So I’ve been teaching more at Azusa Pacific University. I work there as an adjunct professor and this semester I’m teaching Broadcast Journalism and doing the lecture portion of their Motion Picture Production class. It’s going really well, I think. Last semester and for the last couple of years, I taught Basics [...]

September 19th is National Talk Like a Pirate Day! Aaaaarrrghhhh. Avast ye matey! There is loads of advice and helpful hints on how to talk like a pirate on the official website. Their site includes pirate pick-up lines such as “How’d you like to scrape the barnacles off of me [...]

Oh my gosh, the heat! I’m melting in this horrible heat. It has been over 100 degrees at my house in Southern California for 5 weeks. FIVE WEEKS! Saturday we topped the thermometer at 114-degrees. That’s just wrong. That same night, it rained and at 7pm it was still [...]

I worked for a few hours at Historic Lighting yesterday. I love it there and when they need someone to fill in, I get to hang around beautiful Arts & Crafts objects and lighting for a few hours. While there, of course I took pictures. I may use one or two [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about something John at Syncspeed wrote about a couple of weeks ago. He wrote about needing to be more intentional about his photography. Lately, I’ve been shooting things as the spirit moves me, you know, capturing moments. Sometimes, I’ll intentionally go on a photo excursion like to [...]

We’re painting the kitchen wall a terracotta color with the cabinets a warm putty. It’s going to be pretty. I was thinking about what pictures to put on the walls, and I decided upon out of focus images of tiles. I went to a bunch tile stores in an industrial park [...]

Have you ever had one of those weeks? This one is kicking my butt. If only Chloe could take a 4 hour nap today, I might be able to put things back together again. We’re re-painting the kitchen. No big deal, right? Um, sure. We stripped all of [...]

I love Digital Camera Magazine.  Love.  Seriously love. It’s been recently re-tooled, and it’s the only photography magazine I buy now. The articles are clear and aimed at real people. It has no agenda except to educate, inspire and get people excited about photography. It’s a UK mag which costs a fortune if you buy [...]