An Approach to Portraits – Chapter One
“I don’t want to get into someone’s face with my camera. It feels weird to me. I much prefer to shoot them from far away, with a telescopic lens or something. I don’t want to invade their privacy. I think it’s better to take pictures of people when they don’t know you’re doing it. That’s how I would take travel portraits.” – a traveler in Laos Continue reading
The Secret to Cohesion
A good friend of mine recently came to me with some questions about his new photography website. This friend is an accomplished travel writer as well as a photographer, but he was having some cohesion issues when it came to the way he presented his work online. When I looked at his site, I wasn’t sure if he wanted to be seen as a travel photographer, a wedding photographer, a senior portrait photographer, or something else entirely. It’s fine to be all of these things – better still to be proficient at all of them – but unless you specialize, unless you give the impression that you are the master of one trade, you are destined to be viewed as someone who is unfocused. Continue reading
Flash Light Thailand Expeditions, 2012
The real reason I’m posting today is to officially announce our 2012 Thailand Expedition series; this November and December we’re putting on one session in Chiang Mai, and one session in Ko Phi Phi. Things are going to get hot and sweaty. Flash Light Photography Expeditions – Thailand 2012. November 27-29, 2012 – Chiang Mai. December 2-5, 2012 – Ko Phi Phi. Continue reading





