Did Your Photo Workshop Suck?

Hi Gang,
I’m sure a number of you reading this have a few stories you can tell about photography workshops.  Some good, some not so good, some maybe a little embarrassing (Matt Gibson and Bryan Allen, if you’re reading this don’t say a word).  A few months back a friend and former workshop participant called me [...]

State of Play

Today’s images are of Markus, former student, good friend and brilliant engineer.  I can’t say exactly why I wanted to photograph Markus.  I didn’t think about it much going into the shoot other than I wanted to photograph him.  Instinct, perhaps something else.  Maybe the same reason I want to photograph another friend, Dejen (happening [...]

Natural Light Portrait Photography

The timing of this article, Shooting with Available Light, could not be more perfect and I think the author makes some excellent points.  I was on a trainwreck of a natural light shoot just a few days ago, photographing in hard early afternoon light.  I started with a strobe…ok, fine, but a bit stifling on [...]