We spent a recent Saturday morning with Jake and Jennifer, photographing their adorable three month old daughter Allie. Allie is simply wonderful…happy, cheerful and and full of joy. Jake and Jennifer were so patient..with Allie and with us, even as we invaded their cozy home in Washington, DC with our traveling studio. And we always...
Sarah Palin has inspired me… Do I have your attention now? The truth is that the recent media attention focused on her, as she promotes her book tour and the cable news poodles fill air time pondering her political future, has inspired to me to post some images of her very photogenic home state. At...
Last Saturday I spent the afternoon with Amy, Julian and their three beautiful children, Chandler, Lily and baby Olivia. Amy, with a little help from Julian, did an amazing job of keeping everyone organized, happy and clean! Here are a few of my favorite images from the day.
Depth of field in a photographic image refers to that part of the image that is rendered with acceptable sharpness from the nearest to the farthest point in the photograph. Depth of field is primarily controlled through aperture settings. A photographer friend of mine simplifies this by telling new photographers that f/2 gets 2 people...
In my Photography of Children workshops and in private tutoring sessions the question of how to improve location portraits is a regular topic. Comments like ‘ My portraits are OK, but in the end all the images just look like good snapshots’ are common. The difference between a good snapshot and a well crafted portrait...
