How to capitalize on the struggle to capture a photography scene.

How the quality of light can evoke different moods in images.

How getting out of your comfort zone can help improve your creative process and your photography.

A study in texture and patterns in the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles.

What defines the scene that you’re planning to photograph? Do you exclude portions of your scene, consciously or unconsciously? Do you only look at the wider view, or do you zoom in on details?

A study in directional lighting.

Making monochrome color the subject of an image.

Capturing the mystique and intrigue of spices, with moody imagery highlighting their shapes, colors, and textures.

How much of the creative decision process of making an image happens before you hit the shutter, and how much of it takes shape afterwards?

Foliage can be truly magical after a refreshing spring rain. A study of patterns and raindrops.

How do you find unique images in popular photography locations? Look in the other direction. A story about Upper Antelope Canyon in Arizona.

Sometimes the perfect thing to do is to just play around with compositions, make photographic sketches of a scene, and let go of the end result while you keep learning.

A photograph does not need to be complex to be interesting. But a successful simple image with few components is not easy to create: there is nowhere to hide!

The Los Angeles basin has a reputation for being a concrete sprawl - for miles and miles and miles. There is also some nature to be found if you know where to look, especially on the hillsides in spring time.

We tend to have limited energy and resources to spend on our creative endeavors, and need to be deliberate in how we spend it. It can be quite helpful to hit the pause button, to assess where you are, and where you'd like to go with your photography. What will you tackle next?

This new space will be a platform to offer photography courses, a means to document my own photographic journey, and a venue for visitors to view my work and purchase prints.