Photo Shoots

I have been reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin.  This books explores creativity in all forms of art.  The book has some very though provoking ideas, and also reassurances that all artists like to hear.  I really enjoyed the concepts about just opening yourself to creative energy, not being so Read More

Just walked in the door from an incredible trip to Patagonia, one of my favorite places to travel and photograph.  We had an amazing group, wild and crazy conditions, and some photo opportunities I have never had in over 20 years visiting this area.  We have been working with gauchos at various ranches in Patagonia Read More

Last week I was in Alaska for a tourism assignment.  We had some of the best weather I have ever seen in Alaska, 70 degrees and sunny skies day after day.  This worked great for our shoot, including a spectacular day on the Knik Glacier photographing paddle boarding.  Yes, you heard right.  Tourism is getting Read More

Spring is here, and with that comes thunderstorms…and lightning.  Every year I race out onto the eastern plains of Colorado hoping to catch a dramatic storm and lightning.  Generally my best chances for lightning photography come on our Badlands trip in early June (image above from the Badlands).  How do you photograph lightning? There are Read More

Spring is here, and the flowers are blooming.  I really enjoy macro photography this time of year, especially flowers.  I photograph a lot of flowers using available light with reflectors, but sometimes I will use flash as well.  It really comes down to the look I want.  Last week in Costa Rica our hotel had Read More

An important part of travel photography are portraits.  I know that people photography is not everyone’s favorite thing, but photographing daily life, emotional moments and ceremonies let others experience the destination through your photography.  Everyone relates to people.  You have two approaches to travel portrait photography; journalistic street photography where you don’t want to alter Read More

Ever wander into a busy market and be overwhelmed with what to shoot?  So much chaos going on, it can be intimidating to figure out how to create a nice image.  Shop owners hustle by, pedestrians speed down the street, dogs bark in the alley…what to do?  Try this approach…photograph the light, not the subject. Read More

I’ll be heading to Europe soon, first Sicily, then to Spain in May (still spaces available).  I can’t wait to get back to travel photography…so many subjects, styles and techniques that all blend together in creating images.  As a rule of thumb, there are two main approaches to creating travel images. Fluid or static…hunting or Read More

On many of our workshops we try to create at least one portrait.  We’ve found through the years that even though many participants don’t think they are interested in taking people pictures, they just might be surprised.  This is so important in growing creatively as a photographer…trying something new, experiment with new subjects and techniques. Read More