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  • A Fever of the Mind.

    In any profession there are bizarre questions people will ask you, probably ones you don't know how to answer out of sheer "wtf?" As a photographer aside from the "you must have a really good camera to take such good pic…

  • Moon prism power!

    I've gotten a lot of questions and request for a tutorial on creating the Sailor Moon-esque, light painting composites I've been into lately. So, here's a quick (albeit sloppy) tutorial! I drew this up in about 20 minu…

  • Lay it on me, baby!

    Whenever post processing, there is one tool you should never overlook: layers. The use of layers in your image allows you to alter the entire image with room for error--you can always go back and delete or edit one--or…

  • I am not a photographer.

    Note: I DID NOT write this. I found this on threequestionmarks.com and thought it was brilliant enough to share. Continue. "Photographers carry around big cameras, big lights, big flash contraptions and little meters,…

  • What are you doing?

    “That's so weird - in the thumbnail everything looks tinier. Uh, I mean, like, the rib shadows are darker, making the ribs look more exposed, etc.” As a digital photographer, I have an immense appreciation for the acc…

  • And who the fuck are you?

    Photography deviates so much from its art predecessors. Unlike sculpture, paint, and other art forms predating the photograph, artists and their audiences often chose familiarity over realism, and in the case of portra…

  • Real Women Use Curves.

    Whether you do it in a darkroom or Photoshop, post-processing is a definite part of creating photos, and hell, if you're going to edit your picture, you might as well get it as perfect and close to the image in your hea…

  • Painting with light.

    It'd be impossible to write about *good* and *bad* photography. I'd like to (since my tastes and observations are the best, hands down), but instead of granting you artistic enlightenment, I'd like to kick in the gnad…

  • Vision.

    Everything's photographic today. My handwriting's almost legible. People pass in windows, behind me, reflections before me, my own obscured by an empty barstool, backlit by an equally empty kitchen, housing abandon…

  • What we see is what we are.

    "People say they live for photography, but you should photograph because it fills you with life." - Henri Cartier-Bresson There's an interesting relationship between one's eye and one's camera. The stream of, "Wow, y…