Jedi portraits
When my son wanted to be a Jedi for Halloween, he told me he could just wear a black shirt and pants and be like Luke Skywalker [...]
Clothing choices for portraits
Now that the holidays are almost upon us, many people are taking the opportunity of family gatherings to get group portraits, or planning to have portraits made [...]
The importance of a good baby wrangler
A baby wrangler's job is to direct the attention and expression of the young children in a photo shoot so that they look natural and unforced. I've [...]
Five steps to taking better pictures of your carved pumpkin
1. Carve the pumpkin. Okay, that's obvious. But keep in mind that where you cut your initial hole may impact how easy it is to light the [...]
The violin, the ukelele, and the cajón
I was very lucky to get to make some portraits for Clayton, who is in his senior year. He is a musically gifted young man who brought [...]
Butterfly Haven at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
We visited Chicago this weekend, and one of the highlights of our trip was the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Lincoln [...]