• Photographers Like Dark & Dangerous Places

    Photographers Like Dark & Dangerous Places

    Oh dear. Our beautiful model, Ariel, appears to be all stressed-out about something. Almost as if she senses grave danger lurking in the shadows– some sort of an impending doom. …she could be onto something. Some photographers start off shooting in nice lush parks, but quickly graduate to the dark side. Junky basements, blighted alleyways,…

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  • Boudoir Photography for the Sophisticated Woman

    Boudoir Photography for the Sophisticated Woman

    While in New Orleans, me, my camera, and a beautiful woman named Marielle were engaged in a boudoir photography session on the rooftop of Le Pavillon Hotel.  Marielle, professionally known as NolaChick, is a New Orleans modeling legend and agreed to be my muse for the morning. I selected Le Pavillon Hotel because of its classic French decor, which was the perfect backdrop to…

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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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  • The Importance of Vision

    The Importance of Vision

    This piece called Descent was just completed March 2016. I’m happy that it has been very well received and many have asked me to give insight into how the image was created.  I’ll get to that later, but first, there’s a more important story to tell. Our journey began over a year ago when our beautiful…

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  • The Last Photo Session of 2014

    The Last Photo Session of 2014

    Ironically, my first post of 2015 is about my final photo session of 2014. Hailing from Sacramento, California, model Rose May was in town for the holidays. She had a vintage Victorian ball gown and was looking to create with a photographer who could capture all the color and splendor the gown had to offer. Who can…

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