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A monolight is a self-contained studio flash. Within a single, compact housing, the light contains a power source, modeling light,  flash tube and controls.

Black and white is a wonderful media for creating portraits because it produces such a classic look and portrait photographers around the country have told me that more and more portraits  are being sold as black & white prints.

When I was a young photographer I asked my mentor, what was the worst thing I could do during a portrait shoot. My guess was that he would tell me not to make some kind of technical mistake but to my surprise he said, “not talking to the people.”

Most entrepreneurs start a business because they’re passionate about something. Book lovers open book stores, art lovers open galleries or design studio and shutterbugs start photo studios (that’s my own story.) 

Last year I photographed  Cars & Coffee at the Vehicle Vault using my limited edition Jaguar-themed Leica Z2X loaded with my favorite Kodak Gold 200 film.

I’ve always been a fan of monochrome photography and even wrote a book about creating and shooting black and white images called Creative Digital Monochrome Effects.