Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.”— Diane Arbus

Today's Post by Joe Farace Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to get the whole mid-life crisis package. —Keanu Reeves In response to several suggestions from new readers of this blog, I wanted to go back to the basics with a look...

“Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure, only death can stop it.”— Ernest Hemingway

Black and white is a wonderful media for making portraits because the lack of color helps to simplify the image, allowing the viewer to focus on the real subject of the photograph instead being distracted by their clothing or surroundings.

We didn’t know it at the time but Dickens was right. It was the best of times because of the generosity and kindness of John and Dawn Clifford who, for many years, hosted a series of group model shoots where they opened wide the doors to their home and property under the auspices of the Colorado Artists, Models and  Photographers group.