How to handle client negotiations
The Slam Dunk A Slam Dunk in business is when you exceed the client's expectations. I have made a mistake many times throughout my career of not doing a great job of managing those expectations.…
Category: Nikon D3
Still Photographers – Showstoppers
Nikon D750, Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM Art, ISO 2200, ƒ/4, 1/80 When you go and experience the Theatre, you see the story's sequencing into moments. Within each scene, there is build to a…
Some of my favorite Sports photos
Nikon D100, Nikon 24-120mm ƒ/3.5-5.6, ISO 400, ƒ/6.7, 1/180 Georgia Tech’s #2 Isma’il Muhammad slams one early over NC State’s #14 Engin Atsur during play at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia, February 13, 2005.…
I am in the People Business
Nikon D750, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, ISO 1400, ƒ/5.6, 1/100 McDonald's Most people don’t realize it, but McDonald’s is not a burger-flipping restaurant chain; it is one of the world’s best real…
What photojournalism has taught me
Nikon D750, Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM Art Lens, ISO 400, ƒ/11, 1/250 Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that…
Expression is often the key element to great photos
Nikon D4, Sigma 120-300mm ƒ/2.8 DG OS HSM | S, Sigma TC-2001 2x, ISO 12800, ƒ/5.6, 1/1250 Key elements of the sports photo often include the ball and the competition. Here you can see…
Getting Good Skin Tones Shooting Basketball
Nikon D3, Sigma 120-300 mm f/2.8 DG EX APO IF HSM, ISO 400, ƒ/7.1, 1/200 Using strobes is the best way to shoot the basketball and get the best skin tones. I have four…
How a faith impacts the work of photographers
Nikon D3, Nikon 24-120mm ƒ/3.5-5.6, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/100 My faith has a lot to do with who I am. People often ask me what it means to be a “Christian Photographer?” There is an…
Photographing The Citadel’s Ring Day Weekend
Nikon D3, Sigma 120-300 mm f/2.8 DG EX APO IF HSM, ISO 6400, ƒ/3.5, 1/100 The Citadel Ring Day Weekend This weekend is the time the seniors at The Citadel get their rings. Most cadets…
Are you a photojournalist who finds yourself suffering from depression?
Nikon D3, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO OS HSM, ISO 1000, ƒ/8, 1/160 Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see the truth.– Nikos Kazantzakis These are a few sentences…
Great Photography Implores Yin-Yang of …
Photography requires one to understand yin-yang. Wikipedia definition of Yin-Yang In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also, yin-yang or yin yang) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in…
Sometimes I can’t give my work away. Guess what? That is a good thing.
Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 5000, ƒ/2.8, 1/100 A couple of my close friends have just gotten engaged. While I do not promote myself as a wedding photographer, I will do them for close friends.…