The challenge for the week is "Shoot from Below".
I haven't been doing well with my idea for storytelling - taking models' lives and adding text to photos in the style of Paul Morris.
In fact, I haven't really shot any models so far this year.
I've done two self portraits and some street photography.
Not. My. Best. Effort. Read More…

This week's challenge is "Scene from a Movie". It's less about recreating an actual movie scene and more about using colors and color grading to create that cinematic effect.
The problem for me is that I usually shoot nude boys in front of black backgrounds.
Not. Very. Cinematic.
So this week I'm going to have to stop out of my comfort zone, which is literally my condo which I never leave, and get out into the world looking for cinema-worthy scenes to snap up.
I actually don't know whether it's anxiety or sloth that keeps me from doing this more often.
I generally have a good time when I do it; but I so rarely do it. Read More…

I spent all of 2023 doing the 52Frames challenges in black and white. My own little "extra" challenge to the main challenge.
I was so happy to get into color as we began 2024, and now in the third week of challenges: Black and White.
OK, I can do this. Read More…

One week of the new year, and already they're asking me to do something new.
Specifically, a "technique".
I've been photographing regularly for 9 years, week after week, sometimes day after day, have I done it all?
What technique haven't I tried? More to the point, what exactly is a photographic technique. Read More…

After 3 years of doing 365 Daily Challenges and 5 years or doing 52Frames weekly challenges, it's a new year and another decision to make.
What will I do in 2024?
My partner, Brad, has asked me more than once to put together a project of my own: something united by a theme, that speaks to politics or social issues or some such.
I like the idea, I just don't know what I want to say.
I mostly like photography for the beauty it can capture. I like the way I see the world and I like how photography shares that with others. I like seeing men in their underwear and less.
And then it hit me: Read More…