Holiday Photos – Down to the Wire

Hello readers – just a quick announcement that if you want to have portraits done in time for Holiday gifts, now’s the time to make sure you book a date.  December 1st is the last day to get portraits done in time for Christmas delivery, and there’s only a few dates left!  Click here to [...]

Buying the Perfect Photos of your kids

You’ve searched and searched for the photographer that has the vision you’re looking for…
You got the kids’ hair cut a few days before…
Maybe even got some new clothes for the event…
And now the day of the shoot has come, and you show up to meet your chosen photographer and it’s time to… let go, relax… [...]

Why I’m Stuck on Archivalability

Before I start this article, let me first clarify a few things. The term “archival” typically means that the materials (in this case, a photo), will last at least 100 years, if not more, before the first noticeable fading occurs. In modern photographic printing, there are basically 3 avenues here.
The first is traditional [...]

My Love for Black and White

From time to time I get rather inquisitive looks from people wondering why I produce the majority of my work in black and white when technological improvements have made stunning color display possible. In some ways I feel that black and white was lost in the sea of new color printing technologies. So [...]

Celebrating the Harvest Season

Hello dear readers. Tonight I’m publishing a new set of photos to celebrate my favorite time of year: fall. The series, called simply Gourds, is a set of 10 photos of gourds that I collected from local farms in the Wooster area. I’ve always found gourds to be the most interestingly shaped [...]