Ever Evolving
Well, yesterday my wife and I signed off on our new house, and next week we move in, which means dare I say it, we are suburbanites. Will this affect my city shots and my updating? Yes and no, I still love Chicago, I still work in Chicago, and I
By Design (A Photographer’s Website)
The Aqua Building, downtown Chicago, IL. Now most of us who partake in Photography are trying to get their name out there. We have Flickr Accounts, Google + accounts, Facebook fanpages, etc. But the one spot we all know we really need is a personal website. I have had one
What is your Favorite Lens?
This questions pops into my head on a daily basis. What lens would I have if I could only have one? I love all my lens, but then again most of us say that because why else would we spend the money on them. I always look at Lightroom and
Take the Color Out of It!
If your like me, you sometimes get tired of the same old shots. Same perspectives, same processing, same etc… We all look at different ways to take/process photographs. Different foreground elements, different focus. Well on this post, if you look at the title, I am going Black and White with
Two Contrasting Portrait Lighting Styles
As you guys know I have been more and more experimenting with lighting and portraits. Usually using myself as the test subject to see how the lighting affects and changes through the process. As of right now I have a two speed light set (SB700s). So all lighting I am
Favorite Blogs/Websites to Read
I did this in my previous blog about a year and a half ago and I just looked back at it. It is amazing how things have changed over that year and a half. I noticed now I read a lot more photographers blogs, not just photography ones. I find
Nikon’s D800/800E
Well, I have been waiting for it and I know probably most of you have. The Nikon D800/D800E have been announced. See the official press release here: Nikon.com D800/800E Press Release. At 36MP it is the highest resolution Full Frame Camera. The difference between the 800 and the 800E is
Get Up Close and Personal!
We all get tired of the same old shots, at least the photographers I know. We shoot the same thing over again and try to make it better. But sometimes you just have to do something different to get those creative juices flowing again. If you do a lot of
Warm January Days
The temperatures right now are insane, making for some nice times to photograph. Here is a shot from a few days ago with a beautiful sunset over the Chicago River. This was taken the same evening as the shot from a previous blog: It’s OK to Revisit! I hope everyone
It’s OK to Revisit!
I am a person who does criticize myself a good amount. This can be bad and good. This means that I am also a photographer who goes back and shoots the same location again and again. Either for a different time of day, redo an old shot I was not