Every year, I submit my four best prints to the Professional Photographers of America’s International Print Competition.  I found out this week that I had a very big year! For starters, all four of my prints were accepted into the General Exhibit, which will be on display at the national convention next year.  It is pretty tough to do and I’ve only...

We have been doing a lot of Portrait Collages this summer.  I like them because they offer a more creative look than just having the kid kneeling in front of a fence, holding a soccer ball.  I thought you might like to see a few of the newest creations: I created this for my son’s baseball coach.  We were looking for a cool thank-you gift and thought...

We just got back from a great week in San Francisco.   Heather was speaking at an education conference, so we stayed a few extra days to see the city.  When it comes to vacation spots – San Francisco is tough to beat.  On word of caution… summer means nothing in this town.  The first night we were there, the temperature dropped to 48 – in...

I just returned from Little Rock, Arkansas – where I served as a judge at their state photography convention.  I had a great time, but it was really a lot of work.  Imagine sitting in a dark room, staring at photographs all day- then assigning them a score from 1-100.  Anytime there was a disagreement about how a print should score, we had to discuss it...

As I work on trying out different painting techniques, I decided to try some more abstract subject matter.  I’ve started a new series – based around using symbols and colors to create a mood or feeling.  Here is the first in the series. Rather than tell you the title and what I was going for – I’d love to know what you think about it. ...