Writing

Field notes for the age of generative everything.

Essays on AI, culture, community, creative practice, consent, taste, and what stays human when the tools get loud.

  • Who’s Coming to PhotoCamp at Northern Voice?

    (Cross-posted from my fashion photography blog over at www.staticphotography.com) This is a very exciting week for me as I prep with the rest of the organizing team for…

  • 14 Tips for Great Candlelight Photography

    14 Tips for Great Candlelight Photography Have you ever tried to capture a candle lit scene with your digital camera? The results can be stunning with the warm…

  • Urban Landscape Photography Tips

    Urban Landscape Photography Tips Last week I was reading an issue of Digital Photographer Magazine (issue 50) which had a good feature on Urban Landscapes. In it they…

  • Assessing Contrast – The Squint Technique

    Assessing Contrast – The Squint Technique Here’s a surprising little tip that a pro once shared with me when thinking about contrast in images. It’s not really conventional…

  • 4 Tips Regarding Converging Lines

    4 Tips Regarding Converging Lines When framing a landscape shot one of the types of environmental features that many photographers look for an like to incorporate in their…

  • How to Pose Hands in Portraits

    How to Pose Hands in Portraits The hands and fingers are often giveaways to how the rest of the body is feeling.

  • Photoshoot With Natalie Pagnucco

    (cross-posted from my Vancouver Fasion Photography blog over at www.staticphotography.com) We recently had the chance to do a fun fashion editorial photoshoot with Natalie Pagnucco. We used several…

  • Bluff it as a fashion photographer

    Bluff it as a fashion photographer Whether you’re interested in a career in fashion photography, or just want to take impressive portraits of your friends, this is your…

  • Countdown to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics

    Countdown to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Today, in Vancouver, shortly after noon, the Olympic countdown clock was revealed to the public in an event attended by supporters and…

  • Grace Park Photo Used On Wikipedia

    Grace Park Photo Used On Wikipedia Someone from Wikipedia dropped me a note today to mention that they used this picture of Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica) on her…

  • Fashion Photoshoot for Discollection

    Kdon over at Discollection is an amazing designer and stylist. I've been using her for lots of Static Photography shoots lately and was even more impressed than usual…

  • Vancouver Olympic Protest Flickr Group

    Vancouver Olympic Protest Flickr Group Photos and discussion of anti-Games resistance. Includes protests, posters and signage. You don’t have to be against the Games to participate in this…

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