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Background Players
August 05, 2022 -
I have noted, several times in previous articles, that photographing people at work is a satisfying endeavor and the res...
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Keeping Your Distance
December 27, 2020 -
In this time of pandemic, with its new challenges and expectations, there are stories to tell not just about keeping our...
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Reflecting gnitcelfeR
November 01, 2020 -
Reflections are one way of seeing things differently, and when someone sees something differently, they want to see more...
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Capturing A Bumblebee
August 05, 2020 -
My recent article A Lot In A Little presented the wide range of images I captured during a single air-to-air mission. In...
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Framed
July 14, 2020 -
I am, as I write this, deep into producing a photo essay for a trade magazine about firefighting helicopters in Arizona.
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A Lot In A Little
June 24, 2020 -
When you are "burning dinosaur bones," as Chris Cornell put it, efficiency is important. The direct operating costs of a...
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Making a Masterpiece
December 07, 2019 -
A short story that illustrates how thinking ahead and showing your work can help you and your client when the time is su...
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Showing Less to Engage More
November 19, 2019 -
When a photographer presses the shutter release, they are making myriad decisions how to capture the scene before them....
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Looking Forward To It
October 14, 2019 -
Beginning last year (which would make it 2018), I have been photographing from inside helicopters looking forward throug...
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Putting the Muse in Museum
March 29, 2019 -
Whether for business or pleasure, museums and other densely packed collections of aircraft present not only a target-ric...
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Slow Shooter
January 30, 2019 -
Aviation is inherently moving. The machines, the people, even the backgrounds, seem destined to be seen in motion. Effec...
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The People Manning the Unmanned Vehicles
August 14, 2018 -
Except for very specialized vehicles and missions, unmanned means only that a man, or woman, is not on board, and a phot...
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We Can Fly Because They Care
July 31, 2018 -
Recently I put the spotlight on the airborne crewmembers not operating the aircraft. This time I take a look at ground c...
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Blurring For Focus
August 21, 2017 -
One of the opportunities I often take advantage of when photographing helicopters is to compose them against a backgroun...
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Going Wide
July 18, 2017 -
Photographers have a plethora of tools they can bring to bear in creating images to support their clients. A photographe...
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All Spun Up and No Place to Go
March 03, 2017 -
In this follow-up to my most recent article — about getting good images of a flying aircraft when you and your camera ar...
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Focus, Focus, Where's the Focus?
December 09, 2016 -
When photographing for a story in a major magazine I use many approaches in my compositions and camera settings. Here I'...
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The Hands Have It
October 11, 2016 -
People are, as I've written before, one of my favorite subjects to photograph. Especially when they are at their work, t...
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The Eyes ARE the Focus
October 04, 2016 -
I was photographing equipment and soldiers on Fort Hood, Texas, when I came upon a crew working on the rotor blades of a...
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Speaking Up for Bespoke Photography
December 15, 2015 -
Or, Why Pay For a Custom Photo Shoot? You might consider the following nothing but self-serving blather from a professi...
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Art versus Commerce
October 22, 2015 -
It's a balancing act. Art with a capital "A" is created for the pleasure of the artist. Marketing is created to further...
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