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Helmut Newton once said that, The whole series is black-and-white, so when I went to shoot one of the women I only had black-and-white film with me. She had reddish hair and was a very pretty girl, a nice girl.” I think he had a point!

At the end of each chapter in my now DOA book, A Life in Photography, there was a section I called “What Have We Learned Today.” The ending of one particular chapter goes something like this…

I’ve never read the The Secret Garden but I am told that it is “a timeless tale of friendship, nature, and rediscovery…” and “remains a favorite with readers of all ages. Maybe someday I will.

Before the pandemic, at Camera and Coffee events or when teaching workshops I’m sometimes asked, “What’s Your Favorite Photograph?” The glib answer to that question is “the one I’m going to make tomorrow” but what many people really want to know is what was the most challenging for me to shoot. If that’s what you’re interested in, you can see that photo and read about how I made it on my car photography blog.

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”
― Mark Twain

One of the most common questions photographers that ask me about car show photography is about exposure: