When I was out at WPPI with Pete Collins, we decided to take some time to go out and shoot in one of our most favorite places – Nelson. Nelson is this area that has a bunch of old things collected into Garages. Old cars, a crashed plane, and lots of decayed things against a desert backdrop just make for great shooting. I was even more fortunate to share the day with Bill Pekala, Bill…
I am an unabashed man of making pictures of my daughter Sabine. Long long time ago, I cut my chops working in a children’s portrait studio, and really loved the process of making images with kids. One of the things that always surprised parents was how much pre-planning and misdirection was involved with the whole process of taking a childrens image. Because of that, I am (too a fault) hyper critical of the very images that I…
Just hung out with my friend Alan Brusky of Fireleaf Design at the studio. He had asked me if I would help make an image of his sister in law, Katie while she was visiting here in Tampa. I figured this could be pretty cool, and to help a friend.. double bonus! One of the things that got me excited about this was that Katie had never been into a “photo shoot” before. This would…
click on the picture to see a larger one on Flickr A lot of people don’t know that I actually cut a lot of chops doing children’s pictures. This was one of my favorite things to do- i’m a big fan of kids. This was odd to parents, seeing as they were handing their children to a guy wearing boots, a bandanna, goatee, and earrings. You’d be surprised at all of the skills that are…