I have been in this industry for a little over a decade. Not a long time, but I certainly remember shooting slide film professionally, and having to ship slides to magazines for publication. Instead of adapting to changes in the industry, they griped and moaned about how much better the industry used to[more…]
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Why are we using disks? I got to thinking the other day, and I asked myself, “Why are we still providing images to clients on disks?” I realized how long it is been since I have personally bought anything on a disk. I buy music straight from iTunes. I can stream movies directly to[more…]
Summer Wedding Fun I love creating images that allow the subjects’ personality to come through. That was completely the case with this image. Nate and Joy are one of the most fun playful couples I have ever known. In fact they even met “playing” while mountain biking with mutual friends in Moab, Utah. They[more…]
Old San Juan Recently, I was in San Juan, Puerto Rico for a bridal shoot. While I was there, I came across this man playing an accordion on a door step in Old San Juan. It was just after sunset and the streets were starting to grow dim except for this one bright area[more…]
Challenges with Fire and Motion Sparklers are one of those things that are incredibly difficult to photograph well. The problem is finding the right balance of shutter speed. Too fast and the sparkler looks like just a pinpoint of light. Too slow and everything becomes too blurry to be recognizable. On top of that,[more…]
I love May when the ice on Lake Dillon near my home starts to melt. But before the ice can completely melt, it usually breaks up first. When this happens the ice get’s pushed around the surface of the water and can end up in big piles on the edges of the lake. In[more…]
Perspective Perspective is a bit relative when it comes to photography. Our brains have evolved to use our two eyes to render three dimensional images. We are pretty good at interpreting two dimensional images like photographs most of the time without having to think about them much, but when unusual compositions are used, especially[more…]
I made this image about 20 miles into our Monarch Crest ride right as the trail starts to descend back bellow treeline. I was waiting for some other riders, and loved how Andy and Katie looked sitting in the brightly lit valley floor.
Light and Composition When setting up a portrait type image like this, the two things I am thinking about most are composition and lighting. From the standpoint of composition, I am usually thinking about how the subject will look relative to the background. I look for ways to use the background for framing and[more…]
Book a summer 2014 wedding between now and November 30, 2013, and we will upgrade you from thumb drive to a 16GB iPad WiFi* for your image delivery at no additional cost. All of your digital images will be preloaded onto a custom engraved iPad. *or current equivalent model. Some restrictions apply. Only[more…]