I got a note from a client, now friend, today – saying that her daughter brought in a photograph I took of her (when she was six months old) for her “Write, Show, Read” day at school. She signed the note, “Your work lives on!” Here’s their snapshot of the photo: And, adorably, her 7 […]
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When I photographed the wedding of Kim and Angelo, which was profiled in Essence, I remember thinking that it was probably one of the best parties most had been to – it was big and it was beautifully stylish, everyone was in a great mood, and it went late, late, late, so fun, late. And it […]
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Professional Photographer Magazine A big thank you to Professional Photographer Magazine, the beautiful glossy publication of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), for featuring me, my professional photography, and my “work-life” work (something very significant in my own life and work) in this beautiful, 5-page spread in their November, 2012 issue. If you’re not already a […]
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There are a ridiculous amount of things to be thankful for daily. The trick, of course, is not in finding what you’re thankful for; it’s in actually recognizing how much we already have. That’s one of the more powerful things about photography, as it is all about seeing what we have – and, more importantly, […]
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It is said we should not look back too often, so as to avoid sinking too much of our todays in the events of our yesterdays. I even read a very recent post that broke that down more specifically, surmising that a healthy view of life is only 5% looking back, 25% looking forward, and […]
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I am here in New York City, delivering presentations at PDN’s Photo Plus Expo and Photographer’s Ignite, hosted by creativeLIVE. I walked into the cavernous Javits Center and found one of my portraits hanging giganta-size at the opening registration at the Photo Plus Expo. It truly was an honor to see it – and of […]
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The request was to photograph their youngest child, the youngest of four, before his first haircut – before these striking, Botticelli curls went away. I was able to get quite a lot of portraits of this dapper young boy, and of the rest of their family, but just a quick preview for now… * […]
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The Posing Playbook… for Kids Who Don’t Do Posing I am quite excited, relieved, fulfilled, and all kinds of other positive words, to announce the very quite official launch of our new Posing Playbook … for Kids Who Don’t Do Posing. You can download your copy here! We have been developing this informative guide […]
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Animoto and Tamara’s New Series I had the chance to team up with the video creation company Animoto recently. I met up with them in New York, and we made a series of videos about … well, making a series of videos. Like a box in a box. They are entitled The Busy Parents’ Guide […]
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I had a beautiful morning photographing this family of four, visiting the United States from Hanover, Germany. This was our second family photography session – the last one was actually four years ago, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, when they were merely a gorgeous family of three. This was a particularly fun shoot […]
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