With my D70 on the fritz, this article caught my eye. It’s a fascinating article that covers much more than the Nikon and full frame issue.  It’s really a great read on the history of digital photography and where we’re going in the next few years.  Based on real world experience, it isn’t full of [...]

I took these shots of my husband, Shayne, on Christmas day. I’m very pleased with how they turned out. It made me think about what it takes to make a great portrait of someone. Here are the three ingredients I think most important to a great portrait:

That’s it.  I give up.  My poor little D70 is going to see the doctor on Friday.  I’m making the hour long trek up to El Segundo to drop it off.  Hopefully, it won’t need to go under the knife, but instead needs a couple pills to make it feel better in the morning.  I’m [...]

My mom gave me a copy of Annie Leibovitz’s new book, A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005 for Christmas. It’s a beautifully printed collection of her personal and professional work. It’s one of those books you want to savor and examine over the course of a Sunday afternoon. You’ll have to sit [...]

I wish you all a very happy New Year! May your 2007 be filled with fun, family and photographs. I don’t believe in resolutions because they are so easy to blow off, so I’m more of a goal setter. Reasonable goals are the thing for me. One year I set [...]