Monthly Archives: July 2010

You Gotta Love California – Photo Bombed at the Wedding

A while back I read in an online forum for photographers how those of us in California aren’t so much talented as we are just lucky to have “that great California light.” The statement is bogus, the quality of our light aside we have to deal with some things my Midwestern friends will never have...

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The Widmans – Capitola Family Portraits

Hey so how do you photograph a family of 19 all at once? You find a HUGE location with even light, layer and stack the subjects and then put a 5 year old in the foreground. Actually this image was made after the large group shots. We knocked out the smaller group shots by the...

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Art teaches us what it is to be human.

A photographer whose work I admire wrote the following on his blog the other day, ” Art teaches us what it is to be human” To which I say amen. That is why I photograph. That is why I pursue images with people. I’ve never enjoyed shooting landscapes or abstracts. But if you put a...

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