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One Thing That Makes You Look Creepy

September 21, 2009 Featured

This weekend was Houston Skyline Studio’s Fine Art Nude workshop and I noticed something I wanted to share.
One of the things people wanted to know in my recent survey of the Photographer and Model email list was how to NOT seem creepy to models. So this was in my head while I was observing [...]

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I’m An Amateur. No Apologies Series

September 14, 2009 Featured

I’m not in this for the money. Matter of fact my photography costs me money, it doesn’t make me money.
But that’s fine.
What is a Professional?
Von R Buzzard at his blog had a post entitled What Kind of Photographer Are You? Part 1. I think a better title would have been What is a Professional Photographer? [...]

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No Apologies Blog Series

September 7, 2009 Featured
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I’m tired of feeling guilty.
I’m tired of admitting things only timidly.
I’m tired of feeling link I’m “not a real photographer” because I do certain things.
So I’m going to start a new series of blog posts this month. These posts will cover things I’m not going to apologize for any more. I’m not [...]

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Swimsuit In The Studio

August 3, 2009 Featured

Is often boring to me. If I’m going to shoot a model in a swimsuit, then I want a context that a swimsuit belongs in.
Like, oh say, a beach!
I guess if you are land locked, finding a beach could be a problem. Guess you could use a pool.
But those locations don’t lend themselves [...]

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Photo Video Tip #1: Watch For Blocking

August 3, 2009 Instruction
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I made this video to help you when shooting two models at the same time like we will be doing at my August workshop.

12 10 7 6 5 Seats left.

2 Day Workshop
$275

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Getting Categorized, or How I Ended up A Goth Photographer

June 23, 2009 Featured

At Saturday’s Fine Art workshop at the studio, my partner Fine Art Photographer Bob Warren introduced me as a “Goth, Pinup and Body Art Photographer”.
It got me to thinking. What kind of photographer am I, and why do people keep saying I’m a goth photographer?
There Are Two Ways To Categorize A Photographer
By The Subject’s They [...]

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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

May 18, 2009 Featured

A lot of my work is very conceptual, meaning it is constructing an entire scene and not just taking a picture.
Where do I come up with these ideas? Everywhere is the simple answer, but that isn’t really what most people want to hear. Instead, I want to talk about what to do with the [...]

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My Co-Host Shawna Rencher

May 11, 2009 Featured

At right is an image of the podcast’s co-host Shawna Rencher. She’s also the model of the week. We last shot together as part of my Galveston shoot.
Shawna is a multi-talented woman. She’s a martial artist (Kung Fu), a Flamenco dance instructor, has worked on films and models. She has a BA in [...]

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Is One Image Enough?

May 4, 2009 Featured

I promise TFP models I shoot with at least 10 retouched images. Much of the time this isn’t a problem and I actually deliver more than 10.
But in general there is only one image per set up, per location that is really high quality. One image that belongs in my portfolio.
So I’ve been thinking, [...]

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The Dark Side of Working With Amateur Models

April 20, 2009 Featured

There is one occurrence that every photographer of models, especially amateur models recruited on the internet, deals with. Put a group of these photographers together and there will soon be stories swapped about it.
Flaking.
Being stood up.
No shows.
Canceling.
This is when you set up a shoot with a model and then she doesn’t show up. I differentiate [...]

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