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2016: Year in photos (And a big announcement)

So one of the things I discovered in 2016 is that working in marketing for a camera company, while an awesome and fun experience, actually leaves much less time for photography than I thought. The other thing I found out was that it is incredibly hard to maintain multiple social media identities – something I … Continue reading “2016: Year in photos (And a big announcement)”

Three tips, better shot: Jewelry and “El Bokeh Wall”

While I can’t take credit for the genesis of this technique (shoutout to Laya Gerlock and his “El Bokeh Wall” writeup in PetaPixel) I did take it and apply it to an engagement ring and took the whole thing out of the studio. The basic thrust of the technique here is that by using a … Continue reading “Three tips, better shot: Jewelry and “El Bokeh Wall””

I've worked as a multimedia journalist (that's pictures, video and words) at newspapers in Florida and upstate New York, I've got a master's degree in photography from Syracuse University, I've taught multimedia journalism at Stony Brook University for almost 6 years, and was a technical specialist at Canon USA.

I've used (and at one point or another, owned) everything from point-and-shoot cameras to full-frame DSLR and mirrorless cameras from Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Olympus, Sony and Fujifilm. I know my way around them all pretty well as that was what I was paid to do (and enjoyed).

That said, if I'm ever dispensing advice about medium format photography, film photography, or life, I'm probably wrong and/or lying. But you can believe all the other things I say about digital photography.