Caye Caulker Belize. What can I say about this island? What pictures can I show you that really represent Caye Caulker? I'm not yet a travel writer, and my travel and vacation photography skills need some practice, but I will share with you what I can. SomeRead more →
The the Humane Society of Forsyth County, Georgia (HSFC) is just a few miles from my house, and, as a fan of being as local as possible, on a heavily overcast Saturday in July of 2016, I packed a few lenses and headed there to take some
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I shot this (well, my dog shot this) at the dog park a couple of years ago. I was doing some testing of my new GoPro before we headed off for our vacation in Tortola. This is still one of the best videos I’ve ever done.
Read more →My first ever shelter dog photo session was a learning experience for me, but I was very happy to get better pictures of the shelter dogs than the cell phone snapshots they usually get. Better photos are directly related to faster adoptions, and I am more than
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My wife caught me feeling sorry for myself one Saturday afternoon after yet another model failed to show for a scheduled shoot. She told me I needed to find something else to take pictures of – something that didn’t rely on the fickle feelings of female models.
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Five-ish years ago, my wife and I got our first dog, Max. Max was a road dump. Someone pulled over to the side of a country road, opened the car door, pushed him out, and drove off – leaving him alone in cold and dark. Fortunately, this
Read more → Have you ever looked through a photographer’s online portfolio and noticed that his style and the quality of his photos varied? Not minor variations that could indicate an improvement in technique and talent, but wide variations where some photos just really pop out as so much better
Read more → Many photographers – myself included – constantly complain about being asked to shoot an event or a person for free. The usual justification for that request is, “You’ll get exposure.” Most photographers don’t need exposure. We need cash. We need to pay the rent or the credit
Read more → I got a call from a mother-of-the-bride asking if I was available to photograph a wedding on very short notice – less than a week from the day she called me. She said that they only needed me for an hour, were “on a tight budget”, and
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