April 2022

Portraits With a 28mm

By |2022-04-26T01:14:59+00:00April 26th, 2022|Uncategorized|

I see this topic discussed on photo forums from time to time: Can one make good portraits with a 28mm lens? The most open-minded respondents always say that you can make a good portrait with any focal length, and I agree. Maybe 85mm is perfect for head and shoulders shots, but, depending on the subject [...]

June 2021

Portraits of a Tailor

By |2021-06-28T01:15:20+00:00June 28th, 2021|Uncategorized|

Carlos has been my tailor for years, and we see each other often. When he told me he was planning a website for his business, I volunteered to take some photos of him in his workshop. We agreed that the light coming into his shop from a big picture window was best in the late [...]

September 2020

All About the Subject

By |2020-09-21T02:25:04+00:00September 21st, 2020|Uncategorized|

This post is an outlier because there's just one photo, and it's not monochrome. This is Eva, my granddaughter, last weekend, wearing the new hat and shirt my wife bought for her in San Diego. To try something different, I put a border around it in Lightroom that makes it look matted. The portrait technique [...]

May 2019

Eva and Her Hat

By |2019-05-16T01:40:54+00:00May 16th, 2019|Uncategorized|

I'm not one of those people who bore others with photos of their grandchildren. Wait—maybe I am. Here's Eva at 19 months on Mother's Day.

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