Tips and Advice

Occassionally the call comes in for a big gig, and it’s hard to be anything but excited. Photographing a lot of corporate headshots on location for a sales team is always fun; I really do enjoy meeting people, learning about their different businesses, and trying to make sure they convey their personality and style in [...]

Corporate Portraits Sometimes it’s easier to take the studio to the client then to make the client come to the studio. This is a common scenario when shooting a large group of individuals with a similar style/setting, say for company portraits, corporate headshots and employee profile photos. Getting an entire company to shut down for [...]

Canon’s Grip, and Photographers’ Gripe When Canon first released the official BG-E11 vertical battery grip for the 5D Mark III at $349, many photographers balked at the price and chose to wait for the knock-offs to hit the street. The first to arrive was the Vertax BG-E11 by Pixel; a Chinese manufacturer with a reputation [...]

Animal Photography Tip #1: Plan in Advance When the owner of Dog ‘N Cat Behavior Solutions here in Denver contacted me about taking some photos for her new website with animals, I can’t deny that I got a little nervous. Working with animals is always unpredictable and requires a lot of patience. If you shoot [...]

Big Plans! When a client calls me pumped up and totally excited about a specific shoot idea they have, it’s hard for me not to share in their enthusiasm and dive in head first with the collaboration efforts. Such was the occasion when Allen called me last week looking to have me take some surprise [...]

UPDATE :: LR4 Now Supports the 5D Mark3!! Adobe has just launched an update to Lightroom 4 with native support for the 5D Mark III!! You can download the Lightroom 4.1 Release Candidate here. The process described below should still work for users trying to get their 5D3 files into Lightroom 3. I do not [...]

With the current economic environment which, let’s be honest, is pretty sucky – people are looking to expand their job prospects as much as humanly possible. In this era of social networking, LinkedIn has become the de facto site for networking professionals. Of course, Facebook still rules the web, but your future employer doesn’t want [...]

As an engagement photographer I strive to have a perfect – or at least near perfect – shooting environment for my clients. While the definition of a “perfect” setting varies from one photographer to another, for me this usually entails a sunny (or mostly sunny sky). I just love working with sun glare in my [...]

As a portrait photographer here in Denver, I often receive calls from potential clients looking for “headshots”. This is a pretty non-descript way of defining a portrait, and could mean one of a dozen different types of images: corporate headshots, family photos, senior portraits, or headshots for actors, realtors, mechanics, or even pro-bowlers. To be [...]

After shooting a Holiday Cookbook cover photo for D. L. Adams Associates’ annual Christmas mailer, I realized that I had a firm grasp on the nuance of lighting and composition for holiday photography. However, a recent shoot I did for JetLinx Denver required me to come up with a unique and creative approach to satisfy [...]