Texas commercial photographer Kirk Tuck’s The Visual Science Lab is one of the better snap-salesman-waxes-philosophical blogs, usually well worth a read. Last month, though, he posted a screed that perpetuates a beloved but, I think, wholly bogus myth: that photography is a kind of athletic knack, and that you’ll get better at it if you [...]

I’ve been blogging about photography for… oh, it must be months now… and I’m still not rich, famous or popular. What could possibly be wrong? I’ve got it — not enough lighting diagrams! Well, I’m going to fix that right now. The other day, during a little performance in the atrium of an art museum [...]

Just about every photo-blog (except this one) will tell you that if you really want to improve your photography, don’t spend more money on gear — spend it on a workshop. But then, just about every photo-blogger (except me) is touting his own and his pals’ workshops — not to mention ebooks, DVDs, speeches, photo [...]

I don’t want to turn into what photoblogoplugopalyst David Hobby likes to call a “lighting photographer” — but it seems that in most of the photography I’ve done lately, the main challenge has been how to light it. What’s quickly becoming my go-to setup for situations in which I don’t really know what I’ll be [...]

It was September, and there I was again: surrounded by fabulous bods, bare shoulders, designer jeans, spike-heeled pumps, and, yes, a beer wagon. Where I live, there’s only one place you see this: the outdoor runway show that climaxes Fashion Week. [gallery] I’m anything but fashionable myself — but I’m fascinated by this annual gathering [...]

Nobody cares about details, either, so I’ll keep this general: This past week I’ve been photographing a community event. I’ll be posting the images on a website so the participants can see them. Because I’m a bit picky about this sort of thing, I’m still facing many tedious hours of editing, cropping, straightening, exposure-balancing, and [...]