Out of Town

Flight To Tanna Hey Everyone, The bags are packed, check lists completed and the batteries are charged.  This afternoon I am flying out to Tanna, in the Pacific island chain of Vanuatu.  Its going to be a long 30 hours before I touch down in Port Vila.  After a little rest, I will be taking [more...]

Behind the Scenes: On The Fashionisto

Getting Dressed for Chiun-Kai Shih Adam Marelli featured on “The Fashionisto”

Lightroom 3 Problems

“Adobe, get your S*** together!” UPDATED Yesterday, I had to call Adobe for technical support. There was something awry with my back ups folder. It seems logical that Adobe technical support could help me out.  WRONG.  I was lied to, hung up on, and told my requests were impossible to satisfy. Turns out, my simple [more...]

ARCA-SWISS

Field Test from Tanna Just as I was writing out my packing lists, ARCA-SWISS sent me an email about their new mini L-Bracket for the Leica M9. They decided to send me one of the new brackets to review during my project on Tanna. In just a few days I will be flying to the [more...]

Leonardo Da Vinci

Advice from Uncle Leo [ Ten Tips from a Master ] The advice of master artists can easily be adapted to photography. If we want a useful set of guidelines, it might as well come from the greatest artists in history.  By deciphering the tips they gave to young artists of the day, we should [more...]

Manjari Sharma

BECOME A PATRON — Darshan The other day I watched a Kick Starter video, which really impressed me. Artist used to live and die by their patrons, but as the royal crowns have been swapped with blue suited cabinets, the relationship of the patron and the artist seems adrift.  The time has come to revive [more...]

Travel & Memory

Wallpaper City Guides & SD Cards When we travel to a new city, it would be ideal to know some locals.  But what if we don’t know anyone, where do we look for help?  Wallpaper’s City Guides are my favorite resource for scouting out new cities.  Phaidon just released a bunch of new cities for [more...]