I had a beautiful morning photographing this family of four, visiting the United States from Hanover, Germany. This was our second family photography session - the last one was actually four years ago, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, when they were merely a gorgeous family of three. This was a particularly fun shoot because I was trying my best to speak German, so I could direct the children - and I actually ended up mostly speaking a blend of Spanish, Ukrainian, and

Photoshop World: A First I'll be heading to Photoshop World in Las Vegas this week, at Mandalay Bay. This will actually be my first time attending, and I'm really looking forward to presenting several courses. Big thanks to Matt Kloskowski and Scott Kelby for the invite. If you're there, please come see me - I'll be presenting the following programs: Creating Better Portraits Through Better Interaction , Wednesday September 4th at 4pm, at The Kelby Training Expo The

Adorama Giveaway and The New Blog! I'm very excited to announce that this brand new spankin' blog is officially LIVE . We've been working on it for months, and I'm quite happy with the clean simplicity of the layout, the ease of access to the rest of the robust website, and the much, much easier means to post to it and keep it current. We plan to live on it a lot more often in the future. To that end, I'd love to hear your thoughts, suggestions and feedback, as we can al

Our Portrait Photographer's Workshop is coming up soon! We love this workshop and have heard truly fantastic feedback from it over the last couple years. This one will take place in Toronto, Canada September 17th and 18th - and we are quite looking forward to seeing everyone and really checking out the city. You can register here. The Portrait Photographer's Workshop includes a rather intense couple days of shooting, business, sales and marketing - and again with the sh

The Toronto Workshop for Portrait Photographers Our Toronto workshop is coming up soon! We love this workshop and have heard truly fantastic feedback from it over the last couple years. This one will take place in Toronto, Canada September 17th and 18th - and we are quite looking forward to seeing everyone and really checking out the city. You can register here for the Toronto workshop. The Portrait Photographer's Workshop includes a rather intense couple days of shoo

I just wrote this post for Photofocus, a popular photography blog that I write for often (can see past posts I've written here). I've had such fun following the Olympics this year, I thought I'd post this to my own blog, too. The Olympics: A spectacle of possibility, of what it takes to compete at the optimal worldwide level – the opportunity to pull in mind, body, spirit and technique for that one crucial moment you’re trained for your whole life. Heady, inspiring stuff.I’

Olympian Portraits I just wrote this post for Photofocus, a popular photography blog that I write for often (can see past posts I've written here). I've had such fun following the Olympics this year, I thought I'd post this to my own blog, too. The Olympics : A spectacle of possibility, of what it takes to compete at the optimal worldwide level – the opportunity to pull in mind, body, spirit and technique for that one crucial moment you’re trained for your whole life. Head

I am thrilled to be heading back to creativeLIVE in Seattle, Washington this July 18th to teach an all-day course on Work. Life. Balance! And then .. what? ... again on July 20th, 21st and 22nd to teach a 3-day course. Let's start with the first course entitled Work. Life. Balance! This is a course I've been preparing for since I started working, really - but certainly, in earnest, after my children came along. The program is completely focused on aligning what you wish to

I am thrilled to be heading back to creativeLIVE in Seattle, Washington this July 18th to teach an all-day course on Work. Life. Balance! And then .. what? ... again on July 20th, 21st and 22nd to teach a 3-day course. Let's start with the first course entitled Work. Life. Balance! This is a course I've been preparing for since I started working, really - but certainly, in earnest, after my children came along. The program is completely focused on aligning what you wish to

I am thrilled to be heading back to creativeLIVE in Seattle, Washington this July 18th to teach an all-day course on Work. Life. Balance! And then .. what? ... again on July 20th, 21st and 22nd to teach a 3-day course. Let's start with the first course entitled Work. Life. Balance! This is a course I've been preparing for since I started working, really - but certainly, in earnest, after my children came along. The program is completely focused on aligning what you wish to

...but sometimes children bring it to a Whole. New. Level.

...but sometimes children bring it to a Whole. New. Level.

http://youtu.be/AKxTvNTmPPE We sit down in New York City with Catherine Hall, editorial and wedding photographer - and the host of TWiT Photo. Catherine shares some outstanding tips and experiences, including a very personal one that really opened her eyes up to the impact of good photography. And listen in to the very end, as she leaves us with possibly one of the best ever quotes from a guest on reDefine. About Catherine Hall: Catherine’s award winning images have been e

reDefine Show with Catherine Hall http://youtu.be/AKxTvNTmPPE We sit down in New York City with Catherine Hall, editorial and wedding photographer - and the host of TWiT Photo. Catherine shares some outstanding tips and experiences, including a very personal one that really opened her eyes up to the impact of good photography. And listen in to the very end, as she leaves us with possibly one of the best ever quotes from a guest on reDefine. About Catherine Hall: Catherine

http://youtu.be/XNV63v-VaHM In this episode of reDefine, we sit down with commercial photographer and video creator, Mark Wallace. He walks us through the pretty fascinating road he took to build his career, including years of producing morality plays, several hospitalizations due to flat-out exhaustion, and all kinds of awesome-to-see hairstyles. And, faced with the flash round, Mark opens up about his favorite gear and his technical pet peeves. About Mark Wallac

reDefine Show with Mark Wallace http://youtu.be/XNV63v-VaHM In this episode of reDefine, we sit down with commercial photographer and video creator, Mark Wallace. He walks us through the pretty fascinating road he took to build his career, including years of producing morality plays, several hospitalizations due to flat-out exhaustion, and all kinds of awesome-to-see hairstyles. And, faced with the flash round, Mark opens up about his favorite gear and his technical pet p

Last month I stood in front of 3,000 people on a Sunday night in Las Vegas, while at WPPI 2012, and delivered a 5-minute talk about The Fascinating Truth About Lying. After giving a number of much longer presentations to even larger groups, you wouldn't think this would have been that difficult. It's just five minutes, right? But it's 5 minutes completely out of your control - the slides move forward every 15 minutes, no matter where you are, and the entire presentation h

The Fascinating Truth About Lying Last month I stood in front of 3,000 people on a Sunday night in Las Vegas, while at WPPI 2012, and delivered a 5-minute talk about The Fascinating Truth About Lying. After giving a number of much longer presentations to even larger groups, you wouldn't think this would have been that difficult. It's just five minutes, right? But it's 5 minutes completely out of your control - the slides move forward every 15 minutes, no matter where you a

In this episode of reDefine, we continue our talk with food and travel photographer, Penny de los Santos as she tells us her three best pieces of advice, including how to get a mentor (even if they don’t really want the job). And, we dig into on-assignment story where seemingly all hope is lost. Check out our TedX Austin mash-up for this cool photography cliffhanger. http://youtu.be/G7GDVKyv760 About Penny de los Santos Penny De Los Santos is an award-winning documentary ph

reDefine Show with Penny de los Santos In this episode of reDefine, we continue our talk with food and travel photographer, Penny de los Santos as she tells us her three best pieces of advice, including how to get a mentor (even if they don’t really want the job). And, we dig into on-assignment story where seemingly all hope is lost. Check out our TedX Austin mash-up for this cool photography cliffhanger. http://youtu.be/G7GDVKyv760 About Penny de los Santos Penny De Los