Three days in country now and I already get a warm feeling thinking about this place.  It may be the warm coffee in my belly or the warm smiles from all the kids, but also probably from my growing fondness...

Oscar Bonilla has curly hair and a mustache, and wears Fila's. He has two cell phones and really long fingernails, which I never asked him about. Oscar moved to Belize from his home in El Salvador 18 years ago when he...

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...

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...