Chef Emeril

March 12, 2010

Recently I was fortunate enough to photograph the great chef Emeril Lagasse. He was kind enough to let me do his portrait after we met on the Martha Stewart show. As with any busy personality, Emeril’s schedule is very hectic. I promised him we could make a great image in 10 minutes or less! Not [...]

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Two Women in a Bakery

February 23, 2010

When I was recently in Croatia, which is a small country on the Adriatic Sea, I stumbled into a small bakery. A quaint local place, that I love finding when I travel. I noticed two wonderful women waiting in line. When they noticed my camera, they immediately turned their heads. I knew getting their picture [...]

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Rangefinder

February 10, 2010

Rangefinder Magazine is a great magazine for professional photographers. And it’s a great magazine whether your into photography or not. I was fortunate to get a recent cover. It happened to be one of my favorite subjects, Catarino Romero. Catarino’s a 100 year old rancher from Texas. It’s great that they honored a 100 year [...]

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Twins Twins

February 3, 2010

For years I’ve been looking at photographs of twins. Especially Mary Ellen Mark’s. I love her work. So fascinating. It wasn’t until I started working on my Farmer book that I was able to experience it firsthand. I must say, it IS an experience! The first set of twins I photographed were dairy farmers in [...]

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Santa Fe Workshops

January 21, 2010

Santa Fe, New Mexico might be my favorite place in the world. I travel a lot with my work and get asked quite often….”where’s your favorite place”?  I have so many favorites, especially in Europe, but there’s something about Santa Fe. The obvious things are the stunning beauty, the clean air, the amazing architecture, great [...]

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The Greek Mustache

January 21, 2010

When I was in Greece I was fascinated by the stunning beauty. But as everyone knows, photographers “see the world” in a different way. I was just as fascinated with the great mustaches on the Greek men. Still a fashionable thing over there, I guess. Before I knew it, I was chasing strangers all over [...]

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Photographing the Oldest Human Being……….

January 12, 2010

I was very fortunate to photograph Edna Parker, who at the time was the oldest living human in the world. I photographed Edna when she was 115. She lived in Shelbyville, Indiana. After getting permission to photograph her, I fondly remember driving to Indiana wondering what it would be like to meet “the oldest living [...]

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Martha Stewart Show

January 4, 2010

When American Farmer was released, my publisher was confident that Martha Stewart would like the book.  We sent a copy over to her office, and fortunately she DID like it. We were honored and very humbled that she asked us to be on her show, along with a couple of subjects from the book.  The producer’s [...]

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Panama: Great trip for photos, adventure and beauty

January 3, 2010

Want to recommend a great, great trip for photographers as well as a great trip for anybody looking for adventure and beauty all in the same place?  Panama is a beautiful country!  I was fortunate enough to go down, and not only tour the country, but do some wonderful photography as well.  One of the [...]

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Cherry Republic

January 2, 2010

There’s a great place in northern Michigan called Cherry Republic that I just love.  It’s in a little town called Glen Arbor, but their products are sold across the country.  They have everything.  It started as a simple concept utilizing all the cherries which are grown within the region around Glen Arbor. They now have [...]

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