From now on, it is just me and sand, baby! — I have always loved sand. When I was a kid, I would play in it, except when my mom let the cat play in it first, and then it smelled sort of like my little brother, but — I digress. Cameras are now obsolete. We hear every day about this…

The highest level of art is art we totally control, no matter how. — I have written before about being deliberate, but it is something I think about all the time when I am creating. Do I want that shadow? Is the subject being framed correctly? Where is the best possible light? How do I make the shot better? I want a visual score…

Or is it just a coincidence that corporations are making so much more from so little? — I spent too much time on the interwebs this week. Too long. AI has made a big impact there, and it was a bit shocking to me. There seems to be a new ‘standard aesthetic’ that is manifesting itself in image after image. The intricate and dynamic tapestry that should…

Part one in a series discussing the new opportunities for one-person creative businesses. Ah, the age-old image of the photographer — hunched behind a lens and tripod. It brings back fond memories, doesn’t it? The smell of Dektol and fixer wafting through the studio… sigh. But, my visual friends, times…

I am so tired of people telling me it doesn’t work when they don’t even do it right. Photographers are all in on social media. I see them everywhere. Especially on Instagram. And Facebook. But I repeat myself. Even when Adam Mosseri (head of Instagram) tells them to their face…

Mindsets can be good — until they aren’t. That’s when they suck. — The 6 Worst Mindsets a Creative Photographer Can Have Regarding Their Art and Business Creativity and business might seem worlds apart for many photographers. After all, the pure artistic expression of photography is often thought to be free from the constraints of business. But if you’re looking to sustain a…

An address to photographers navigating the tumultuous seas of change. This is today’s Substack post repurposed for Medium. I want to publish it everywhere because I hope a lot of people will want to read it. If you disagree, let me know. …

Five things that raise my hackles even though I don’t really know what a hackle is. — I feel my decades of working in this field, this glorious and wonderful field of professional photography, have given me a point of view regarding it that may be a little contrarian. That may be because I rarely care what people say; I carefully watch what they do. Actions speak…

Different cameras, different images, and a hell of a lot of fun. — The idea was simple. Take eight cameras, and make eight photos, in eight hours. What could go wrong? Well… actually. The light sucked, no clouds, lots of wind, no time to scout, lots of time spent looking for sets, and did I mention the light was really harsh? Oh well……