Taking out the Laundry

As this year comes to an end, I find myself in a very deep focus on whats ahead for 2012 but first, I need to get things off of my chest

Beauty Dish Carrier Option #1

I have been looking for a way to carry my beauty dish without resorting to archaic methods. Like carrying it out to a shoot, bare. Meaning, no cover,

Another one of Life’s Lessons

Just had a long conversation with a neighbor of mine’s that is a Senior citizen. I was supposed to shoot some portraits of her. We ended up talking the whole time instead. We spoke about the loss of her son, and life in general. It was a sad, and uplifting experience at the same time. I hoped that made sense, at least a little. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, “Sometimes it’s not about pictures”. When you make a connection with another person, you both benefit. This person needed to vent, and I feel God put me there for that reason, under the guise of taking a portrait. Neither one of us walked away with a picture, but I believe we both walked away feeling better on an emotional and spiritual level. If God want’s to use me this way from time to time, I’m all for it. Happy Holidays to all.

Sometimes, its not about pictures.

The other day I had some free time so I decided to hit the street and do some shooting. Now, when I do go street shooting, I usually head out to Manhattan. Sometimes I go to Chinatown, Lower East Side, or Harlem. On this particular

The “Client”

I recently wrote a blog post about the  The Bad Economy and the 50 million photographers. For those that didn’t really grasp the situation

The Bad Economy & The 50 Million Photographers

Ok. I read Zack Arias’s post about the over saturation of photographers(great post by the way). He is spot on with just about everything he says. Just about everyone these days

The Smallest Teachers

I did a little shoot this past weekend of my niece and nephews. I didn’t know how tough it was to shoot children. My hat goes