Essays
My photo blog (shameless plug: lightproofbox.com) has been getting some traffic from StumbleUpon lately which brings with it little waves of attention. 99% of it is positive. But invariably there are a few people who don't seem to have anything better to do than to say trite, mean things (anonymously, [...]
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Essays
Continuing on my journey towards total photo snobbery, I've come to realize that my friends and family and I have different ideas about what makes a "good" photo. I've actually gotten exasperated requests at Christmas to "just send regular pictures."
I prefer a documentary style approach to photographing my family and [...]
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Essays
Are you a visual liar or do your photos only show the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
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Photography 101
For more than a year, Photoshop was the bane of my photographic world. I wanted to learn it, but each time I tried, I came away feeling frazzled, inept, and not too bright. I just wanted to master the basics. Perhaps I could learn to remove small distractions from an [...]
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