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Anyway, look for a new series next week under the heading of #tuesdaythoughts. And who knows, certainly not me at this point, what all that means.

Birthdays are magical things. Shortly after my recent birthday I heard from two people—a model and a client—that I haven’t heard from in a long time.

…for the next several #studiothursday posts, I’m going to feature some of these models. Not the actual images that got all the views, however, because most of them—all— would be too intense for the nanny software and social media censors plaguing the Internetfor the next several #studiothursday posts, I’m going to feature some of these models. Not the actual images that got all the views, however, because most of them—all— would be too intense for the nanny software and social media censors plaguing the Internet

I love to photograph old trucks that have lots of personality like the one above. For another example, see my post, “Shooting Wide Screen Photography with Film,” that was shot with a Russian-made Horizon panoramic film camera that I no longer have but am sorry that I sold.

It doesn’t matter what you call it—available light, unavailable light, available darkness, or low light photography—often the most rewarding photographs are produced when working under challenging lighting conditions. Why?

In an address to the 2016 National Book Festival, Stephen King related a story that resonated with me. In it he tells about seeing a woman on an airplane reading a copy of his just-out-in-paperback Carrie and he advises not to do what he did (but like him I did it too)…