If you’re a photographer – it doesn’t matter if you’re a professional, amateur, or enthusiast – chances are you’re like the rest of us – you can’t learn enough about other shooter’s processes, problems, techniques and solutions. In this section of my site you can share my adventures in photography. You’ll read about the many ways in which I have both succeeded and failed, sometimes simultaneously, making photos. And a place you can share your experiences. Please feel free to comment on posts or contact me directly.
Finding Your Religion(s)
There seem to be at least two distinct—though not mutually exclusive—sects in the church of stock photography: Creationists – those who create images specifically for stock libraries, and also what I’ll call Evolutionists – the folks who are happy to [...]
The Ugly Truth
I can’t draw for sh*t, um, I mean beans. It’s not impossible to think I would have never become a photographer if I had had the ability to draw or paint. I mean who wouldn’t like to have the talents [...]
Revisiting Memorial Day in Smalltown
I”ve gotten some good-natured grief from good-hearted friends over the fact that so little of my personal work or projects appeared on the web site after this recent redesign. I’l be posting additional pieces from Color is a Verb along [...]
Making Things Right(er)
The truth is occasionally I have an idea for a stock image that turns out to be, ready for this, stupid. Hey, it happens. I usually get past it. But this post isn’t about one of those times. This is [...]
Learning to have faith in the sofa
Occasionally, as photographers going about our day, we’ll see something and a voice will whisper “That’s a photo.” It might be an interesting person, a captivating view, or the perfect juxtaposition of objects. But often we don’t stop – we [...]

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