I recently finished a senior portrait session for this lovely young woman.  You may remember her from a dance-themed shoot we collaborated on back in January of this year (link). I’ve mentioned before that I’m not really interested in pursuing head shots, senior, infant or family photos; there are plenty of talented photographers out there […]

I’m a few weeks behind on sharing this image but better late then never, right?! This is Carrie W., a runner training with Olympic aspirations.  This image comes from another collaboration effort with fine artist, Barbara Dahlstedt.  I understand she plans to use this image as a reference for an oil painting that will be […]

I had the pleasure of seeing some great bands live at the Sail Inn a couple weeks back.  I had planned to check out the show because Hurray For The Riff Raff were headlining it and I’ve been a fan of their music for a couple years.  I had been feeling pretty miserable the day of the show and […]

I currently have a solo exhibition of 20 selected photography prints on display at the Peoria Public Library art gallery.  This Saturday (September 14, 2013) I will be hosting a reception from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM and you are most welcome to come by and say hello.  If you can’t make it this Saturday, […]

I thought I would share in this post some of the things I do when editing portraits taken with my DSLR.  Art is very subjective and the creative processes in photography are no different so the things I do to my photographs may be very different than what a lot of other photographer would do based on their own […]

This third image of Jodi is a simple headshot but I really like the pose and the expression.  I wish I had had a more interesting background at my disposal but since the model is a stay-at-home mother of two I needed to work in her home and all I have is a white collapsible […]

I really like this image.  For this one I used a basic two-light setup with two softboxes at 45 degrees in front of the model.  The key light on the right was about 2/3 of a stop brighter than the fill light on the left to add some dimension but keep the shadows and textures soft.  At the end […]

In today’s post I will share my secret to nice smooth skies.  First, I should mention that this is an advanced technique and requires the purchase of a few apps… this one is probably only for those of you who are more serious about creating art with your phone. A properly exposed sky will naturally be […]