During my off times in the year, I shoot weddings and commercial jobs to keep my photography skill as well-rounded and multidimensional as possible.  Shooting in the ‘strobist’ style (small remote triggered flashes), for instance, forces me to carefully analyze artificial directional lighting, which in turn helps me understand natural lighting better.  For instance, using rim, hair, and back lighting on a...

SLAM Magazine, along with a recent infrared modeling shoot, have together shifted my thoughts of modeling photography.  I must admit that I had avoided modeling work for some time, which can feel more like production and less like art.  Either you are highly technical with your lighting setup, or your know a lot of Photoshop gimmicks and trickery; or perhaps both.  Rarely does anyone do a modeling shoot without an after-thought...

While I mostly focus on the art and human experience of photography, I occasionally reach a snag; I have to stop shooting and dedicate time, money, and energy for some serious technical upgrades, research, housekeeping, and software migration.  While frustrating, time consuming, and expensive, my mind is put at easy, my workflow is smoothed out, efficient, and safe.  Your computer system, today, is an extension of your camera, and cannot...