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...

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...

My buds Jacob and Brittney have been married one year as of yesterday.  Britt wanted some portraits of themselves that they didn't get during the wedding day, so we went back up to the spot of their ceremony and went...

i get the question all the time:  "Paul, how do I take a picture to make a person look cooler than they actually are?" Find a model that isn't cool Create a dark and gloomy atmosphere by darkening out the background...

I had a quick little assignment today at work, and I'd like to take a moment to introduce (to those that have never heard of it) the shoot through technique.  What you need: an external flash a shoot-throughable light disc thing a technical...

Can’t play outside? Want to avoid movie overload? Keep yourself entertained and explore your creative side, take pictures, why not?

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I was testing out some lighting techniques today for a shoot tonight.  Using my Alien Bees ABR800 ringlight, and a few Nikon SB800’s I created this image.  I’ll post the shots from tonight later, check back.

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