Category Archives: Michigan High School Senior Photography

Artificial Lighting opens doors to creativity

Artificial Lighting opens doors to creativity

Most photographers only ever work with natural light or on-camera flash. Meaning they shoot with the light they find outdoors or in their homes. I have taken many of my favorite images in natural light to be sure, but learning to take control of light and craft an image is an incredibly rewarding experience. This… Continue Reading

Sometimes it takes a village

  Ellie arrived at the studio yesterday with an entourage. In the end she would end up wearing most of her sister’s clothes, and having a blast while doing so. We played in the studio, then hit Downtown Rochester where we popped into a wonderful bookstore, played in the Paint Creek and just had an… Continue Reading

Thanks for a great Portrait Workshop

After several recent classroom based workshops I just concluded a 3 workshop series “in-the-field” to give participants significantly more hands-on time.  The feedback has been wonderful, so it looks like I will be offering more such sessions in the future. Claire joined us today for the portraiture workshop and it helped substantially. The participants, like… Continue Reading