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A muse is a woman or force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. If you have a friend or maybe yourself who would like to be a muse or have questions about the concept or would like to schedule an interview about becoming my muse, please click the Contact button and let’s talk.

I’ve written before about my interest in the Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap lens that someone, whose opinion I respect, once told me, “That lens is truly worthless.” The lens is seemingly discontinued but you can still get them from Amazon and, of course, eBay.

A head shot or headshot is a photographic portrait in which the focus is on the subject’s face. The term is usually applied to professional profile images on social media, images used on online dating profiles, and promotional images of actors, models, and authors.

I have many memories of working with Kodak’s graphic Arts film—Kodalith—back when I was a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Photographing  models outdoors in a public place almost always attracts the attention of local gendarme. As it turned out that was not a problem. The original Olympus E-M10 is a small, understated-looking camera and I thought using it would make us look like a couple of tourists, which essentially we were.

I believe a fear of photography is real. Copophobia, scoptophobia, or ophthalmophobia are anxiety disorders that are characterized by a fear of being seen or stared at by others, as in someone looking at them on a photograph.