On set and behind the scenes with Amerca’s fastest growing native art brand, 8th Generation Much of my career has been focused on editorial and documentary style work, but this fashion and lifestyle shoot was a welcome change of pace. Normally I’m able to execute a full photo shoot with just […]
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Night sky time lapse photography has always fascinated me. I’ve done lots of slow exposures of the stars before, but I had never attempted a long time lapse series until recently. Even this was just an experiment since I had never tried it before… But now I’m hooked and I […]
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Judah is a retired veteran of the US Army and a friend as I’ve done a number of photo sessions for his family over the years and his children’s senior photos. He reached out to me just after he officially retired wanting to get some new portraits for his LinkedIn […]
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That moment when you realize that your little brother is way cooler than you are… Also, motorcycles and black & white were made for each other. It’s a beautiful harmony. Directors Commentary I love shooting from unorthodox and sometimes risky vantage points and I’ve done it from some pretty interesting […]
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A Short Lesson on Corporate Headshots Behind the Scenes at a Headshot Portrait Photo Shoot. In my planning for the shoot, (at 11pm the night before) I decided that there were two portraits of the company owner that I knew I wanted to make. I wanted one strong black & […]
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Learn How To Shoot In Manual Mode. I asked several people what subject they most wanted me to write about and, by far, the most popular answer was how to shoot in manual mode. It’s that all powerful yet all confusing “M” setting on your camera dial, which many beginners […]
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A guide to understanding How Lenses Work and How Focal Length Affects Perspective. It usually goes something like this: someone posts a photo that they’re proud of on their blog or Facebook. They get a bunch of likes and inevitably the question comes, “What lens did you use?” We’ve all done […]
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A Personal Experience Guide to Taking Great Night Sky Photos. Have you ever looked at someone else’s breathtaking night photos and wondered how they did that? I know I did. A lot. So a few years ago, I just decided to start tinkering and see what I could get. […]
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