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A myriad of faces

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To be competitive these days in photography, not only does the photographer have to know the difference between an F-stop and a bus stop (I stole that from Bambi Cantrell), and put it into practice, but also really how to manage light.  I’ve posted before about this a couple of times.  Photons are photons, and…

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The King and I: headshots and groupshots

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This weekend, the Chicago Heights Drama Group will perform the age-old classic musical, The King and I… I remember this wonderful story from my childhood, with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner.  Great music, and so much fun.  I love the scene when the King wants Anna to always be a little lower than he is…he…

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Executive Portrait-revisited

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Last year at this time, I was asked to photograph two men for their company’s annual report.  Well, this year I was asked to do the job again; I was very gratified to get repeat business!  This time around, my subject was a young woman rising in the ranks of this male-dominated German company, so…

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Beautiful Light

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I’ve been a student of lighting for some time. Light is, after all,  the inherent beauty of photography as it is literally the picture of light.  Light describes the subject of the photo, gives life and sparkle to the eyes.  And so, I’ve been studying the subject of flash photography intensely for the past few…

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