January in northeastern Wisconsin can be brutally cold. When a client requests an exterior image of a property in the dark of night, I prepare the best I can. Fully charged batteries for both camera and portable speedlights are a must. Warm clothing, a small...
It is that time when I look back on the past year’s projects and choose my ten favorite images. 2017 offered many opportunities to exercise skills, new lighting set-ups and improved final images in post production with new techniques and time saving discoveries....
My photography assignments vary. Sometimes I am photographing products to be marketed on a shopping cart website. Other times I am photographing a commercial facility for a builder or architect. Included in much of my other work are people. I shoot for Appleton...
Back in 2014 I was commissioned by the Fox cities Convention & Visitors Bureau to photograph College Avenue at dusk. The view was looking down the avenue west. It was shot from the roof of the iconic Zuelke Building in the heart of the downtown Appleton. The...
When I think of why I originally was drawn to photography many years ago, I remember using an instamatic camera to preserve, or to stop time, on family vacations. I was using Kodak cartridge 126 color film and occasionally flash cubes snapped in on the top of the...
A professional photographer’s website is their most important marketing tool. I am on my third website since going into business for myself in 2010. Back then, responsive sites were non existent, or at least not offered by designers. With the proliferation of smart...
Typically, when I am hired by a business to shoot in their facility, a group photograph will be requested at some point. It may simply be the owners of the company or various department heads. Many times it will be the entire staff. Let’s take a look…...
An attempt to dissect and condense a life of influences that fuel a passion for photography would be a great undertaking. To put into words, the puzzle of fragmented inspirational snippets from music, art exhibits, mentors, smells, pop culture, movies, sunsets,...
I have been a professional photographer for over 20 years. I have used only three types of lighting: ambient, strobe and tungsten. These 3 lighting sources have served me well in architectural, industrial, corporate and product photography. Sometimes, I mix them...
It’s that time of year, to look back and present my favorite 10 images shot or utilized in the last 12 months, some for money, some for fun. Here they are, in no particular order… Those are my choices for 2016. I am thankful that I am able to do what I...
