Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Subtitle: “We care not about your stupid photo idea, just deliver us eyeballs and page views for our branding and ad revenue.”
A few weeks ago I first heard about an upcoming photo contest, Name Your Dream Assignment, where you could win $50,000.00 to photograph your winning idea. Sounds great, right? I thought so. Then [...]

Picture: Photographers lined up at sunset to photograph Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

Every so often when I see other photographers in the field, I’ll ask, “are you a Pro?” I do this mainly because I pay attention to photography credit lines, and I wonder if they are someone whose name I might recognize. In [...]

Photo: My wife, Connie, in the snow at Lake Tahoe, California

Anyone that knows me knows that I hate “Hallmark” Holidays. I don’t need a ’special’ day to tell my wife or family I love them. I do that every day. This year, our plan is to spend Valentines Day as a family, doing a fun [...]

Photos: Maggie; Maggie & Rocket – courtesy of Michael Routh

Today, one of my best friends, and talented photographer, Michael Routh is having to say a sad farewell to his beloved Maggie, following a fight against an increasing painful cancer. I’ve had the pleasure of sharing a number of photographic adventures with Michael, Maggie, and Maggie’s [...]

I hate making tough or difficult phone calls. I know from personal experience in the past, and again this morning. Due to certain scheduling circumstances beyond my control, I’ve had to cancel my participation, and highly anticipated trip to Nanpa’s 2009 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM. In addition to missing all the fun at the [...]

We all know the internet lingo codes, like LOL, FWIW, IMHO, and the expressive WTF?? The latter can be kind of crude, but it’s variation has earned a place in my photographic heart. Yes, I’m referring to WTD?? In long hand, that mean WHAT THE DUCK??, a comic strip about a struggling photographic fowl, usually [...]