I tip everyone. I tip excessively. Here’s why. In our work, servers, bellmen, valets, sky caps — even the workers at the hotel’s free breakfast — all make our jobs easier. Much easier. And, when I travel, I travel with equipment — in some cases more than 400 lbs of equipment — and lugging it […]
As some of my more loyal groupies might know, we shoot all the Indycar races, nationwide. That eats up about 1.5 MONTHS out of my schedule of solid travel, setup and shooting time. That doesn’t even account for weekends, if you look at just “work” days . So, it’s a major contract for us, takes […]
I eyed my schedule, nervously. Fargo, ND. April. Early April. Then Long Beach, CA, for the Indycar race. Fargo to Long Beach. Two days in between, one for travel, one for setup. And then, live. Should be OK. Did you know there is an international airport in Fargo, ND? This IS the same Fargo, by […]
Sigh. Summer is over, and with it, my special summer haircut, my MOHAWK. Now, I join the ranks of the normal, just another man with a shaved head, walking down the street: little, ole’ average me. Joe Normal. Totally mundane. Yeah, right. I’ll never be freaking normal. I know I’ll never blend. But what is […]
My mom has many great traits: she is a wonderful photographer, a loving mother, a hard worker, and Irish. Not that Irish is a trait, but it is in this sense: her idea of going to the doctor is talking to the pharmacist at Walgreens and chewing two Tylenol for whatever ails her. She spends […]
I have a theory. This theory goes with Mike’s Portrait Theory Number 1, detailed two blog postings ago. To refresh: the subject had one picture, at least 30 years ago, where they liked their smile. They have been trying to reproduce that smile ever since, in every photo (unsuccessfully) looking like a crazy person with […]
In a very early post, I mentioned one of my favorite jobs ever: when I was hired by FAKT Newspaper, a daily out of Warsaw, Poland, to tag along with former Polish President Lech Walesa as he visited important US dignataries. First, there was Hillary Clinton. Then a few other members of Congress, a couple […]
Last week, I relived history. Or, at least an early part of my history. Here’s what happened. I was called by a client to go to an office near the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and do an environmental portrait. I always get a little weird when I go anywhere near Baltimore — it’s […]
I’d always wanted to go to Egypt. When I was little, my mom took me to the King Tut exhibit at the Smithsonian. We stood in line for 6 hours, and it was worth every second. Worse, I decided at that moment I would be a pharaoh. Why shouldn’t I wear golden masks? Sit on […]
Perhaps it’s not proper to write this blog about photographing the former Vice President. But I can’t help it. Maybe it’s disrespectful. But I can’t help it. It all started with Linda Springer. Linda Springer was the former Director of the Office of Personnel Management, which is a big deal. She was in charge […]