Camille and her dogs

I had an opportunity to photograph my friend Camille and her two dogs near her house in Plano.   There is a pretty trail near her home and we went there to get some images.   I located this green space, canopied by mature trees with enough room for her to walk the dogs towards the camera.   [...]

Photographing friends at home

Stella invited some friends over on Saturday to watch the Olympic games and have a potluck dinner.  I set up a small studio to create portraits for fun.   I used a large 8×4 ft foam board “book end” with a large Photoflex softbox and a white reflecting umbrella as fill.  The board ended up being too [...]

Session with Gina on Sunday

I had a photo session with Gena this past Sunday, 7/27.  We got together at the Makeup Academy studio and create some clean, casual images for my stock library.  She had nice, colorful outfits, which look very natural and fresh on a white background.  Julia from the Academy did the makeup and my wife assisted [...]

Shooting on a white background

Last weekend I did a photo shoot for my stock library. I asked my wife Stella and her friend Holly to be manager types for me, and I shot against a white background. I enjoy the simplicity of isolated portraits. The lighting was conventional, with my Photoflex HalfDome Q39 softbox high and in front of [...]

My digital workflow

My digital workflow  – This Powerpoint slide deck describes at a high level the set of steps I follow to process my digital images.   This is called a digital workflow, and is done on a computer.   I have enhanced it recenty after attending Jeff Locklear seminar at the Kerrville TPPA seminar.  If you’re trying to [...]

Kerrville and jazz

I haven’t made an entry into my blog in some time! It’s July 1st and I am back from the Texas Professional Phtographers Kerrville Workshop. I really love the Hill Country and this seminar was excellent! I participated in two day-long seminars, plus a couple of mini-sessions. I was also exposed to the print competition [...]

Tamara and Africa

On Saturday May 26th I invited a local aspiring model, Tamara, and a make-up artist, Toby, to create some images with an African theme. It was Tamara’s first time doing studio modeling, although she had done runway before. She came with Kris, her boyfriend, a really nice guy and a terrific designer. We all enjoyed [...]

Pablo’s jump for the camera

Children are unpredictable, and they can jump! Here is a picture of my son Pablo in my home studio. He was really enjoying posing and going a little crazy in front of the camera. It wasn’t until I saw this picture that I realize how high he was jumping! I’ve got a long way to [...]

Stella’s portrait project completed!

 I have been working on the final project for my Portrait Photography course at the community college.  After changing direction a couple of times, I settled on doing a studio portfolio of my wife Stella.  I had originally planned to do more of a documentary, “lifestyle” collection of images, but we both enjoyed working in [...]

Shooting with Canming

I had a lot of fun on Saturday shooting with Canming, another friend of my wife’s  – she was a bit nervous about the session and didn’t really know what to expect. She had three different outfits, and we ended up with three looks that she liked – a classy one, a more upbeat business one [...]