As many of you know, I am part of a team that started a new blog last week.  We are competing in a very cool blogging competition (read more here) and need your help. We are trying to get the word out about our new blog and could use your help!  We are even willing to offer a little incentive… Tell Me More! We have put together a contest that only runs...

The great thing about challenges is how they push you outside your comfort zone.  Sure- sometimes they end with terrible crash landings, but sometimes they end with a huge feeling of accomplishment.  To me the reward really does outweigh the risk. For starters, we really use the word challenge very loosely.   Columbus sailing around the world with no idea...

Are you trying to get your photography skills to the next level?  If not, you should be!  The advances in photographic technology have been incredible over the past decade, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be improving your skills along with them.  A combination of working Photoshop skills and a willingness to stretch your creativity are required...

Sometimes photography is all about perspective.  A slight change in your camera angle can change an ordinary image into something memorable.  It is these fine-tuning adjustments that help us to grow artistically. Last month, my wife and I spent a week in Hawaii and I planned to create a ton of new images.  Now landscape photography is not really my thing....

Is your website helping your business or hurting you?  Could it be bringing in even more clients than it is now? One of the things I like most about speaking at photography conventions is getting to meet photographers all across the U.S.   The crowd usually has everything from seasoned veterans to brand-new beginners.  By the end of the convention, I’ve...

If you have followed my blog for any time at all, you know that I am a big fan of pushing your limits and going outside your comfort zone.  To paraphrase Andre Gide, “You can’t discover new lands without losing sight of the shore.”  As I stumbled through the internet today, I came across a very interesting blogging contest – kind of a...

One of my images that I get asked about frequently is “Ice Princess” from a few years ago.  I had recently had my camera converted for IR photography and started experimenting with using it on people.  The look it produced was very unpredictable and sometimes pretty creepy (as evidenced by my Week 10 portrait from the 40@Forty Project). The model was...