If someone would have told me in my high school photo class that I would be photographing people, I would have laughed…and hard. I can remember when I first began learning how to develop film and take photos in photo class back in high school. My only photographic interest was to capture scenic images.  Mainly [...]

Using Photoshop CS3, or any CS version, I will show you how to create a realistic looking sunbeam shinning through trees as if got up early in the morning and actually photographed the scene yourself. To complete this tutorial successfully, you will need a photo of trees, preferably a scene with dense trees and some [...]

This month I review David Präkel’s book, Lighting, “Lighting” is part of the series titled “Basic Photography” from AVA Books. If you’re looking for advanced lighting techniques or lighting schema’s for various photo genre’s then this book is probably not for you. However, if you’re looking to better understand the concept of lighting and how [...]

Back in the day when I was using film to capture my images, I tended to favor black and white film over it’s color counterpart. My favorite choice for black and white was Illford FP4 or HP5 followed by Agfa APX25. Those where some great films that will be missed. As digital came along and [...]

In today’s competitive marketplace, a graphic designer must possess skills other than their technical expertise in design software and basic design principles. The modern graphic designer has to wear different hats if they are to survive and gain employment in the shrinking design and marketing departments of companies and agencies. Other than technical skills in [...]

Here are some of the latest stock photo uploads to my iStockphoto.com portfolio. August was a slow month for stock photography as I was gearing up for the launch of my Senior Portraits campaign. If you are interested in modeling for any of my stock photo shoots, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I’m always [...]

Digital photography has boomed over the last 10 years. With affordable, point & shoot and DSLR cameras, film has found a backseat to this new medium. Unfortunately, there’s a price to pay with digital technology; the potential for loss of data or your photos; I know first hand since I have had a 1TB drive [...]