norma is my mother’s neighbor. she walked by while i was setting up in the alley to film my brother and his wife on father’s day. many people who walk by photo sets jokingly say “hey, you gonna take my picture, too?” i always answer yes to this question, and find that when you actually [...]

the latest shot recession special: two CEOs in a row, now that these have both finally gone to press. jay flaherty is CEO of HCPI which, as far as i understand it, invests in real estate. you’d think that’d be a recipe for disaster right about now but jay didn’t seem too concerned. they build [...]

when kenny maestas was in his early twenties he was riding shotgun in a truck driven by a buddy of his. this buddy was agitated. he had just had a fight with his girlfriend. kenny was only trying to get a ride to work, but his buddy was driving erratically. the truck crashed. the friend [...]

the photo blogosphere is a somewhat crowded place these days. if you want to find a lot of pontificating about the pitfalls and excesses of the photo business, you can rest assured there’s someone out there writing about it. or commenting on it. or profiting from it. anyone who has spent any amount of time [...]

today’s insight into the world of the professional photographer brought to you by mr. paul bennett: ———- From: bennett@———-.com Subject: Re: Ugly Cypress Date: November 6, 2007 7:27:52 PM PST To: max@msgphoto.com Reply-To: bennett@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.com So I finally broke down and bought a fabric grid for my little square softbox today. I’m sure its going to [...]

so we’re gearing up for the next JDate ad shoot now. . . this next one should be fun. i can’t say much about it yet, of course, but it’s promising to be a little more off-kilter, which is always something i like. i get to do some things that i don’t often get to [...]