Every Fourth of July, people across the country get out their cameras, and shoot photos of fireworks.  And that includes me.   Thing is, 99

Very often, someone just starting in photography has questions about what camera or lens (or both) they should buy. If they ask a salesperson in a photo store, they may get great advice or they may get advice that serves only to help the store's bottom line. If they ask an established photographer, they may get advice centered around whatever brand of camera that photographer shoots with. But in almost every case, that newbie photographer will hear something like this --

I was recently asked to photograph Traditions Fine Furniture and Design for their website and other publicity work. There were some interesting challenges. Normally when I shoot the interior of a house, I shoot strictly available light. There have only been a couple of times when I needed to put up additional lights, which almost always results in a huge amount of post processing. This store, however, has huge north-facing windows, and lots of interior lighting. To a

What a difference a day makes. Our trip had been a year in the planning: Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Monument Valley. Unfortunately, there ended up being very few days where the skies were not completely, totally overcast. Oh, we got some good skies at times, for sure, but not like we'd hoped. Still we worked with it, and got quite a few good shots. But by our last day before returning home, we'd hit so much overcast that we had decided that for that la

I had an experience recently where I was able to get a little more creative than usual with some of my paid photos. I shoot for a local magazine, and was asked to create a portrait of a local home stager. Stagers are people who are experts at decorating new or otherwise empty homes that are for sale, so prospective buyers can get an idea of what the home would look like furnished. I called Glenn to arrange for a time and place, and he said he'd really like to shoot the port

It’s 6:30 in the morning, it's still dark, and there’s a pretty serious chill in the autumn air. As we wait for the first bits of sunlig

I'm making a change in my blog for 2018 -- instead of having the blog itself hosted on Google's Blogger, where it's been ever since I started, it's now going to be hosted on Wix, where my website itself is hosted. The reason is simple -- I want everything integrated. Having to work within Blogger was never convenient. Having to upload photos twice -- once to the website and then again to Blogger -- was a real pain, and frankly I don't have time for it. I also think the