As anyone starting out in a new business, you meet people who will guide you, or attempt to. Being new at something seems to invite others to give their opinions whether it is solicited or not. I appreciate when people offer their particular expertise for the most part. It can be extremely helpful to know others experiences. It is important to remember that one person’s truth might not be another’s. Along the road, I have been told many things that…
This year has been an incredible lesson in how I create. From an 8 foot box built with my own two hands, to the forest, to a stairwell in Vegas, I have been aiming my camera in all sorts of ways. March is here in full swing, which meant that I got to spend the first week of it creating in many different places. I started out in Los Angeles filming an underwater music video, and shooting stills, too! It…
In my years as a photographer I can remember a handful of times when I told myself I was going to be more proactive in building sets, costumes and props. And in all of those instances the enthusiasm went down the drain and I never really tried much of anything. I have never been naturally good at building things with my hands. My sister was always the one doing that – sculptures and pottery and painting and drawing. I was…
I felt a transition coming on. You can always feel them from miles away but sometimes you choose to ignore them, and other times, you simply can’t. My world was shaking like a train was passing right by, and as often as I closed the curtains so I wouldn’t see it, the floor was vibrating with intensity. I wanted to change the way I created. I wanted to do something different and challenging. But I was holding on to a lot…
A lot of times I get asked how long I’ve been a photographer. There are so many ways I want to answer that question, but usually I stick with the actual date that I first picked up my camera and started creating. I could answer with when I became a full-time photographer, but that seems a little bit silly since nothing really changed on that day at all, except my stress levels. I could answer with when I started honing…