After a month using the Hasselblad FlexBody with film and digital backs, I decide where this unusual medium format view camera still belongs in my photography.
Hasselblad FlexBody in the Digital Age: The Decision
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Beyond the Magnifying Glass: Macro as Fine Art
Macro photography is more than magnification. Discover how ordinary objects become fine art through thoughtful composition, light, and close observation, using nothing more than a dedicated macro lens.
Product Photography
SONY A7R IVA | STUDIOProduct photography centers on objects created, manufactured, or prepared for use or sale. The subject may be as simple as a single piece of glassware or as complex as a carefully arranged group of products, but the purpose of the photograph is to...
Creative Explorations with the Hasselblad FlexBody: Working Digitally
A hands-on look at the Hasselblad FlexBody paired with the CFV II 50C digital back. Learn how rise, fall, tilt, and correction slides can expand creative possibilities in the studio.
Rediscovering the Hasselblad FlexBody in 2026 | Still Life, Tilt & Creative Workflow
A first look at using the Hasselblad FlexBody as a compact digital studio view camera, exploring its tilt, rise, bellows extension, and creative potential through a simple cupcake still life shoot.
Playing with Teapots: Same Lighting, Different Opinions
A playful studio experiment comparing Kodak TMAX 100 and Ektapan 100 turns into a thoughtful exploration of perception, post processing, and how photographers interpret black and white film.
Worldwide Pinhole Day 2026: Play the Guitar Twice
A 4×5 pinhole double exposure of a guitar using subtle shifts in aperture, bellows, and tilt to create an abstract, cubist inspired image.
The Rest of the Story
A quiet look at what happens after the photograph, from film developing to finished prints, and returning the work full circle.
The Day Before the Still Life
A quiet still life study of flowers on film, revisited through hand coloring and a second look at composition, process, and creative patience.
Second Life Still Life: When a Project Shows Up
A simple thrift shop visit turns into a still life project, showing how photographic ideas can appear quietly through observation and intention.
Applesauce Memories
A still life photograph inspired by childhood memories, applesauce, and the quiet power of natural window light.
What Grocery Store Flowers Taught Me
How grocery store flowers became a simple, powerful way to practice photography, learn light, and develop a deeper way of seeing.
Lighting 101.10 – The Power of Flags
Learn how subtracting light with flags shapes contrast, shadow, and mood using simple materials and daylight in this Lighting 101 lesson.
Lighting 101.03 – Understanding Light Direction
In this Lighting 101 lesson, learn how light direction affects shape and depth using a simple still life and three classic lighting angles.
Lighting 101.02 – Shape and Value in Photography
In Part Two of Lighting 101, color is set aside to explore how light direction shapes form and value through simple black-and-white still life studies.
Creative Photography: Giving Old Images a Second Life
Photography inspiration from a found leaf transformed in Lightroom and Photoshop, pairing an old image with a haiku about love, change, and letting go.
Cambo Wide Meets Tabletop Photography
A panoramic camera, a close-up filter, and a batch of fake tulips walk into a studio… here’s what happened when I broke all the rules.
The Beauty Beneath: Photographing the Underside of Grace
Exploring the quiet beauty found beneath the surface—where patience, perception, and the art of photography reveal grace in overlooked places.
Worldwide Pinhole Day 2025: Tempus Fugit
A 4×5 pinhole photograph celebrating Worldwide Pinhole Day 2025 — capturing the quiet drift of light, time, and memory in a kitchen bathed in afternoon glow.
Stargazer: A Reflection on Light, Stillness, and Craft
A reflection on creating Stargazer, a still life made with one light, a mirror, and intention—rooted in the early lessons of light, craft, and simplicity.
Finding Inspiration in Simple Things: Overcoming Creative Slumps
Inspiration isn’t about grand gestures—it’s about finding magic in the ordinary. Embrace small spaces, favorite subjects, and light to reignite creativity.
Capturing Ethereal Glow with Extension Tubes
Discover photography with extension tubes! Learn how I captured the beauty of a flower using stacked tubes, an X-Pro2, and studio techniques.
Joyce Tenneson’s Shells: Nature’s Exquisite Creations, A Review
Explore Joyce Tenneson’s captivating photography series, Shells: Nature’s Exquisite Creations, where she transforms delicate shells into works of art through her ethereal aesthetic approach.
Twelve Plus Two
What a curious title, “Twelve Plus Two,” for this image, wouldn’t you agree? Learn how I turned a 4×5 black & white negative into a unique colored palette of my choosing.
Curtsy — Petals in Silver Light
A portrait of resilience: tulips photographed in a half-rebuilt studio after storm damage, revealing beauty, strength, and creativity through adversity.