BEHIND THE LENS: INTERVIEWS WITH TODAY’S PHOTOGRAPHERS
SERENA DAWN BOGGS
Serena Dawn Boggs is a North Carolina-based freelance photographer, specializing in images of children and families. Her work is rich, fun and candy for the eyes. A little yin and yang in her aesthetic, she wows us with contrasty jewel colors and luminous, high-key skin tones. [...]

I stumbled upon an old article at Salon.com by a book author who had had his picture taken by Annie Leibovitz. The article gives us great insight into what happens on a Leibovitz shoot and how it came to pass that she agreed to take his picture. It made me like her even [...]

Just is a quick post to say an official good-bye to summer. Today marks the Autumnal Equinox, the first day of my favorite time of year! I can’t say that I’m too sorry to see summer go. We had some great times, sure. But mostly I just bear the long, hot months of summer [...]

There are two kinds of hand-held light meters: incident meters and spot meters. An incident meter measures the light falling on a subject, while a spot meter (also called a reflective meter), measures the light reflecting back at you from the subject.

I thought it was about time I tried my hand at the DP Blogs September Photography challenge — favorite things. And I couldn’t think of a better photo to showcase some of my favorites than one that includes two of my faves — chocolate and my daughter!
My daughter’s friend Chloe turned one last week and [...]

So it’s fall now and I thought I’d share another free wallpaper. Here’s one that matches the season.

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Don’t forget that today is Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Why are pirates called pirates?
Because they Aarrrrr!

Anyone who’s visited our house could tell you that I love lights. Lots of them. I love small, colorful lights, none of which would be enough to light up much of anything on their own, but together create a magical warmth. So you can imagine how in awe I am of [...]