Creative: Swatch Kits Are Back

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You asked for it. We delivered. The beloved swatch kits are back. Different from the last offering, but better in some ways. Remember something, a swatch kit is a starting point. It’s not meant to save you or give you …

Creative: Tohru in der Schreiberei

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Don’t have the foggiest idea what this means. It’s clearly Sanskrit. Too lazy to look it up, but I have a physical copy, so at some point I’ll know. I’ll keep it to myself and let it marinate. I’m that …

Creative: Can I?

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Can I make something interesting? I normally photograph people, so instead I decided to drive to a dying lake in the middle of winter and see if I could make something interesting. It didn’t matter that it was t-shirt weather, …

Creative: Blurb Swatch Kits are Back

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Good things come to those who wait. Blurb swatch kits are back. The timing could NOT be better. A swatch kit isn’t a miracle in paper form. A swatch kit is a starting point, but yesterday I had something happen …

Creative: Jamaica Journal

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Vacation is awesome. People think I take vacations all the time. I’m on the road a lot. People who don’t travel think I must be on vacation. Why else would you travel? But most of my trips are work trips. …

Creative: Wanna Sell? Think Subculture

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I’m not saying I have something in the works. Who me? Most of what I do now is muddled, half-finished, testing samples of some sort or another. There is no time for a full-on project. However, I work with A …

Creative: The Octopus

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I’ve spoken a lot about the differences between the online photography community and the traditional industry side of photography. I come from the industry side, so perhaps I’m biased, but I wanted to share a recent experience, and also share …

Creative: Iteration

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IT-ER-A-TION noun Silly sketches done while waiting for a call to start. Zoom time, as I call it. Those few minutes before when you need to focus on what the call it about. I like pressure. I like being asked …

Creative: Cover Me, I’m Going In

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Yes, this is a mess. There was no summer solstice, and I lost count of how many things I don’t like about this spread, but that’s not the point. The point is, I’m making digital sketches in an attempt to …

Creative: Finish

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Lots of dabblers out there. Folks who love to talk photography, buy books, attend shows, and submerge themselves in all things photographic, but never seem to finish what they are working on. Everything I mention is good, except for the …

Creative: RAW PHOTO FESTIVAL

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Any reason to return to Menorca is a good reason. Yes, I said “Menorca,” not “Mallorca,” thank you very much, Americans who don’t know their geography. How many times have I had to correct my fellow Americanos in the dark …