Last March, I was planning a shoot in New York City. The lockdown hit and it was off. Everything was off. Clients were unavailable, or in my case, potential clients, as well as everyone else needed for a shoot. Makeup artists, stylists, models, hairstylists, assistants, studios, and portfolio review events were all suddenly off-limits. The streets of Manhattan became a ghost … [Read more...]
Street Photography: Where does the street begin and end? Part 1.
Santiago Chile The history of the pathway, the street, and the scenes they often lead to is a storied one. The trail is not so much a physical thing as an ephemeral one, a place in our collective imagination. Picture if you will, the most populated space in your town or city, it's energy, its culture. Picture the roads leading there, the square or congregating spaces. Where … [Read more...]
Life as Semi-Pro Photographers and Our Road to Getting Published
It’s been a long road, a few years and a lot of hard work and effort to break into the publishing world. I was originally turned down twice a few years earlier by the very same press that I have now published seven books with, six of which are co-authored with my wife DeeDee. I took that as a motivator rather than rejection because I believe that rejections are nothing more … [Read more...]
