When I was contacted by Imagination, a Chicago based online publication to photograph an executive for their February edition…in an urban setting…in Ohio…in the winter…I opted in. Many of my clients lead off their first conversation with “I’m not really comfortable getting my picture taken.” But what I love about shooting business “grown-ups” is upending [...]
Girl Power
Doug McDermitt and I exchange a sheepish look of agreement. We’re helping his beautiful wife Angela, daughter and baby girl select accessories during their session’s outfit change. He looks as foreign to frill as I do but we both chime in, “that one!” Every thing they put on and do is adorable, right. Then playtime [...]
In retrospect
As a photographer, you accept that your role is to take the pictures. So when a kind neighbor asks, “Don’t you want to be in one.” I reluctantly hand over the Nikon and he shoots. It made me realize that when I do family albums or look back at the snapshots that dot-to-dot our lives…I’m [...]
Lesson one.
I’m on a journey climbing a hill in search of something precious that I lost when I wasn’t looking. Perhaps the result of overwork, over juggling of family and business, I reached a burnout loss of inspiration and creativity not uncommon to photographers. Yet, it surprised me. {more here} I started hanging up my camera [...]
lost & found
Somewhere along the way this year, I lost a passion. I was holding the camera, taking/editing/selling/sharing photographs but the camera was no longer holding me. The fire went out. Once I realized that I had reached total photography burn out, to the point of considering another profession, I set out on a quest to rekindle my passion [...]
The Road We’re On | The Chevrolet Project
Branding intrigues me. I love representing individuals, organizations and brands with photography. So when I was approached to do this photography project with Chevrolet capturing real, local people and their unique Chevy ownership stories, I took the bait. Creating photos true to Chevrolet’s brand while authentic to each of these Dayton folks was delightfully challenging. [...]
The Magnetic Charm of Instagram…
Because so many of us are pulling out our smart phones to snap a photograph rather than our point-and-shoot cameras, photo sharing apps are wildly popular right now. Instagram is the fan favorite. Its simple with an enormous social community and its sixteen well-designed photo filters make it fun. When you upload a photo to [...]
Brand Photography Defined
It bears explaining. The word “headshots” make me cringe. So, I vote we 86 it from the photography lexicon. The term “headshots” for me connotes an uncomfortable, posed, static, assembly line photo shoot. Pictures of you, play acting. Yuck. Since the explosion of digital photography and smartphones has changed us all (even my parents) and [...]
