One of the most brilliant developments since the digital revolution in photography is the ability to use High Dynamic Range (HDR). For anyone unfamiliar with this technique, in it’s simplest form, you make several exposures of a single image to ensure you have detail from the highlights all the way down to the shadows. Before...
I’ve had several opportunities now to photograph Former President Mikhail Gorbachev. Each time has been a venue where he has talked about his role in the fall of Communism in the USSR, now Russia. The first time I heard him speak about this was several years ago in Sacramento and can remember how impressed I...
After the Tower Bridge in Sacramento was painted gold, it became worthy of a nice nighttime architectural photograph.
Sometimes things come together in an accidental way that ends up working so well. Case in point, we were making food images for the Hanford House Inn in Sutter Creek because their breakfast is beyond good. It’s in a class of its own. I know because when we were done with this plate, it was...
I happened to be in St. Louis lecturing at a photography conference a few years ago. With plenty of free time and a hotel within walking distance to the Arch, I decided to go make some pictures. There’s hardly a new angle on this American icon, but I wanted some for my collection anyway; after...
For anyone who has never taken a few minutes to read the entire text of the Declaration of Independence, it is presented here preserving the original spelling and grammar. This document, carefully and masterfully crafted mostly by Thomas Jefferson represents even to this day a nation which is independent and free. We still owe a...
I’m still fairly new to HDR, but the more I work with it, the more I like it. HDR has opened a whole new door for digital photography to capture a scene as the eye sees it. It’s possible to push the limits of what looks realistic, but my preference is to keep a more...
I love photographing architectural interiors, especially kitchens. I have several clients who regularly call on me to make images of their recent work. The kitchen remodeling contractor who hired me for this is so good at designing the light in their kitchens, I simply cannot improve on what they’ve done with artificial light.
My feeling is,...
A few years ago, I had the privilege of attending and photographing a visit of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and the Dutchess of Cornwall, to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The visit took place on Veterans Day which is in November, but I thought it still apropos to write...
I received a unique call from an auction house – a nice one. They needed to photograph a collection of fossils that the owner wanted to sell at auction. The set included very small pieces as well as very large ones including a “slice” of stone containing hundreds of embedded fossils that measured about 8...
