Documenting America’s Decline Circa 2022

Waking up to the NY Times headline, Supreme Court Ruling Overturns Roe v. Wade After Nearly 50 Years, I saw how a divided America is moving backwards by taking away women's rights and maybe losing the last vestiges of the dream of being the greatest. Because right now, we're not. Not even close. Come on....

Gimme Something Real

I wonder if social media isn't actually a menace to both photography and society. Right now, there are so many people addicted to their devices, and the research shows that the LIKE button makes many people feel more inadequate than good. The constant barrage of content ends up making people depressed as they find themselves...

Always the Rolleiflex for an Introduction

I've used a lot of different cameras and of them all, I'd say the Rolleiflex is the one that helps me meet the most people. This trio of photos tells a story. This is Juneau, the dog I was taking care of for three days last week. This is the owner of a cafe in...

Backyard Families: A Photography Project

I’ve found backyard parties a quite magical place where families come together and are most able to be themselves. Working as a photojournalist, I have been documenting backyard parties for years and continue to add to the Backyard Families photography series collection, whether it’s a dinner party, a photograph of three generations of a family...

I Didn’t Get To See Ethan Hawke

I heard Joel Meyerowitz had photographed Ethan Hawke for the current edition of T Magazine, a glossy, high-quality style magazine inserted in the Sunday New York Times newspaper. I like Joel and I like Ethan and so I was looking forward to seeing the photographs. But unfortunately, it wasn't a photograph of Ethan, it was...

I Will Be Known For My Photography Work, Not My Ability To Stroke Google’s Algorithm

I was talking to a friend who's a marketing professional who said I need to spread my photographer site links more. Create pingbacks. Also, I need to get my work listed in directories of photographers. And I need to boost my SEO. And make frequent posts to my Google business page. Plus get Google reviews....

Taking a Leica M3 Everywhere for 30 Days

I switch out a lot between many cameras in different formats. I enjoy working with large format view cameras as well as the miniature format (as it was originally called)--35mm. And my favorite camera is my Rolleiflex. But for the next 30 days I'm carrying a Leica M3 with a 50mm rigid Summicron with me...

Photographing the ‘Schmaltzy & Princie’ Hollywood Fringe Festival Poster

I was working with the writer and actor (and my partner) MaryLee Herrmann on making her poster photo for the Hollywood Fringe Festival where she will be presenting her solo show she wrote, Schmaltzy & Princie: Diary of a Not-So-Great Daddy's Girl, and will perform in June of this year. Tickets and show information available...

Fashion on Pearl (Out on the Pedestrian Mall in Boulder Colorado)

I mentioned in a recent post that some fashion trends may end which will make photos of the current day's fashion valuable in the future. Photos that by themselves are boring today since we can see them out the window. Here are some of the fashion trends I found in my photo walk this weekend....

Proficiency is Common. Authorship, Not So Much.

I'm sitting on a Saturday night at my favorite pub to write. I am listening to a cover band playing Van Morrison, J.J. Cale, the Rolling Stones, R.E.M., and Led Zeppelin. And the guitar player is killer good--he's playing the songs note for note. Perfect. Just like the record. To which I think, "But why?...