Jewelry Photo Shoot

I rarely do product/studio photography, mostly because I prefer a most candid style of shooting, but I recently was asked to do a shoot for a jewelry retailer so I gave it a try. It was really interesting to…

Trip to Washington DC

I took a handful of photos on a recent trip to Washington, DC so I thought I’d post a few. DC is a really fascinating place and I think it would benefit anyone to go and visit…

Slide Scans Part 2

In my last post on color slide film, I showed a few images that I had shot about 5 years ago. Here are a few more from that series and it’s made me want to go out and…

Slide Scans Part 1

I recently came across a series of photos that I shot about five years ago and used a couple years later for an improvised jazz piece. They were all shot on color slide film (Kodachrome, I believe) and…

Winter is Here

Sub-zero wind chills here in Lawrence this morning. I think it’s safe to say that winter has arrived!

Photo Collections Online

There was a lot of buzz yesterday online about a new photo resource, so I thought I’d mention something about it. LIFE magazine has teamed up with Google to archive thousands of photographs…

Steinway Shoot

Last week, I had a rather lengthy photo shoot with one of the sexiest models I’ve photographed in a long time. The photos are for a project I’m working on and, although I was very happy with how the photos turned out, I left the shoot exhausted since I had to spend a lot of time either on the floor or balancing awkwardly in order to get the shot off . . . Intrigued?

David Griffen on Photography

In a recent TED lecture, David Griffen, the director of photography at National Geographic Magazine, talks about how photographs can help connect us to the rest of the world. Using a few examples from the magazine,…

Yashica Electro 35

Things have been busy around the ol’ studio lately. I’ll have some neat design work to post soon, but it’s not quite ready yet . . .

So, in the mean time, I was cleaning up my office a…