Yearly Archives: 2006

International Photography Awards

A cool thing happened on the way to…not winning. This year I was awarded seven honorable mentions. Wildlife Category: Long-tailed Macaque, BaliChildren: The Child Bride #9Sunset: Nusa Dua DawnFlowers: 3 Flowers, a seriesPortrait: The Child Bride #9Nudes: Nude 4Landscapes: Mount Batur, BaIi Above is the entry Long-Tailed Macaque, Bali. I am just now building my...

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Baby Isaac

Wasn’t I lucky this week getting to shoot baby Isaac? Beyond the visual, there’s an entire aural symphony with a newborn–all his squeaks and coos and grunts–and I had forgotten how encompassing it is. How do we reconcile, as our children grow, the loss of such basic but extraordinary sensory pleasures? I know I often...

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Fun Things Happened in England

I loved, loved, loved going to Kew Gardens when Joy and I were in England last August, since we had, beyond its usual delights, the opportunity to search out the garden photography exhibit called ‘Imagine Yesterday…Today.” And such a surprisingly sweet thing it was, too. The curators of the Garden Photographers Association 2006 competition had...

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Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Started by co-founders Sandy “Sam” Puck and Cheryl Haggard, the US non-profit organization Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep provides photography for infant bereavement sessions. We photographers volunteer our services in order that parents might remember their new little sweethearts through fine art photography long into the future. If you know of families needing...

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How cool is this?

The baby book I made for clients Tricia and Brian was chosen by its publisher, Asukabook, for its Book of the Month. It’s the August book, but the announcement just went live today! It’s called ‘Becoming Leif.’ Go and have a peek. I often make books for my wedding and portrait clients, but this one...

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