I LOVE fireworks.  My favorite holiday is the Fourth of July and a good fireworks display can stop me dead in my tracks.  So I find it incredibly fortuitous that approximately half of my forty weddings per year involve pyrotechnics!  I guess my clients love fireworks just as much as I do, and it’s just [...]

What is YOUR black and white?  I truly believe that black and white images are completely subjective.  Personally, I like black and white images that don’t have blocked up shadows; rather, I like to see shadow detail instead of straight black.  I also like a flatter, warmer image with a touch of [...]

One of my favorite Photoshop add-ons is Dirty Pictures from Totally Rad Actions.   I am a big fan of adding textures and overlays to my images- some are obvious, others are subtle (the average viewer would not know that there was a texture/overlay involved) and add a three dimensional feeling to a pop of color [...]

One of the questions that I am frequently asked by other photographers and hobbyists is how to take a shot that has sun flare in it.  I love the look of the sun’s rays shooting through the frame and wrapping around my subjects.  Contrary to what most people believe, it’s not a Photoshop trick- it’s [...]

For those of you who couldn’t make it to Mystic this year, here is an excerpt from my section on posing from my Mystic5 seminar with Stacey Doyle (who will be posting some excerpts of her own).  If you want to see the detailed/complete version with the step-by-step process outlined you can purchase the pdf [...]

During our presentation at Mystic5, Stacey and I gave away “A Shot with ShootStyle” — three lucky winners walked away with a custom ShootStyle shot glass with an offer to have us fill it with the drink of their choice.  Here is a pic (taken with Andree’s trusty point and shoot camera) of lucky winners [...]

With all of the wedding traditions out there it can sometimes be a difficult task to put your own stamp on your wedding day.  More and more brides are choosing to express themselves through their footwear, eschewing the simple white heel for something more funky.  From the rain boots (if you were in New England [...]

“Camera Pro Chase Jarvis Preaches iPhone Photography”
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In this installment of our assignment series, we asked participants to illustrate what “Done Me Wrong” meant to them.
The approach could have been anything from a photojournalistic exercise to an artistic construction. We left it up to the photographers to define the phrase and how they interpreted it.
The most creative entries won [...]