Can The Right Photo Be No Photo?
We had such a great response from the last post, “What is your Un-Suck Filter” that I thought I would take the discussion over to ProPhotoCoalition.com and let others join in. So if you are interested in some ways to photograph people different than ourselves then by all means visit this link and give me [...]
What is your Un-Suck Filter?
Un-suckfilters, everybody has one. Oh sure, you might not want to admit it, but you have one. Everyone does. Back and white conversion or for the more creative duo-toned conversion has got to be the number one un-suck filter. We have all be tempted, but we must resist the evil that is known as duo-tone [...]
Color and Beauty
Today is a crazy day for me. I have so much going on today that I have not even able to go to the last part of Thaipusam. I still hold out hope that I’ll be able to make it later. But other things are demanding my attention. In fact, I won’t even be able [...]
Thaipusam ’11, Day 2
Thanks for all the positive feedback yesterday. Thaipusam is a festival, a party, as well as a pilgrimage by foot. To me, today seemed to be about movement. As photographers human beings we get caught in patterns, ruts and favorites all the time. I am no different. But, this doesn’t have to be a bad [...]
Thaipusam 2011 Day 1
You might remember a couple years back I posted images from the Hindu celebration of Thaipusam that takes place here in Penang. Last year I was in Iraq and not able to cover it. But this year I am home with camera in hand. To get the full story on Thaipusam watch and read THIS [...]
ProPhoto Coalition
I am tickled pink to announce that I have been asked to write for the ProPhoto Coalition website. PPC and it’s big sister ProVideo Coalition are websites that cater to pro and serious photographers/videographers with news, tips, how-tos, gear reviews and more. ProVideo Coalition has been around for a while and has a proven track [...]
Welcome Tissot
Just before Christmas I posted my Christmas wish list. On it I listed the Tissot T-Touch and commented that I felt this watch would make a perfect timepiece for a traveling photographer like myself. I mentioned how it could be incredibly helpful for trips like I do, where I find myself at high altitudes or [...]
When spending money gets out of focus
Last month I led two Introduction to Photography courses and one of the things I saw repeated in each course is that the beginners don’t want a lot. They are not asking to be the next Ansel Adams or Steve McCurry. But the one thing almost all of them do want is a simple portrait [...]
Depth of Field: Bambi Cantrell
There are interviews I do that are really informative and then there are those that are just plan fun. Then on rare occasions there are times I spend with a photographer in an interview that are both really fun and informative. My time with Bambi Cantrell was one of those, fun and informative interviews. She [...]
The Yellow City
Sometimes, you find an object or a place that screams to be photographed. Gavin Gough has his rainbow umbrella that he can’t stop from shooting. It happened to me on my recent trip to Vietnam. I got mesmerized, hypnotized maybe even seduced by the yellow city of Hoi An. Dorothy had her Emerald City and [...]
New Angkor Wat, Cambodia Workshop
Just quick FYI about a new workshop opportunity. Karl Grobl, one of the most prolific humanitarian photographers out there, has put together what has been called by one tweeter a “dream team” led workshop. I don’t know about it being a “dream team” but there are some very talented photographers converging at Angkor Wat in July [...]
Wallpaper January 2011
Happy New Year! May you travel to all the wonderful places you dream of and take many moving photographs while you are there. May you see the world and all it’s cultures as wonderful adventures waiting to happen. Here is my January 2011 wallpaper for you. A simple yellow wall from the city [...]
Hanoi, Vietnam
To view the EXIF data and a larger version, just click on the image. Hanoi is quite a fascinating city. It reminds me a lot of Old Delhi in many ways–the crowded narrow streets, the mix of cultures both old and new. Suffice it to say, I like it here. The people are not super [...]
I shoot for mostly NGOs and nonprofits. I photograph images of the unknown, the forgotten and the helpless. These are often the stories that most people overlook. 
