• Inanimate

    Inanimate

    This video project has been in the works since December 2019. I intentionally delayed its release because I did not want the appearance of “hijacking” the “tragedy du jour”. Just as I was about to release, sadly another tragedy would befall our country, then another, then another. I’m just trying to squeeze it in before…

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  • Training Myself to be A Better Listener

    Training Myself to be A Better Listener

    You Will Listen to Me!! Meet Theresa. She has somewhat of a split personality: A demure old- fashioned librarian type. A screaming S&M queen. This is an advanced version of an alter-ego portrait session. This is where the same client explores two different “aspects” of their personality. These take some planning and patience to pull…

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  • Highest Honors at PPA International Print Competition

    Highest Honors at PPA International Print Competition

    About a year ago, I wrote an blog article entitled Don’t Dilute Your Portfolio. In this article, I talked about how I turned around a disastrous photography outing at the Baltimore Aquarium. As fortune would have it, the image I affectionately call “Emerald Tree Serpent” won top honors in the 2016 PPA International Print competition.…

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  • Food Styling — Not As Easy As It Looks

    Food Styling — Not As Easy As It Looks

    I was hired to capture some food photography for Johnny Maumbo’s Famous Chicken & Fish, a new restaurant in Langley Park, Maryland. For a number of hours, the owner watched intently as I accepted new dish and meticulously chose a supporting cast from a table-full of other food items and kitchen accessories. This is the part of  the food photography…

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  • My Gettysburg Excursion

    My Gettysburg Excursion

    I went on a photo excursion to Gettysburg, PA. Actually, I made 2 trips.  I didn’t write about the first trip, because it was (how can I put this delicately) a complete and utter failure.  On the first trip, I had ventured-out too late in the day.  The place was packed with tourists, the sun was high and bright,…

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