Autumn’s Blog – What’s going on in the photography world?

  • Travel Photography - What to Pack (0) In the last two years, I have taken several trips to other US cities as well as countries abroad, all for the purpose of capturing photos. Each time I travel, I learn to train myself on how to pack less and less. Here are my top tips: 1.  Stick to Carry...
  • Finding Inspriation in the Field (0) After a recent trip to Venice with my friend Andree Thorpe, I found myself more honed into the ways of finding inspiration while shooting in the field, and thought I'd share a couple of experiences.. First, we went to Venice during a national event- carn...
  • The Hunger Games (0) Last fall I read the Hunger Games series.  If you have not heard of this book phenomenon, you will want to check it out.  Although it is classified as a "young adult" series, I hardly think you need to be under 15 to read it.  In fact, I've not met a s...
  • Imaging USA, January 2012 in New Orleans (0) In January, I attended a photography conference hosted by PPA (Professional Photographers of America, of which I'm a member) with two other local Pittsburgh photographers, Amy Booley and Ehricka Samek. The conference was Imaging USA, this year held in New...
  • What's "Snapshot Radio"? (0) I'm excited to announce the beginning of Snapshot Radio, a series of a podcast style interviews about photography, SkySight, business, and more. Think of it as an audio blog, but more extensive and entertaining. We started the radio network series on t...
  • Whats up with Anne Geddes? (0) About a dozen years ago you started seeing her books in Borders and probably thought... What heck is that photographer thinking making these babies into flowers... then you opened the book, got hooked and your words were replaced with "Oooh's" and "Awwees...
  • Don't you just take pictures?? (1) I've had the perception from time to time that all a photographer needs to do is take pictures and hand over the digital files. I found these graphics and thought they were equally funny as disturbing! Its true though, We spend more time doing everything ...
  • Peter Lik – Miami Gallery visit! (1) About three weeks ago I shot a wedding in Miami, Florida.   It was one of the most beautiful venues I've seen in my lifetime, not to mention a magical bride.  The day after the wedding, before coming back to PA, we decide...
  • Autumn? A teacher? (0) In the last few years I have increased my photography classes immensely.   About four years ago I began when Alyssa at Westland Academy for the Arts asked me to teach a few basic photo classes.  I decided to expand on this over time and it has now gr...
  • Short. Fun. Casual. (0) Welcome to my WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY blog! I decided to make a blog separate from my studio blog... which is what my wonderful studio manager, Jackie, puts together for your viewing pleasure - without fail, each and every week.  The studio blog is to le...