I was watching an interview with Don McCullin this morning. I was struck–as I always am with his photos–by the immediacy, the palpability of the anguish, suffering, and perseverance of the human beings in his photos. I contemplated how the photographer must be haunted by what he has seen, and by what his legacy will […]
So here we are, on the West Coast, visiting family. We started in Oakland with my step-sister, where Isaac trick-or-treated with his cousins. Then we drove down to San Jose, spending some time on the PCH so that Isaac could check out west coast beaches and so I could snap a few photos. Now we’re […]
I have thankfully been busy photographing weddings and families recently, so the blog has been a lot less technical and more about what really matters: the images and the experiences. Still, I was out this morning with my Olympus OM-D, just photographing for fun, and wanted to express my love for that little camera! There […]
I shoot family photo sessions from time to time, and have always enjoyed meeting the parents and the kids, and watching them interact. A few years ago, I photographed the Beckers when there were only three, with little Owen just over a year old. Now he’s approaching three, and Noah and Shari have added adorable […]
Mark and Sindhu’s wedding was one of those events that checks off almost every box for me–beautiful pastoral setting? Check. Adorable goats, kittens, and llamas? Check. A homegrown wedding filled with and built by friends and family, love and happiness? Check. Once again I headed out to Celebrity Dairy (this is the third time for […]
$153.30. That’s what this photo cost me. A relatively close-up shot of a magnificent, full-maned lion, sitting in the rain just outside of Pittsboro, North Carolina. The completely soaking, drenching kind of rain. $153.30 was the bill from Canon to replace the top LCD of my 1DmarkIII, which get some water in it and died. […]
I haven’t gone to see fireworks in several years, and I have never tried to take photos of them. It’s always just been one of those things I like to experience, and unless they’re really well done, I just don’t love looking at photos of fireworks. Around here, there’s no water to reflect, or spectacular […]
As Isaac gets older, there are fewer and fewer opportunities when he will really cooperate when I have a camera in hand. The moments when I can actually collaborate on photos with a three and a half year old are priceless. I love the infrequent moments when he not only humors me by standing in […]
One very important difference between color and monochromatic photography is this: in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied by suggestion, but statement demands certainty… absolute certainty. – Paul Outerbridge Yes, I am perfectly capable of reading a calendar. I see that it is still June. But my self-imposed […]
One of the things I have always loved most about photography is the opportunity it provides to meet new people and have a small window into their lives. Such was the case when I recently got an opportunity to take some photos of Mike and Diana to celebrate their thirty-fifth anniversary. To record this significant […]
