“I don’t write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes.” ~ Kevin Hart Every year, I enter select photography competitions. They’re good for receiving critical […]
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How a Passion for Drawing Led to an Accreditation in Figure Study (NSFW)
‘Figure Study: skillful and creative artistic representations of the unclothed human figure; in whole or in part.’ When I was a kid (yeah, yeah… in the real long ago), I started sketching. Before my first […]
Manipulating the Final Image to Realise Your Vision
Many a heated discussion has been had in photography circles about manipulating photographs. While I completely agree with the philosophy that you should “get it right in camera”, there are those times that a bridge […]
7 Lessons Learned Over the Past 7 Years in Photography
Beyond any of the lessons I’ve learned from my mentors and fellow pixel freaks, and all the “quotable quotes” regarding photography, there are a few thoughts that have come together in my head over the past […]
High Time For That Accreditation In Low Key Portrait
Whenever I get into something new, I get to know whatever it is as thoroughly as possible – all the ins and outs, high and low. True to form, when I joined the PPOC in […]
Strolling Memory Lane on World Photography Day
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” ~ Aaron Siskind Today is World […]
You CAN Climb That Mountain
“It’s a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.” ~ Abby Wambach Over the course of our lives, we’re all faced with mountains to climb. Some we come to […]
Babies, Brides and the “Bare” Essentials
“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Stop me if you’ve heard these before … (of a baby photo) “OMG!! Love!!” (of a bridal photo) “You’re beautiful!” (of a […]