Calm Photos

Apple - Small Business - Million Dollar Presentation, pg. 2

Here’s an excerpt:
“The close-ups of hand-wrought ironwork and painstakingly chiseled flagstone pathways exude quality. Those shots are pulled into iPhoto, where they’re tagged with keywords for easy retrieval. The Dreyfus team can then use the shots in print materials or send them off to a local web design firm for publication on the Dreyfus website.”

I said it before and I will say it again - if you are marketing yourself, products, services, etc. on the web, image is everything. First impressions are the most important.

A recent client - The Chimneys Restaurant in Miamisburg - hired me to photograph the interior of their facility for an online tour on their web site. Below are a few samples from the shoot. One of the techniques I like to employ when photographing interiors, whether residential or commercial, is the use of my studio strobe lights, triggered wirelessly using PocketWizards. The light produced by these strobes makes all the difference in the world. I also have a favorite lens I use for interiors, and when I notice fine details, I go in for the close-up and use of short depth of field.

Seth’s Blog: The Joy/cash curve

Another excellent observation by marketing guru Seth Godin. How much is too much ? Another way to look at wealth and money is to ask the question - at what amount do you stop controlling your money and your money starts to control you ?

Or could it be global warming ? Nah, I’m pretty sure it’s just spring.

Little Miami River, above Corwin, Ohio:

Little Miami River, in  Corwin, Ohio:

Spring arrives in the Texas Hill Country

The following was brought to my attention by way of my Franklin Planner:

“A person doesn’t become old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.”
- John R. Noe

Now that’s a quote that made me stop, take notice and contemplate for a while. It’s amazing how one, simple sentence can say so much.

The images posted below were captured at different moments and in different places, but all have something in common - the photographer who’s still striving to keep his dreams ahead of his regrets. Sometimes it feels like a losing battle. But then I head out on the trail with my camera, and the dreams pull ahead like the underdog coming from behind, again and again.

BLACKFIVE: The power of the Friday Freefly

Behold the power of the blog and what one, single blogger can do to get the attention of the “powers that be.” Thanks Uncle Jimbo, and even more thanks and a shout-out to Theresa, the retired Air Force MSgt who scored a direct bullseye with her comments.