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The FujiFilm X-Pro 1

January 10, 2012 | No comments yet

***Note: The Opening shot of this blog was obviously NOT shot with a Fuji X-Pro 1, because they’re not out yet and I’m not special. I thought an iPhone photo was fitting because the X-Pro 1 should be particularly well-suited to this kind of inconspicuous, street style photography. Because I never intended to make this […]

Homework: Photograph the Familiar

January 8, 2012 | No comments yet

Every once in awhile, whether you are a creative person or not, you hit a rut. As a photographer, sometimes I feel like I’ve photographed the same things a hundred times, have photographed all the interesting angles, found all the interesting lines and textures and light and whatever. Of course I haven’t, but I feel […]

The Canon 1Dx: A Story of Excess

January 5, 2012 | No comments yet

I want to start off by apologizing for an unabashedly gear-focused post–I generally strive to write about technique, creativity, vision, and composition over tech-specs and gear, because I think it’s all too easy to get caught up in the gear and forget what you’re really trying to do. Still, I work with this gear and […]

Headshots for New Media Campaigns

January 4, 2012 | No comments yet

Today I had the privilege of shooting new headshots for New Media Campaigns, an awesome web design company in Carrboro with whom I recently started an internship. I wanted to show these headshots for a couple of reasons. First, I don’t have any headshots on my website anywhere, so this is an opportunity to show […]

More Instagram…

December 27, 2011 | No comments yet

Since returning from my trip to Oregon, I have taken some more photos with my iPhone and Instagram, and I have taken some more time to consider its increasing role in my photography. Though I still don’t think it could ever take the place of my other cameras, increasingly I find that the iPhone has […]

So, I think I may have sipped the Kool-Aid….

December 7, 2011 | No comments yet

I’ll admit it. I’m ready to eat crow. Ready to take the hat off my head, put it in my mouth, and chew on it. Or a shoe. Whatever. It started slowly, almost without warning, when I got my iPhone and downloaded Instagram. I would snap a photo here, there, whenever something caught my eye […]

Jessica + Tim – Wedding Day!

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Once we get into the fall, everything always gets a little crazy as we head into the holidays. In October, I had the privilege of photographing Jessica and Tim’s wedding at the Flanders Art Gallery in Raleigh. Even though their wedding was well in advance of the holidays proper, crazy could definitely apply to the […]

Mmmmmm, Brains! Zombies Lurch in Durham’s Central Park

October 29, 2011 | One comment

I have to admit, I have a soft spot for zombies. Yet, somehow, I’ve never made it to a Zombie Lurch before this year. I was determined to make it this time for Durham’s Fifth Annual Zombie Lurch. I was delighted to see a good-sized crowd, and some wonderful, creative costumes. I’ll let the undead […]

Playtime!

September 23, 2011 | No comments yet

One of the oft-repeated adages of photography is “the best camera is the one you have with you.” There are a lot of reasons that is said–obviously if you don’t have a camera with you, it’s hard to take advantage of photographic moments. Some people always carry their DSLRs (as I did on a 365 […]

Double Strike

September 22, 2011 | No comments yet

Think of all those times you went out to photograph, and maybe drove to a bunch of different places, but you didn’t have the right light, or the birds weren’t there, or things didn’t develop the way you wanted them to. Think of all those seemingly wasted moments when you came home without a great […]