Photographing Meb Keflezighi I’ve had the good fortune of photographing Boston Marathon Winner Meb Keflezighi twice now – and both times I was struck by how kind, unassuming and down-to-earth he is. Also very fast for very many miles. If you’re not familiar with Meb Keflezighi, he has not only won this prestigious race but […]
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Photographing London Three weeks ago, my family and I set out on a bit of a trip – a bit of work, a bit of play, a lot of exploring and a whole lot of photography; London was our first stop. There’s also Ethiopia, Italy, Switzerland and more – but we started out with the […]
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Nikon Takeover Since becoming a Nikon USA Ambassador, I’ve had the good fortune to do some very cool new things – but getting to do a Nikon Takeover is definitely one of the coolest of the cooler new things yet. If you have any questions about cameras, lenses, gear, portraits, lighting, shooting, or anything photography-related, […]
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Nikon Ambassadors This week Nikon announced that the Nikon Ambassadors program expanded to include four new photographers, for a total of twenty – and I was thrilled to read my name included as one of them. One of the more popular posts I’ve written on this blog was about why I switched to Nikon. […]
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Nikon Behind The Scenes I feel very fortunate to have been included in the new Nikon Behind The Scenes web series with colleagues, and friends, Joe McNally, who is also my AdoramaTV co-host, (in addition to being a legendary commercial photographer), and the uber-talented Adventure Photographer Corey Rich. The Nikon Behind the Scenes video series […]
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WPPI 2014 & Animoto Pro Giveaway I had to check my journals to confirm that the first year I went to WPPI in Las Vegas was, in fact, in Spring of 2005. That vaguely struck me as a while ago, until I used all the fingers on both my hands to realize that this year, […]
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Mom’s Night Out – Taking Better Pictures Nikon’s famed Nikon School is bringing their wonderful new program Mom’s Night Out to Raleigh, North Carolina this March 13th, 2014. This program is intended for moms on the go who are interested in taking better pictures and need a night out. That being said, the last time […]
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Finding Joy There’s a lot of emphasis on finding joy right now, especially as this time of year bursts onto the scene. The holidays are coming up, and we know this because holiday decorations have been up since September. I actually saw a full-on Christmas tree go up in a retail store well before the […]
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Model Search! We are currently conducting a model search, seeking the following individuals for a series of upcoming commercial behind-the-scenes web shows for Nikon that we will be shooting in Durham, North Carolina: 1 6-8 year old boy or girl 1 4-8 year old girl or boy who either has a puppy, or young dog, […]
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PDN’s Photo Plus Expo This week I will be speaking at PDN’s Photo Plus Expo at Javits Convention Center in New York City. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at this particular convention a few times now, and it’s a rather massive one. Anywhere from 24,000 – 40,000 photographers will attend over the course of […]
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Mom’s Night Out Nikon’s famed Nikon School (aptly named, eh?) is offering a brand new program: Mom’s Night Out, intended for moms on the go who love photography and need a night out. I personally think that all moms need a night out, across the board, so if you love photography, too, this is a […]
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Speaking with a Photoshop Legend In this episode of reDefine, I speak with Dave Cross, Photoshop Hall of Famer. He’s also taught photoshop longer than nearly anyone on the planet, and he shares insight into the software’s surprising roots and explains why practicing photoshop photography will take your work to the next level. As always, […]
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In this brand new episode of ReDefine Show, I speak with Matt Kloskowski, Lightroom guru, talented landscape photographer and Director of Education for Kelby Media Group, about his transition from sales to marketing to art. We met up at Photoshop World in Las Vegas, and he shared how he made his transition from an early job […]
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Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is this week, in case you hadn’t noticed the deluge of marketing, print ads, radio spots, emails, post cards, commercials and sales! No doubt it’s a marketing heyday, but Mother’s Day is about a lot more than the commercialism of it (although, um, we are offering gift certificates in any amount […]
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Using The Posing Playbook I have to give credit to that genius quote to Don Herold, who also wrote one of my other favorites statements: Unhappiness is not knowing what we want – and killing ourselves to get it. Truth all the way around. Luckily, this sweet baby boy happens to have a very happy […]
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