From my photo shoot with Jonathan Gill for this month’s Rare Magazine:

If you learn enough, and buy the right equipment and software, you can get right up to the edge of what’s possible with available technology.  You can create images that are incredibly sharp with no perceptible noise/grain, construct expertly executed lighting scenarios, selectively edit for exposure, contrast, color and even style, and retouch your pictures [...]

This image of Megan Summerville appears alongside an article about her  in the November 2009 issue of Rare Magazine.

This month’s issue of Rare Magazine features my editorial shots of various trailer eateries and a shot of Randall and Donya Stockton, club owners.

Here are some more shots from the Arthouse at the Jones Center shoot I did for Rare Magazine.  I handle each editorial shoot a little differently, but the idea is always to get the safe shots in first, and use any time remaining to get something special.  Sometimes, you can only get a few minutes [...]

Rare Magazine has released the July 2009 issue online here >> My photography on the spreads shown.

I visited Austin photographer and painter, Jann Alexander, to take some pictures of her with her art.  Super-saturated images line the walls of her home.  Most feature beautiful buildings and signs, details and sky.  She has several galleries online, including a terrific series of images called, Vanishing Austin.  Check her website for details on other [...]

This is an outstanding place to visit in Austin to see traditional and contemporary Mexican and Mexican-American artworks.  Complete with a great gift shop, and very nice staff.  More >>

Rare Magazine readers voted 219 West “Best Happy Hour.”  This was a simple little setup we did for their editorial shot. Photo Info: ISO 100, 50mm, f/2.8, 1/250.   I hit the bar with a shoot-thru almost directly above the items.  Way across the restaurant (see first shot above), I hit the opposite wall hard with [...]