Surviving “This Time of Year” Truth be told, I dread the holiday season. I’m never in the holiday spirit and, … More
Category: portrait photography
World AIDS Day
Reporting on the HIV and AIDS pandemic on World AIDS Day and around the year December 1 is World AIDS … More
Telling Stories
“Text and photos by….” Oftentimes we see these words at the top of an article, following a title and subtitle. … More
Photographing Men in Black and White
On Favorite Test Photo Shoots and Feeding the Muse Sometimes, I feel, like a photographer who’s ready to explore and … More
On Using Gels
Coloring the Light Oftentimes photographers “gel” their lights in order to change the color of their lights. There are a … More
International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day! Today some of us celebrate women–our mothers, grandmothers, aunties, cousins, sisters, our role models, mentors, and … More
Warrior Within
A #tbt interview with award-winning, legally blind photographer Kurt Weston, originally published in A&U Magazine Almost twenty years ago, I … More
Photographing Couples
Since yesterday was Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about photographing couples. Capturing portraits of couples can be quite interesting and exciting. … More
Portraits Through Time
An interview with award-winning photographer Kurt Weston about art, photography, and surviving two pandemics The 2020 coronavirus pandemic brought everything … More
Backbone
A look back at my first photography show I only caught glimpses of the 2020 Summer Olympics closing ceremony this … More
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