I am so proud of my son. Here he is, catching a pass to make a two-point conversion in tonight’s game: It’s really a shame not all boys are as lucky, to have a parent like me, to take such awesome photos of their accomplishments. Truly, have you ever seen such wonderful photography skills???? No, [...]

Although I can rush to assure you that no-one was playing with matches. Or lighters or torches or flame throwers or pyrotechnic devices of any kind. It was an honest-to-goodness, no-fault-of-anyone, nothing-more-than, ACCIDENT. An innocent accident that can happen when a child (in this case specifically, my 11-yr old nephew, Landon) trips and falls into [...]

Since I’ve already, quite humbly and modestly, if I say so myself, shared with you my total awesomeness in athletic ability, I thought I would go ahead, even though I don’t like bragging, even though it’s really not my style to toot my own horn, even though I’m actually quite a shy and modest person [...]

Updated to add: Teacher Tom, or anyone else who might have read this and gotten the wrong impression …. I did not at all think this young woman was “trashy” looking … in fact, I wrote that very thing below. She was adorable …. just so much older looking than twelve that I was taken [...]

Updated to add: Thanks, honestly, for the nice comments. I was thrilled with how they turned out. Not because I believe in my own fabulousness, but because I felt they really showcased her personality and (best of all!!) didn’t cost an arm and a leg since I took them myself. (No, we won’t consider the [...]

Since several (several, SEVERAL) of you have asked, I thought I would share with you what kind of lens I bought to help with these basketball photos. I do feel compelled, however, to point out to you it wasn’t just the lens. It was ME. My skill, my talent, my artistic ability, my ……… my [...]

…. to let you guys know (ie, use this as a vapid excuse to SHOW YOU) the final set of basketball pictures I took of my nephew’s team. By the end of the season, I really felt like was starting to get the hang of my new lens. Had I not been such a tightwad [...]

Updated to add: Since a few of you have asked, I bought an 85 mm 1.8/f lens. Its odd to me because there is no zoom …. I am constantly trying to twist the lens to zoom in or zoom out and probably look like I have a tic. Plus I have to stand pretty [...]

Thanks to all of you who were kind enough to post suggestions regarding my dismal attempt at low-light action photography on Saturday. Wow, did the quality of those pictures reek or what?! After reading the comments, and googling, and you-tubing, and anything else I could think of to find some answers, I headed to Sunday’s [...]

The coach of my nephew’s basketball team asked me last week if I would mind coming to a few games and taking photos of the boys ….. I think he’s got some sort of slide show or something in mind for the end-of-the-season party. I said yes because 1. I enjoy photography, 2. Any excuse [...]