In March, as our world contracted because of Covid-19, daily walks became something of a lifeline. It was the only structure in our days, but it was also an exercise in seeing. Suddenly we were relishing details we’d never noticed before. My wife Marla proposed a goal, to walk every block of our city, Lancaster,…
Last week took me to State College, Pa., to photograph researcher Dr. Joe Louis at Penn State University. The University of North Texas, where Dr. Louis earned a masters degree in entomology, needed a portrait for a profile story in an upcoming issue of its alumni magazine. I dressed him up as a bug.
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a week long workshop in Santa Fe taught by editorial celebrity portrait photographer Chris Buck. His work is seen in Wired, The New Yorker, GQ, and Esquire, among other places. Chris has this amazing ability to work with people who are guarded and conscious of their image. He’s…
Some images from the University and College Designers Association annual design summit at the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
A conference room might possibly be the worst location ever for a portrait shoot. It’s often a drab and dismal place with no storytelling elements, no context, and you’re fighting the bright florescent lights overhead. But sometimes you have to work with what you got. I was again faced with this situation during a day…