Wednesday, December 17, 2014
My boy Danny turned 8 this week, and as I was going through old photos I had taken of him to make his birthday card, I came across this beauty of him waking up from a nap with his mom. Instantly I smiled as I thought to myself...self, this would be an awesome photo to include in the slideshow at his wedding. I've already decided I'm doing this. He has no say in it. Sorry kid. That's the price you pay for having a professional photographer as a Dad. I just have too many awesome pictures of my two kiddos to keep them under wraps. I also know every wedding I've ever shot that has had a slideshow of the couple growing up has been a massive hit—complete with a lot of laughing and crying ...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Being a professional photographer means the learning process never ends. The best photographers are the ones who never settle, and are always looking to improve or add a skill. Since photography is an art medium that highly depends on technology, the medium is always changing. This was never more evident than when the industry made the change from analog film to digital. As a photojournalist, I was involved in the first application of digital photography in real-world professional photography situations. It has been incredible to see the evolution of the technology from the old-school $15,000 bodies that produced a 3 or 4 megapixel image, to everybody having a phone camera in their pocket ...