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Gear that challenges your work

I keep working with my new strobes (Elinchrom Quadra – a review is coming soon!) and I’m really enjoying the opportunities they’ve created for me in this new photographic market in northern Iraq. These days I’ve been busy shooting, and I love that! A little at a time I’ve been able to develop a better [...]

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Photography That Cures The Soul

Check it out: today I have an article published on Tiffinbox, a popular photography blog I’m excited to be connected with. Give my guest post a read. I explain why I think photography can be good therapy to help us get over certain fears and self-imposed limits. You might just be the next person added [...]

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Pinterest as my online shopping list

I know a lot of folks, especially male photographers, don’t like Pinterest due to copyright issues and because it’s thought of as more of a “female” thing. I’m not here to discuss those topics, but to share just a bit of advice. I’ve been using Pinterest as my visual shopping list. Yes, you read that [...]

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iPad Magazines

Okay, I just wanted to put this out there, especially to photographers that own an iPad. There are fantastic new resources to inspire you and keep you fed in photography. I’m not talking about the usual gear-centric photography magazines that we all read and enjoy. No, I’m talking about a new genre of magazines offering [...]

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Open to Collaborative Work

It took me longer than I wanted, but this post is finally here. With this post I’m closing a series, written mainly about creativity and inspiration, but also the process behind creating a specific project. Here are the previous posts in the series: 1. Connecting the ‘Why and the ‘How’. (Process/vision through to execution of a [...]

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The Benefit of Challenge

A month ago when I was scheduling posts for my blog, I didn’t think that some of these posts were necessarily related. But now after publishing the last two, I can see that there’s a back bone joining them all together. Here are the posts I’m talking about: Connecting the ‘Why’ and the ‘How’. (Process/vision [...]

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Training our creativity

This last Monday, I put together a blog post about connecting the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ for a story or project. I was basically outlining the creativity process that goes from a concept, idea or vision, through the tools or elements that are needed to transform that concept into a final product. Well, I want [...]

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Guest Blogging – “Haunted Memories”

Today I’m guest blogging at a friend’s Blog. The special thing about this post is that it isn’t just another Blog post for me. This is a very intimate, deep and difficult story of my childhood that I had to put into words and photographs. I’m really thankful for this challenge, thanks to Jose Martinez. [...]