Who would think that getting married in the lobby of a theater was worth considering?  Well, if it’s the Spencer Theater in Ruidoso, New Mexico, get ready for a pretty spectacular scene inside and out.  The lobby is set against the theater and glistens like a jewel against the New Mexico landscape.  Photographing a wedding there was a little bit of a challenge with the afternoon sun shining through the glass, reflecting off metal...

    Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, Friendship without envy, Or beauty without vanity? Here, where grace is served with muscle And strength by gentleness confined He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity. There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent. There is nothing so quick, nothing more...

From some of the world’s great photographers:  “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”                                                                                                   – Edward Steichen  “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”...

 He was sound asleep, head under a blanket with feet sticking out.  How many times have those feet carried him from danger or into it to save his mom?  Asleep because he’s feeling safe, at last.  I was snapping some photos at HEAL and the Nest yesterday . . . a domestic abuse shelter.  As the director was showing me the facility, my emotions were mixed.  Joy and relief at knowing that such an extraordinary facility and support...

  When it comes to displaying our photographs, we photographers mistakenly think that we can mat and frame as well as anyone else, and this is the one area where we can skimp moneywise.  After all, the picture speaks for itself.  So not true!  While a good photo does speak for itself,  how you display it will either support the mood of the scene or destroy it.  Artists know this.  How their work is displayed  is as important to them as...