Category Archives: Photograpy How To

NYC Workshop! June 16-20, 2021

Posted on May 7, 2021 by ShutterBug

pay per click advertising Spring is upon us, and the Big Apple, along with many places, is cautiously opening up again. Such a difficult year! But the chance to go out into the world for a photographic wander approaches in … Continue reading →

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Light and Color in the Big City

Posted on May 7, 2021 by ShutterBug

Been a long while since I’ve done a job in NYC. Heading there for the first real, boots on the ground, camera in hand experience in mid-June. Liza Politi, Ari Espay and I will conduct two back to back workshops, … Continue reading →

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Important Slices of Time

Posted on May 6, 2021 by ShutterBug

In the spring of ’95, I was a staff photographer at LIFE magazine, and was assigned to photograph the subjects of four famous, Pulitizer Prize winning photos, all taken some twenty five years or so previous. One of them, Mary … Continue reading →

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Empire State Building Turns 90!

Posted on May 6, 2021 by ShutterBug

Made the above selfie in the spring of 2001, with a Nikon Coolpix 990 and a screw in fisheye lens. The digital world has moved quite quickly since then. What has not moved at all is the Empire State Building. … Continue reading →

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Understanding Texture in Photography

Posted on May 5, 2021 by ShutterBug

There are many tools in a photographer’s “emotional toolbox” – the things you can do in photography to shift a photo’s emotional message in your preferred direction. The one I’ll be talking about today is texture. Photography Life

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