2014 Boston Marathon My studio manager, Sarah, and I were able to watch the live stream of the Boston Marathon yesterday at lunch, on an iPhone, while I was between portrait shoots – and we were absolutely glued to the tiny screen. It was incredible to watch such incredible athletes run so fast, so powerfully. […]
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Photography Contests A huge congratulations to all who entered the Best Emerging Photographer Photography Contest, hosted by Nations Photo Lab and myself. We have named our winners!! There was a great deal of talent and inspiration in this gallery, with over a thousand entries – we truly enjoyed viewing all your creative work. A big […]
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Nikon Behind The Scenes I feel very fortunate to have been included in the new Nikon Behind The Scenes web series with colleagues, and friends, Joe McNally, who is also my AdoramaTV co-host, (in addition to being a legendary commercial photographer), and the uber-talented Adventure Photographer Corey Rich. The Nikon Behind the Scenes video series […]
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I was ridiculously shocked to hear my name called out at the 2014 WPPI Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas, as the winner of the WPPI Adorama Inspire Award. The ceremony had just started – I swear we were five minutes into it – and Jerry Ghionis, who was hosting the ceremony, introduced Jeffrey Snyder as […]
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WPPI 2014 & Animoto Pro Giveaway I had to check my journals to confirm that the first year I went to WPPI in Las Vegas was, in fact, in Spring of 2005. That vaguely struck me as a while ago, until I used all the fingers on both my hands to realize that this year, […]
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Mom’s Night Out – Taking Better Pictures Nikon’s famed Nikon School is bringing their wonderful new program Mom’s Night Out to Raleigh, North Carolina this March 13th, 2014. This program is intended for moms on the go who are interested in taking better pictures and need a night out. That being said, the last time […]
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Talks At Google I was recently invited to the fabulous, futuristic Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California to present a program on photography. This was part of their rather awesome Talks At Google series, so I felt ridiculously honored – and not just a wee bit (okay, a lot bit) nervous. Before the talk even […]
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Shopping Spree Giveaway GIVE!!! The NPL Holiday Shopping Spree Giveaway -> Want to give $500 of photography to someone, or some organization, you know deserves it??? (Will have to act quickly: this Contest ends December 16th & the winner is chosen December 17th!) What person/family/cause that you love deserves a Nations Photo Lab shopping spree […]
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Finding Joy There’s a lot of emphasis on finding joy right now, especially as this time of year bursts onto the scene. The holidays are coming up, and we know this because holiday decorations have been up since September. I actually saw a full-on Christmas tree go up in a retail store well before the […]
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Model Search! We are currently conducting a model search, seeking the following individuals for a series of upcoming commercial behind-the-scenes web shows for Nikon that we will be shooting in Durham, North Carolina: 1 6-8 year old boy or girl 1 4-8 year old girl or boy who either has a puppy, or young dog, […]
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PDN’s Photo Plus Expo This week I will be speaking at PDN’s Photo Plus Expo at Javits Convention Center in New York City. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at this particular convention a few times now, and it’s a rather massive one. Anywhere from 24,000 – 40,000 photographers will attend over the course of […]
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Mom’s Night Out Nikon’s famed Nikon School (aptly named, eh?) is offering a brand new program: Mom’s Night Out, intended for moms on the go who love photography and need a night out. I personally think that all moms need a night out, across the board, so if you love photography, too, this is a […]
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Speaking with a Photoshop Legend In this episode of reDefine, I speak with Dave Cross, Photoshop Hall of Famer. He’s also taught photoshop longer than nearly anyone on the planet, and he shares insight into the software’s surprising roots and explains why practicing photoshop photography will take your work to the next level. As always, […]
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$100 Gift Card Giveaway from Adorama If you’ve read any of my posts on gear, like this one about why I switched from Canon To Nikon, you’ve heard me say that I truly don’t believe great photography is about the latest and greatest gear. I think it’s about the way we each uniquely see the world, […]
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On Bali, Snuggly Chickens, and the Creative Entrepreneur There’s been just over a month between my last post and this one. In that time, a great deal has happened. Happily, my family and I traveled from California, where I filmed back-to-back programs for creativeLIVE (more on that very soon), to Bali (more on that here, […]
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