“I’m Cadillac. I’m 18. I’ve seen some shit.”Do I need to say it? This old dog taught me new tricks.Here we go.I always believed that emotion, first, then light, maybe, triumphed in photography. 1. Emotion. 2. Light, maybe. Badda bing, badda boom.Like when I was first studying photography, the imperfection of Julia Margaret Cameron’s soft focus, highly emotional. evocative portraits just captivated me. Yeah, later influences were Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke White, Cindy Sherman and Annie Leibovitz but my first love was Julia.Oh, I will add, Julia also vexed me so with that soft focus. I struggled trying to love it and I did because of the emotion ...
Friday, December 06, 2019
If I've had a theme this past month, it's the number of clients and potential clients who are losing their beloved dogs.In September, I photographed Riley, an absolutely gorgeous Sheltie. It was on a sweltering day, more than 95 degrees near sunset. His owner Carol was about to have surgery for back problems and couldn't walk so well. Her son Kevin, who originally contacted me, was very patient and cautious with both Riley and his mother. We took many images of Riley and different ones of the trio together.We got a lot of good images in a shorter session because it was so hot, and Carol had her surgery. When I next saw them to show them their images, Carol was like a different woman. The ...