This past weekend we took Nicole’s sister, Cathryn, to Letchworth Park for an afternoon picnic and hike around the falls. The colors are just beginning to change so it was a really nice day to walk around with a camera (although a bit chilly & windy). At the end of the day we warmed up [...]

It’s been a really long time since I’ve posted anything here; well over a month at this point! What can I say? A non stop busy schedule has had the better of me for the last 6 weeks, and I’ve been too lazy to even pick up my camera (lame). But I have been getting [...]

I have been seriously slacking on the blog front these days and I’m going to do my best to remedy that. Life has been insanely busy these past few weeks and my camera has hardly left my bag. Meet my sister-in-law Melanie. You might have seen some of these photos up on Melanie’s website but [...]

Nicole asked me to take part in a little arts & crafts project this weekend, making this nifty hearts made out of yarn. Just so we’re clear; I will deny any claims that I had fun during this process. It was a fairly easy process and the grand total was under $40. The hardest part [...]

Well, I didn’t snap a portrait every day for seven days in a row, but I did get them all in the end! For my final portrait I needed something fun that tied in food & photography. I setup the shot in late afternoon when there was a lot of natural light coming in my [...]

As I’m setting up for a high key portrait yesterday morning the bulb in one of my brand new studio lights blew, sending me into a temper tantrum. A high key portrait works best with 4 lights and I was down to only 2. So I decided to change it up a bit and take [...]

Yesterday I turned 28 and while I had no great epiphanies about the meaning of life with the turn of a new year, my wife did get me a nifty studio lighting kit. I’ve been interested in studio lighting for a while; natural light is great to shoot in but I often want more control. [...]

OK, I know yesterday I mentioned that I wanted to try a forced perspective shot, but I don’t have the time for a shot like that today so we’re going to move it to tomorrow. This is my morning ritual. Every day when I wake up I make fresh fruit juice and a cup of [...]

For today’s portrait I had this great idea that I would use window light for the front of my face, and a speedlite directly behind me for some rim lighting. I setup and took a few test shots, then added my speedlite, and in the end I liked the shot better without speedlite. Oh well, [...]

I love the window light in my living room. It’s not quite as good at 7:30am as it is a bit later in the day, but it does the trick. This is one my favorite places to take photos right now because it’s like a huge softbox. Since I can’t grow a real mustache I [...]