Student Work: DC Memorials at Night

A few Fridays ago, I ran an intermediate/advanced workshop on “Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night.”  Here is some student work from John and Barry, two of my four students.  Didn’t they do a great job, doing a teacher proud???!!!  (Students: You’ve all received an invitation to view a private lightbox with [...]

Great Falls Sunset: Vision Doesn't End with the Click of the Shutter

The summer sun sets in glorious colors over Great Falls in Potomac, Maryland.

I’ve been contemplating the image-creation process this week, as I work on a series of images of Great Falls.  I thought I’d share some of my musings about the three essential steps to great image-making:

Step 1: Defining your vision [...]

GENERAL REGISTRATION OPEN: WORKSHOP - Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night

I’ve just completed pre-registration (for students who had pre-expressed interest) for my new 1/2-day workshop on Monday, July 5th, Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night. I still have 1 to 2 spots open for anyone else who is interested.  View more details, including the full agenda/lesson plan, and register for Photographing the [...]

Franciscan Monastery: Student Work

I taught a full-day workshop on the Art of Architecture: Photographing the Franciscan Monastery last Saturday in Washington, DC, and my students and I had a GREAT time!  The monastery is looking gorgeous as always, and my students – John, Maxine, and Barry – came back with some AWESOME work!  I’m posting here a [...]

Looks like I'll be busy teaching and talking about photography next year...

Washington National Cathedral

Looks like next month is going to be a busy start to the new year for teaching!  I have several new photography students starting next month with private photography lessons with me, plus I’ll be leading the first of several photo workshops/field trips through VisArts, and finally, I’ve been invited to speak before [...]