the outtakes are mine to play with

i am often hired to shoot teenagers for RUSH or Bar/Bat Mitzvah or just because. I always shoot when the subject moves, because sometimes i catch the perfect shot to play with later. I love to play while editing the images that will not be used. I do ask permission to do so…and when given,…

orange tulips waving goodbye

i bought these tulips, for my daughter, on her birthday. The greens matched her walls, as did the vase, but the bright orange? Well, they packed a wallop, didn’t they?

a fun way of seeing your child grow…

The jump from 11 years old to 12 is astonishing. Puberty does a number on our children.  i would recommend to all parents…enjoy them (even when they are annoying us with babble about a video game or something)  before puberty makes them no longer yours. I mean, they would prefer hanging out with friends to…

how to freeze wishes for future use…

the childhood impulse to blow these dandelion seeds to the four winds still lives within me. I’m grateful for that. I like the feeling of hope showings it’s shining face. I picked these at their peek & sprayed them with high gloss varnish. i let their stems dry in the sun, on my windowsill.  I…

Art cats & their creators…

The girls are my Friday Afternoon art class. This is the completion of their amazing drawings of their cats. Doodle cats W/color

sometimes the best parking spot…

has little to do with distance. i parked my black car next to a blue building with a colorful mural. When i got out of the car to photograph the building, i saw a better view in the reflections on my car.