Nothing motivates me to be creative like getting new stuff. The Nikon D300s arrived in our office and we took it through the riga-ma-roll of pushing, twisting, and ooh-n-ahhing. The great thing about this new still camera is...

I wrote this little dissertation about a year ago and read it again recently. It spoke to me and I decided to post it...maybe it will speak to someone else too. Sometimes I get these moments in time where I...

More of a pre-test pre-review.  Being a big fan of wireless slave flashes, I was looking for a cheap alternative to the 180 buck-a-pop pocket wizards.  Paul C. Buff in all his alien weirdness continues to put out solid affordable...

A few months back I did a photo shoot with Wine to Water's Doc Hendley for an article to be published in Relevant Magazine.  I tried to give it that edgy Relevant look that they are into.  They ended up...

Good buddy Darren Sheely is working on a photo project in which he photographs intimate portraits of his friends.  My turn was up last week, so we took a little walk downtown with my dog Jeb to get these shots. ...

I spent the day shooting with the band Do it to Julia on Saturday and had a blast.  They had several scenes with themes in mind and we went at it.  The top one is my favorite, but the rest...

These are some HDR portraits we did today.  Amazing how you can make someone look so devious with post-processing tweaks.  Here is a screen shot of some of the adjustments I did in Photomatix.  Here's some other info so I...

Driving home tonight I was enamored with how the clouds were forming and how well the colors were coming out.  So I did as any well meaning photographer would do and took a quick trip up Howard's Knob (while managing...

I got wowed today when I started messing around with HDR processing.  Which stands for Holy Dramatic Render!!  Well not really, but it made me a new believer in post processing.  I took a few shots on a tripod at...

Doogh (dooqh, also dugh) a yogurt-based beverage popular in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Doogh is prepared by beating unflavored yogurt until smooth, and then diluting with water to a consistency similar to whole milk.  Salt, pepper and dried...