Category Archives: Shooting and Editing

Aerial Photography Tips

  Earlier this year, just before my water broke, I had the incredible opportunity to foray into aerial photography with a flight over downtown Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma State Capitol. It’s not every day a pregnant lady tackles aerial … Continue reading

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Advanced Photo Restoration Using Photoshop CS5 (Oklahoma City Photo Restoration)

I recently tackled the challenge of restoring this very damaged, torn, and stained photo for a local client. While I’ve done photo restoration projects before, I knew this one would require that I take my skills to a new level. … Continue reading

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New Line of Service: Consulting with Other Photographers

Fellow togs: not enough hours in your day for the non-shooting & editing aspects of your photography business? I am now available for consultation services with other photographers (both aspiring and experienced) on an hourly basis! In recent weeks I’ve … Continue reading

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HGTV’s Showhouse Showdown Part 2: Before-After Exterior HDR Images (OKC Architectural Photographer)

In addition to shooting behind-the-scenes documentary images and interior “afters” for HGTV’s Showhouse Showdown, I also created HDR exterior photos of each home. HDR can improve the detail and dynamic range in exterior architectural photography, as I’ve shown previously. HDR … Continue reading

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Hiking with a GoPro Helmet Camera, Oklahoma Wichita Mountains

This weekend, Eiger went on his first hike with us in Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. I left behind my DSLRs in favor of our much lighter iPhone, Leica, and new GoPro HD Hero Helmet Cam. If you’ve debated getting one … Continue reading

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2011 Wrap-Up #3: Major Business Milestones (Photography Business Tips)

While learning things the hard way in 2011, I also had some great successes and reached some major milestones in my business. Here are a few, with some tips about how to do the same for yourself, if you’d like: Doubled … Continue reading

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Photo Restoration: Sepia

Recently I was contacted by someone conducting an online search for an Oklahoma City Photographer offering Photo Restoration services. He stumbled upon my blog posts about the power of post-processing and a previous color photo restoration project, and asked what I … Continue reading

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Part 7: Conclusions From My Signage Project (What is the Best Camera?)

Earlier this year I embarked on a personal photography project which entailed shooting retro-styled signage around Oklahoma City with three different cameras (iPhone 4, DSLR, Medium Format Film). In six previous posts, I shared images from that project and explained various … Continue reading

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What I Learned From Steve Whittaker (Architectural Photography Tips)

I’ve had the opportunity this year to learn from some amazing photographers (like Steve Kozak and Tony Corbell). Last week, I drove to Dallas for another opportunity, to hear Steve Whittaker‘s presentation on “The Business of Architectural Photography.” Steve is … Continue reading

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Keystone Adventure School and Farm Fall Portraits (Edmond School Photography)

Last week, together with my friend and regular assistant Katherine, I spent another fun day at Keystone Adventure School and Farm creating group and individual portraits of all of the students and staff. When we did Keystone’s Spring 2011 School … Continue reading

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