The Cortez Amarillos are blooming in Costa Rica. These trees are marvelous: for 360 days out of the year they are just another tree among thousands; and then, for only five glorious days, they explode

“Everyone wants happiness; no one wants pain. But you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain.” – Zion Lee

While we were traveling in Costa Rica last month, we ventured to the small town of Sarchi to look at the artwork, with the hope of bringing something home with us. I have always loved the Sarchi style

In Atenas, Costa Rica, there is a statue of Christ that lies on the slab of a table, one arm broken off to a stub, prostrate and and in pain as if he is a patient in the ER and not actually The Lord Incarnate.

Today I am going to talk about how you can use light and shadow to transform the photos you take every day, photos of your family, friends, dog, food, whatever it is. If you pay attention to light and

I've been photographing newborn babies for a few years now, but it wasn't until I made a dramatic change in my mindset that I really began to love doing it. Let me back up... When we think of newborn photos,

Every Sunday I change the sheets, and every Sunday these scallywags won't let me.  Shot in RAW with my Canon 70D and Sigma 18-250 zoom lens. f3.5, 1/100, ISO 800. These are super noisy because I had

 The spectacular falls of the Rio Cajon, right here in Atenas Costa Rica and just a short walk (and a long set of stairs) from where we live. I had been here, years ago, but never swam in the water.

Here in Costa Rica we have many beautiful trees. Many of them bear fruit, some of them hide scarlet macaws, but the Cortez Amarillo is the most special of them all. For 360 days out of the year these tress

My best friend, Pancho, on National Dog Day. There has never been a more loyal mutt. Shot in RAW with my Canon 70D and Sigma 35mm ART lens. f1.4, 1/13, ISO 1600.

When you start to "See the Light", even ordinary objects are transformed into things of beauty. As I discussed in my post about using light and shadow in your portrait photography, photography is, in it's

His name is Trouble, and "keeping an eye on him" is a full time job. When you have a toddler, silence means someone is about to die. Which is exactly what I thought when I realized that things were just

I recently had clients approach me about doing a maternity session. Great! I love to do maternity sessions because most times that means I get to do the newborn session, too. The problem is that this time

The baby is learning how to deal with his emotions-- it's a natural part of growing up and is why having a toddler is so difficult. Right now he is learning how to feel anger and what to do with it. I'm

It is in moments like this that I am most grateful for my camera. That I can freeze for a moment my wonder at how he can simultaneously be so smart and so little. That even though some day he and his brother

Only in Atenas, Costa Rica, do you need to wait for an oxcart to pass before making a left turn. Some days I really struggle to find my daily photo, but today I was lucky to have my back-up camera on me

When the baby was born I took a long break from doing client sessions and focused instead on photographing my own family. At the end of last year I started to slowly take on new clients, never really

 I'm no mycologist so I don't know who this fun-guy is, but I'm pretty sure he's up to no good. (Yeah, I did it. I used the worst of all bad dad jokes. But, do I get bonus points for horse shit

Self portrait of a mother who passed a sleepless night with a fevered baby. For two nights he has not slept, and for two days I have struggled to keep up with my photo project and everything else that

Canon 70D, Sigma 18-255mm lens, 212mm focal length, 200 ISO, f14, 1.6". In photoshop I pulled down the blacks and nudged the vibrance only a little then cropped it way down to fit here on Steemit.