IN PHOTOGRAPHIC STORYTELLING – THE JUICE IS IN THE DETAILS
Each car has a face and a personality to go with it. As a photographer, how you shoot each car will either celebrate that personality or ignore it. Low camera angles are all about aggression and power. Elevating the camera changes the conversation to Style and Grace. Cars want to show you who they are. Reveal their personalities with great shooting technique. Viewers will be drawn into the scene…

SHOOT WHAT’S BEHIND YOU
I was made aware of this opportunity one late afternoon at Tempe Town Lake after several hours of futility. Everything was perfectly washed out. As per habit, I took one final look behind me, down the coastline before leaving.

And I see this dissolving horizon, disappearing by the second. I had time to position four shots on the run before the yellow streak was gone. Mother Nature had gifted me with a special lesson on the reality of Life. Two emotions, coexisting side by side.

SEIZING THE MOMENT
Every photographer has experienced the heartbreak of missing transcendent shots by seconds. And those memories linger forever… Never Hesitate.

WHEN THE PINK DRESS MET THE SUNSET
This is a cinematic story of one photographer shooting another photographer shooting his subject. Walking across the Mill Avenue Bridge at Tempe Town Lake at sunset, a car swerves into a drop-off lane and stops. I continue walking and see the next wave of cars entering the bridge.

I hear voices, stop, and turn around to see
a car with flashers on and the sunset hitting this shimmering model. All I had to do was quickly compose, wait and shoot…

BE AVAILABLE
And yes, this is how magical moments are often presented to the photographer who makes him/herself AVAILABLE. Exposing your talent to your immediate environment will bring the amazing world of photography right in front of you.  Like the Van Morrison song, there will be “Days Like This”… Smartphone time.

STORYLINES WITH A PURPOSE

This is a photographic timeline for a real-world process called ‘Value Engineering’. Stripped down, V.E. produces building construction cost estimates before the actual design/engineering are complete. From the creative side, this folding corporate booklet with double pockets and cards represented a metaphor from the world of pottery.

Even back then, I used photographs to tell stories… back in the age of dinosaurs before smartphones roamed the earth.

FRAMING THE FUTURE
ELEVATING LEADERSHIP
KNOWING WHERE TO CROSS THE ROAD
SOUTHWESTERN IMPRESSIONISM