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“I can emote”, my long-time friend told me when I explained I wanted to make a portrait that told a story and captured an expression. And she did exactly that. Amazingly, she sat for nearly two hours while I painted her with light over and over until I got this image....

A Little Wooden Church: Composing a Photograph

Photographers make many decisions for every exposure. Never mind the technical details, let’s take a look at composition. When faced with the decision about how much to include or not, what is the “right” answer? There is a little wooden church in...

So you think it’s a still life . . .

This evocative image contains items from a bygone era when the rotary-dial phone was commonplace and the fastest mode of communication. It also includes a shirt and an old milk bottle with wheat. Although it appears to be a still life, I consider it a type of...