Saturday, June 07, 2025

Hanging out with famous people. Orbiting, not in the orbit.

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  Over the course of my career I've gotten close access to a number of "famous" people. I was asked by Andy Roddick to photogr...

I met Jana when I was working on the LED book. It was all the way back in 2010.

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I met Jana online. It was through a casting call. I didn't know if we would be a good fit to work together and I'm sure she felt the...
Friday, June 06, 2025

It's Friday Afternoon. At the end of most days I select a few images I've made over the years to spend a few minutes with. And I remember that the hardest part of making portraits is the part where you get started. Where you have to make the effort to create.

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  Amy. There are some people who have been blessed with faces that conform to cultural ideas of beauty and proportion. And there are some pe...
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Thursday, June 05, 2025

Portrait made with a mix of window light and continuous lighting instruments.

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taking time to revisit lighting. It's so much more fun for me than just depending on existing light.   
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The week got a lot better at 8 a.m. this morning!!!

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  My dermatologist gave me the thumbs up to get back to the pool. My favorite neurosurgeon who swims in the next lane over concurred. I stuc...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2025

If there is drip irrigation is there also drip irritation? While I ponder that I'm writing to let you know how my embrace of the TTArtisan 75mm lens is coming along...

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  Here we are on yet another Wednesday! Yesterday I had lunch at Maudie's Mexican Food restaurant over on Lake Austin Blvd. The occasion...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Looks like Summer will be rougher than I thought. Surgical procedure to remove spot of cancer on face not 100% successful. Next step is Mohs surgery. So much time out of the water. Need to buy an M11 to amuse myself during the downtime.

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 Some photos. All done with different cameras. None done with mannequins. All done with real people.  Vrooom.  Drinking coffee and photograp...
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