Inspiration

Life Alive: Behind and In Front of the Lens – A Zest for Life

13 September 2011 Inspiration

I recently experienced a visit with a person whose life experiences appeared to be rather limited due to seemingly being uninterested and unmotivated by the world around them. Except for complaining about everything/everybody under and above the sun, conversation could not have been more exhausting. I don’t believe I’ve ever met someone who hung and [...]

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Upcoming Food Photography Publications

2 April 2011 Food Photography

There was a stream of heavenly, warm light pouring into my kitchen on a particular summer’s eve. I hurriedly grabbed a bottle of wine from the refrigerator, a handful of mixed nuts and threw some plums in a bowl. I knew there was only minutes left before the gorgeous, amber sunlight was going to change. [...]

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Wow Factor: “The Doll” by DanielTuckMantel on Flickr

22 November 2009 Inspiration

Check out this incredible imagery by DanielTuckMantel on Flickr entitled "The Doll" I can't even begin to analyze how this surreal image was composed. Beautiful!

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Articles on Food Photography

14 October 2009 Food Photography

On my hungry quest for more food photography reading, I've come across this excellent article written by Simone Paddock back in 2004 entitled Tasteful Food Photography. The article is an introduction on achieving pro-like results with budget-conscious props (we like that!), minimal equipment and some inspiring implementation ideas. Besides the content of the article, I [...]

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Flickr Toys

30 September 2009 Inspiration

I'm hooked on Flickr and sites similar to it that function around online social networking. I really enjoy sharing and posting my images…but most of all – I like seeing what others are shooting and how they shoot it. I love coming across an image that just leaves me in awe and even more so, to see [...]

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A Slick Way To Display Photos – jQuery lightBox plugin

24 June 2009 Inspiration

One of my photography/Photoshop sites is Scott Kelby's PhotoshopInsider blog. Not only is Scott an amazing photographer, instructor and entreprenuer — he is so forthcoming and generous with the equipment and tools he uses. This post, however, is about the slick way he displays his photography on his blog. I just love the script he uses. Had [...]

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