Create Your Own Heroes
Want to create your own heroes series? Here's how! I receive a lot of questions about my photoshop technique. The best way to explain important technique is to use ...
Bonsai and Blackberry
Photographed for an advertisement about bringing the world to mobile phone browsers, this still life image of the Bonsai Tree and Blackberry may look a little complicated, so let's break it down and show some video of ...
The Doorway
One of my jobs this week was to work with Justin Current on a calendar project. I enjoy working with Justin and very much like this type of shoot. My goals were to show his versatility as a model and ...
Fighter Drinks G2
I was recently enrolled to work on an advertising campaign for a soft drink company. Ronnie drinks G2. We created this wicked haircut by enlisting the owner of my favorite ...
Video Game Reality
In 2009, I set out to create some images that were more photo-art than traditional photography. After spending years striving to capture reality in the most exciting and true-to-source ways, ...
Latest Blog Posts
The Move to a BlogThere's going to be a new blog section to the website - it's called "The Move." Yes, I'm moving - not just to a blog, but to a new part of the country. I am headed 1500 miles north to the Great Pacific Northwest - going to Seattle. I have been considering a move - this move - for about 3 years. It's always tough to decide what is best for my family, so it's taken a lot of deliberation, long conversations with my wife and countless hours searching the internet. I... READ MORE... Saturday, 4 September 2010 |
Sharpening for clean edges I often hear comments about the sharpness of my work, and photographers are constantly asking me how I get everything so crisp in all of my photographs. The careful process of creating tack-sharp images starts in front of the lens and finishes with the conversion to JPG or printing. I do not use filters on my lenses except for the Polarizer as needed, and turn to my sharp prime Nikon lenses first. I also shoot in the f/8-f/11 range whenever I can, and always use my heavy t... READ MORE... Friday, 27 August 2010 |
Video Game Reality In 2009, I set out to create some images that were more photo-art than traditional photography. After spending years striving to capture reality in the most exciting and true-to-source ways, I decided to break out into the world of "photo-art" as many traditional photographers call it. My first step into this realm of artistic endeavor was to create an image that I had in mind for years. In the 90's, I fell in love with the Tomb Raider games and always wanted to create an ima... READ MORE... Saturday, 21 August 2010 |
Glam to Grunge in under a minute Ever wonder how much time it takes to create the grungie, high-contrast images that Dave Hill pioneered? Would you be surprised to learn that you can create the effect in under a minute? This 5-minute tutorial is designed to show you how to create this effect and get you on your way to perfecting your own technique and creating your own style. I started with this simple image of model Andreyha - We did an 80's rocker chick themed shoot when she was just starting o... READ MORE... Friday, 20 August 2010 |
Create Your Own Heroes Want to create your own heroes series? Here's how! I receive a lot of questions about my Photoshop technique. The best way to explain important technique is to use an example image and show what I did to create it icon a video. This image of Justin Current is going to be used for his 2011 calendar. The subject image was shot in-studio with a single overhead octabox. I used my 7' octabox suspended directly over him with hi... READ MORE... Thursday, 19 August 2010 |
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