Whenever I visit Florida, I always try to go to the beach to photograph the sunrise. Some of my favorite pictures are sunrise beach shots. I was in Florida for two days last week, and so I went down to the beach both days to shoot the sunrise. Alas, the clouds did not cooperate with …
I’ve had an on-again, off-again project for the last few years, photographing flowers on pure black backgrounds. I always liked the look, thinking that nice, saturated color photos of flowers made a wonderful contrast to the black backgrounds. Recently, I added this shot to the collection: I took this shot for 52 Frames (the theme for …
 Jeff Harmon, the man behind the Photo Taco podcast, advocates doing an annual review of your photography, which includes picking out your favorite 10 photos of the year.  He recommends that all photographers do it, as a guide to how you are progressing in the craft and, for the past several years, I’ve been following …
Autumn happens to be my favorite season of the year and every year, I like to go out and capture as much of nature’s grand color show as possible. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, I really didn’t get a chance to shoot a lot of fall foliage this year, but I decided to reminisce a …
This past weekend, I had some free time, so I decided to try something I haven’t done in a few years — waterdrop refraction photos. Waterdrop Refractions? What Are Those? I’m glad you asked! 🙂 Waterdrop refracton photos are photos of waterdrops where the waterdrop itself acts a lens to the image behind it. This …
Waterdrop Refraction Photos… They’re Mostly Not Hard To Do. Read More »
I was fortunate enough to get to spend last week in Florida, visiting my Dad. Of course, when I went, I took along my camera gear to do some photography as well. I ended up with a number of nice sunrise shots. Who Wants To Get Up Really Early When They’re On Vacation? Not me, …
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A few years back, I heard Jeff Harmon, the man behind the Photo Taco podcast, mention how every January he goes back and reviews his photos from the previous year and selects the ten best photos. He recommends that all photographers do it, as a guide to how you are progressing in the craft and, for the …
If you’re here, you’re probably aware of my photography and are enjoying my images. But there is far more to me than just my pictures. So, I thought I give you a little info about who I am and my life – if only to show that there is a real human being behind these …
So, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Yes, I haven’t updated this site since August. It’s been an… interesting few months. While there is some photography in this post from the past few months, there has been quite a bit of non-photography stuff as well. Some of that stuff has actually prevented me from …
So, Where’d You Shoot This Month? This month, I did a few shoots here in Brooklyn and on Long Island. I made two attempts to capture the comet NEOWISE, but failed both times due to cloudy conditions. But even though I didn’t get an image of the comet, I did come away with an unexpected …
New Photos, July 2020 — And an Important Lesson Learned Read More »
