Category Archives: For photographers

What I learned at a newspaper

In college, I was a photographer for the university’s award-winning daily newspaper. We were a small photo department. The department, if you could even call it that…, was led mostly by 3 guys about to graduate. They were Lloyd, Joe & Steve. They had come up through the ranks and they knew what they were...

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Tweaking light

Wanted to share an off-camera flash technique for the photographer-blogstalkers out there… I was asked to create a range of dramatic portraits of Frayne Lewis, President of OneSun Entertainment. The portraits needed to be shot in the recording studio environment. We shot in three indoor locations, all of them very dark and atmospheric, which is...

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Albums: Giving credit to excellent suppliers

Scrumptious. Gorgeous. Fabulous. Timeless. This weekend I had an album delivered that just had to be shared. From top to bottom, this piece was all about quality. It was so delectable that I’ve decided to order another to keep at the studio — just because. Albums are often thought of as leap of faith, and...

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Hey, who is that in your eyeball?

This post is kind of nerdy, so be warned. Ok, it’s really nerdy. It’s a post about my camera…The new camera arrived this week. And it is lovely. I wanted to be able to shoot with great detail in low light, without getting grainy shots. I am not disappointed. { Coincidentally, a lot of great...

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Dirty little secret

Holy wow! A few months ago, Design Aglow, a magazine and professional photography resource, asked for photographers to share their “dirty little secrets”. That is, how do we get the shot? I sent in one of my tricks with an accompanying picture and it was chosen to lead the article! YAY! (You’ll see that it...

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