Thursday, January 31, 2008

out of commission

Just as I'm getting excited about opening the new studio downtown, this flu that's been going around hits me and hits me hard. 10 days in bed. I hope you don't get it, it's a killer.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

speaking of unconventional


This is one of my favorite shots from a recent dog shoot; possibly one of my all-time favorite dog shots. There are a dozen reasons why nobody would choose a shot like this, why it doesn't work, but there's really only one that someone would choose it: because they love it. It strikes me very viscerally; for me, it's that elusive essence of my subject that I managed to capture in a split second: the essence of this dog and her lanky discomfort at being photographed.

If I were looking for a cover image for a book about dogs, I might not choose this. But if I were just browsing images and came upon this on, I might write an entire novel around it.