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Ryan Brown, Missouri’s Professional Photographer of the year for 2013, and I visited the Gateway Arch. As a personal challenge, I took only one lens, Sigma’s 15mm f/2.8 fisheye. This was my fourth trip to the Gateway Arch. It was the first time that the tram to the top was available. A mutual “Let’s go!” …
A long time ago, that now seems to be only yesterday or maybe the day before, in the fall of 1993 there was this new trend in photography called digital. Scientific Atlanta Eddie Tapp and I along with graphic designer Linda Adams-Wellin were hard at work on a project for Scientific Atlanta. We received a …
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A week or so ago, makeup artist Kristen White, model Amy Patterson and I got together to make some fun portraits. I’ve said all along that playing with my craft is one of the keys to the creative kingdom. This one started when Kristen asked, “Do you have any Scotch tape?” I handed her one …
Last summer I was in Austin walking down 5th Avenue with my friend Dave Metz. Dave suggested we go into Antone’s and listen to some music. We heard a full set of great music from this amazing all girl band. Of course I had my camera with me so I asked if I could shoot …
Photoshop just turned twenty-one. That's right, Photoshop is old enough to have a drink–legally! If you indulge in adult beverages, be sure to take your copy of Photoshop to your favorite bar and buy it a drink. If not at the very least be sure to wish it a very happy birthday!
There are three constants in life. Death. Taxes. And change. Nothing is forever. That’s not a bad thing nor a good one. It just is the way things are. Change… December 30, 2010 The world’s first successful color film, Kodachrome, is gone. There are a still few rolls still around. I have a roll of …
The concept for the latest Sigma lens ad for Rangefinder Magazine was simple: make a photograph of a model as “part of the art” in Atlanta’s High Museum with the brand new ultra-wide angle 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 zoom. I’ve had the good fortune over the years to get to know the Woodruff’s Vice President of Marketing …
Part of the Art • Photographing Fashion at the High Museum Read More »
One of my photographs of television and movie actor Tiffany Dupont appears in this month’s issue of Rangefinder magazine and the details are on the Sigma Pro’s blog this week. View all of my posts to their blog here… This photograph was made with a prototype of Sigma’s brand new optically stabilized 70-200 f/2.8 lens. Best of …
News of large and curious relevance is on my mind today. Photoshop CS5Adobe has released the twelfth version of the world changing digital imaging software Photoshop CS5. Trial downloads are available from adobe.com. I’ve been working with the beta versions and it’s wonderful. If you are a wide angle lens lover, you are going to be …
Readers of my blog know I have been traveling a lot this year. Florida, the Philippines, L.A., Kansas, and this weekend found me much closer to home in the Blue Ridge mountains of northwestern Georgia a couple of hours outside of Atlanta. This is last night's sunset. The photographs I make on these trips are …