am with my career in photography. There have been many people that I have...
View Article1 Photographer – 4 Teeth = The Deadliest Catch
How many photographers have ripped their teeth out for a campaign? A while ago, I was asked to shoot the Deadliest Catch ad for Discovery. I was told of a campaign of violent, spontaneous portraits....
View ArticleCALLSIGN “FLASH”
Today’s blog is a bit different. With this being a photography blog, one might expect to see… well… photography. However, today’s art medium comes in the form of a podcast. I was recently invited by...
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