Landscape vs Glamour Photography
I will admit, I've sorta missed the model and glamour work I used to do. I mean, what healthy male wouldn't want to be in the company of beautiful young…
My early work
I shot this image sometime in 1976 or so. Desiree, a friend from high school. She found it a few years ago and scanned it, sending it to me via…
Marissa in the old studio. Notice the way her legs are reflected in the border? Doesn't happen in Apps, people... (click to kinda enlarge)
Sloppy borders
I see them on Instagram, on Flikr, and on Facebook. You’re not fooling me. I know, because I’ve used sloppy borders since 1989. Real ones, not overlays generated by an…
Head shot special
To celebrate getting a studio space opened up - I'm running a head shot special Feb 25th through March 2nd. More info here:
Model Search in Progress
You might have noticed it on the home page, the menu item "Models"... here is where I lay it all out for potential models who want to work with me…
Chloë Schama Reviews Ashley Mears’s “Pricing Beauty” | The New Republic
The greater supply of models has prompted a contraction in rates—even for high-end work—to shockingly low levels. The average magazine shoot, for example, pays about $100 a day. For appearing…
Ashley Mears’ “Pricing Beauty”: What a sociologist learned by moonlighting as a fashion model.
The title of Mears' book, Pricing Beauty, refers to her scholarly efforts to understand who or what determines a given model's chances of success in a field glutted with gorgeous…
16 x 20 is the new 11×14
Yeah - that's right. I usually make 11x14s as my biggest display print, but after uncovering some saved art paper in 16x20 size, it's time to get back to printing…
Model search… and bozos
There’s an old country saying which goes something like this… “Some people insist on pissing in the water they’re drinking from…”I am referring to some other “photographers” in this town…