As photographers, we often hold ourselves to a principle of not manipulating a scene. We work around what is in front of us to fit the pieces of our story within the four walls of our frames. This is certainly a very important way to understand photography but it is equally important to realize that...
I met up with some great Twitter friends for a shoot around the CSC prior to the 3rd annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk yesterday. Two of my buddies, Scott and Andrew, were from out of state so I decided to take them to the CSC because of the diverse photographic subject matter that it...
I took this shot the other week with my friend, Rich. It had been a while since we got together for a shoot and I wanted to give my new 14mm prime lens a proper shake. We had decided to test our luck over at the Christian Science Plaza in Back Bay. It is an...
It is easy to get disenchanted when you are trying to shoot a scene that has been photographed a gazillion times already. It’s the nature of the beast – if you build something pretty, people will photograph it (assuming that they aren’t beaten into submission by the authorities). The great thing about photography is that...
It’s funny what a difference one footstep can make. I was shooting around Boston over the holiday weekend when I looked up and saw this cool corridor of architecture on State Street, right next to Boston’s Faneuil Hall area. I set up my tripod, composed my shot, and bracketed away. After reviewing what I had...
