SPACE

This series of images was produced around an interpretation of the concept of space. This is Dejen, a very accomplished jazz saxophonist, and we discussed the use of space in music which led to this production style.
“Miles Davis, Randy Weston, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, and Gary Peacock all cite (Ahmad) Jamal as [...]

Final shots from Santa Monica Pier

This set of images is of Larry Dallas Poling, a street performer on Santa Monica pier. I photographed him at the end of the day, right before sunset. I really loved his sound and guitar work, but after a few minutes he told me to beat it…that I was hurting his tips. [...]

Santa Monica Pier HDR

Hi Gang,
I ventured down to Santa Monica pier on the last evening of my visit to Los Angeles hoping to photograph the ferris wheel, but was not happy with the lights on the wheel nor the amount of activity.  It was Monday evening, cool and slow at the pier.  I decided to move on and [...]

Fashion and Beauty: Two Things I Don’t Understand

In my last post I spoke about how the fashion workshop helped me realize I didn’t want to shoot fashion.  Ok.  Fine, but that doesn’t mean that any of us should shy away from knowledge, experience or a chance to build our technical ability just because the subject doesn’t necessarily interest us.  I’m really glad [...]

A Morning At the Beach

Every field of study has its weed-out courses, the one that helps you decide whether this is for you. In some fields its just a brutally difficult and demanding course.  In Mechanical Engineering it was Thermodynamics, in Chemistry it was Organic Chemistry.  In some fields, its just sour tasting, i.e. Accounting or Finance.
Last weekend I [...]

Studio Fashion Shoot

Last Saturday was a great day; It was one of the few fashion shoots I attempt and despite all the controversy and criticism surrounding fashion photography, it still feels like the most difficult work I’ve attempted and some of the greatest fun.  Maybe the fun had less to do with it being a fashion shoot [...]

Outtakes

Hey Gang,
This post features a number of outtakes from recent studio and location shoots that I thought were just fun images worth sharing.  Hope you enjoy.

Minnesota State Capital, HDR and Gradient Maps

Hi Gang,
Today I’m sharing some images I shot recently of the state capital.  I’m separating them into 3 groups to discuss broad level shooting/editing approaches to each group.  Hope you enjoy the images:
Group 1: HDR – this group of interiors was pure HDR work.  Each image was processed with the HDR feature (vs. Exposure Fusion) [...]

Honorable Mention from Lensbaby!

Lensbaby today announced the 12 winners in their recent photo contest.  The 12 winners, selected from over 2000 submissions world-wide, will be published in an upcoming book.  While I didn’t make the final 12, I did receive Honorable Mention for my image of Nathan Pino, a pianist I photographed on Venice Beach exactly a year [...]

Registration now open for The Next Level

Hi Gang, just wanted to get this announcement out about a new, online beginner’s photography workshop I’m offering starting in February.  Please pass this on to anyone you think may be interested!  THANK YOU.
THE NEXT LEVEL: Online Photography Workshop for Beginning Digital Photographers beginning Saturday, Feb. 20th, 2010
Maximum of 5 students.  Cost: $179  Register now [...]

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