• 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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  • The Mysterious Golden Spires

    The Mysterious Golden Spires

    For decades, I’ve marveled at the “golden sticks” protruding out of the tree line bordering Interstate 495 (Washington beltway).  Those sticks (as I would learn embarrassingly late in life) are called spires. Spire: A tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower. Anyway, I wandered off the beltway and found myself purposely lost…

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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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  • Don’t Dilute Your Portfolio

    Don’t Dilute Your Portfolio

    I recently visited Baltimore’s famed National Aquarium. Being surrounded by all of that water inspired me to write about the tendency of artists to dilute their portfolio. Our story starts with me repeatedly failing to capture inspiring images of these magnificent sea creatures. Pictures came out too light; too dark; fish moved too fast; too slow. And where do they…

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