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Experimenting for New Ideas
May 30, 2013 - Not everything I shoot is for clients or even portfolio. In fact a good many images I shoot are just me going “What if..
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Creative Fear
May 03, 2013 - I have decided to write a book. Not a book on photography, lighting, cameras, or anything you might expect. Instead I am...
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Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Batman
April 26, 2013 - Shooting personal projects is one of the most important things I do. I talk to so many photographers who don't have "tim...
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No More Space
April 19, 2013 - In 2010 I was in Nashville for meetings with art directors of various recording labels. I had taken the trip in order to...
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This Is Not The Period of Your Life
April 09, 2013 - Sometime life just seemingly sucks. I know that's not proper language, but that is just the way it is. Sometimes so many...
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My Easter Surprise
March 29, 2013 - If not familiar with it you may not realize how photographers make (or at least attempt to make) a living. Of course the...
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It Is Finished
March 18, 2013 - For the last several weeks I've been working on putting a new book together for a portfolio review in May. I wanted to c...
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Color Theory
March 01, 2013 - When I first began in photography I became obsessed with getting color right. I thought every photo had to have the perf...
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Lighting: The Failure of Exposure
February 19, 2013 - I talk to many new and upcoming photographers. Those that are picking up a camera for the first time, or those that are...
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Something Wicked
February 13, 2013 - “Too late, I found you can’t wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.” -...
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Flex
February 12, 2013 - A few weeks back I shot with Jennifer, a female figure competitor, for her portfolio. Most of the pictures were standard...
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Day at Red House Books
January 29, 2013 - Red House Bookstore as been in our community for as long as I can remember. It was here long before my family and I move...
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Home Business Connection
January 24, 2013 - A few weeks ago I received a phone call from Christina at Cutting Edge Media about taking some pictures for an upcoming...
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Beating the Sun In Photographs
January 21, 2013 - I normally shoot a lot of urban locations, but recently I had been looking at a photographers work out of Germany who ha...
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One of Those Days
January 11, 2013 - I did some experimentation a few weeks ago. It was a day that things just went wrong:
First my son, who often times i...
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Early Morning Light
January 09, 2013 - There is nothing like early morning light. That light just as the sun crest the horizon is my favorite light of the day.
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Too Many Naked Photos: My Push for 2013
January 02, 2013 - Let’s face it. Photography has lost a lot of it’s value. The days of “I don’t know how they did that” are gone. Today ev...
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How To Improve Your Landscape Photography
December 18, 2012 - How do you improve your landscape photography? Well I found the answer about three weeks ago. I had decided to get up on...
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Shooting with Mary
December 12, 2012 - Periodically I will call around find and find someone willing to stand in front of my camera while I play around at taki...
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The Exotic Life?
November 16, 2012 - Its always funny to me what people think I do versus what I actually do. When people learn I’m a photographer they autom...
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Being Awesome
September 10, 2012 - Let’s face it. No matter who you are, what you do, how much money you make, how popular you are, or how positive your ou...
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Stories Part 1: Got Ink?
August 31, 2012 - When I was a kid growing up in the deep south the only people who had tattoos was sailors, military, bikers, or crooks....
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The Challenge of a Smile
August 01, 2012 - The challenge of a smile in any portrait photography is getting a genuine one. The phrase smile brings about a forced an...
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New Music Artist Jalesa McRae
July 25, 2012 - A few weeks ago I got to work new musical artist Jalesa McRae. Jalesa is a Christian artist working on her first album....
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Photoshop Workshop August 11th!!
July 18, 2012 - On August 11th, 2012 I will be hosting a Photoshop Workshop.
We will be looking at:
Raw Conversions: converting im...
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Photographing A Photographer
July 06, 2012 - Every now and then I look for something different. Something that is challenging me either creatively or mentally. Somet...
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Eleven Days Left
June 12, 2012 - The lighting workshop is just eleven days away!
I am excited (and a little nervous) but my first lighting workshop is...
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Lighting Class Prep
June 06, 2012 - I've been busy getting ready for the lighting class on June 23rd. In getting ready I've been shooting some lighting samp...
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On "About Photography"
May 29, 2012 - A few weeks ago I was contacted by Edward Verosky, a photographer/writer/instructor out of New York. He and I had met th...
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Telling Your Story With Light
May 25, 2012 - Light tells your story.
On June 23rd I will host my first lighting workshop. One of the subjects we will attempt to t...
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Lighting Workshop
May 11, 2012 - I posted recently about my first lighting workshop. I was very pleased when the afternoon class filled up almost instant...
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My First Lighting Workshop
May 09, 2012 - I am hosting my very first lighting workshop. I have been asked over and over again if I would ever host one, but I did...
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You Weren't Born for That
May 07, 2012 - There are times when I feel completely overwhelmed. I look at the vision I have for my life and my business and think “I...
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Shooting Portfolios
May 03, 2012 - A few weeks ago I shot some new material for Stephanie, a model out of Panama City, Florida. Stephanie work has primaril...
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O Captain, My Captain
March 27, 2012 - Sorry couldn’t resist.
A few weeks ago I put out a call for people with costumes to come by and have a portrait made. I...
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