by Rick | Dec 3, 2013 | Blog
As much as I love my cameras and have deep, emotional attachments to them that borders on the obsessive, they do not reciprocate with warm, fuzzy feelings; they are rather emotionless and cold since, after all, they are just machines. That’s probably a good thing for...
by Rick | Nov 29, 2013 | Blog
The photography instructor stuck wads of one dollar bills in his pockets; 500 hundred to be exact. He set the camera on a tripod and began photographing a model. Each time he clicked the shutter, he threw a dollar bill on the floor. Click; another dollar on the...
by Rick | Aug 30, 2013 | Blog
When I owned a photography business, summer was full of photographing high school seniors. My favorite part of the process was when they stopped in the studio to look at their proofs. I believed that everyone who came in my studio was beautiful and my job was to use...
by Rick | Jul 30, 2013 | Blog
It is not what you hold in your hand that takes a great photograph; it’s what you hold in your heart. – anonymous I admit it: I kind of have a thing for my camera. My camera has had its feelings hurt lately because I’ve been neglectful in our relationship even to the...
by Rick | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog
I often grab my camera and head out the door with a belief that something outside is calling me to capture its beauty. Beauty is not usually bashful, but sometimes plays hide-and-seek hoping I’ll have the determination to find it. I see things differently when I...
