Diana Roberts posted a great infographic about the death of traditional photojournalism on her blog frugaldad.com. She argues the smartphone has opened photojournalism to anyone. That’s good, she says, but it might be sounding a death knell for the profession. She emailed a link to me, asking a photographer’s opinion. The validation is welcome, especially [...]

Go to the CameraSim Blog and play with all the simulators. Just click the post headlines to find them. Learning DSLR photography can be a painful experience, especially when it comes to determining exposure by manipulating aperture,ISO and shutter speed. But CameraSim makes it all better again. This simulator lets you play with the basic [...]

The Cleveland Collage Project aims to assemble portrait of Greater Cleveland that is inclusive, accurate, nuanced and complete. It’s my reaction to the Rust Belt coverage I’ve seen in national media like the Washington Post, the New York Times and CBS. I’m not saying the stories weren’t accurate. I’m saying they were framed. What is [...]

Long time ago, Glamour magazine did a feature: “I knew I’d made it when…” The respondents filled in the blank with story of when they realized they’d become successful. So here’s mine. “I knew I’d reinvented myself when I got called to photograph President Obama’s speech at Shaker Heights High School.”  Now the turning point [...]

In the name of reinvention, I’ve spent a lot of time browsing the web, searching for photo tutorials. I have to say The Strobist Blog is one the best sites I’ve found. The blog is published by Dave Hobby and has been around since 2006. This site has a track record; the content and the [...]

When it comes to eye candy, the Cuttn Zone barbershop is one of my favorite places. That’s why I wanted to include a photo in the project “90 Years in 90 Days: 90 photos that define Cleveland Heights.” The series is running on clevelandheights.patch.com,and it commemorates the 90th anniversary of Cleveland Heights,Ohio becoming a city. [...]

Update I’ve only been working on this series a week, but the response has been fantastic. We’ve gotten followers, suggestions and comments. My favorites so far: The Bessers who recognized their grandfather’s store in our first photo; the children of Gail Kirschenbaum Bash, who contributed a story about her recycling efforts. I’m learning quite a [...]

Just how violent was the Coventry Village Arts Fair? Depends on where you were, and what you saw.

I’ve photographed three graduation-type ceremonies since June 6. Because of that, I’ve been thinking about new beginnings and rites of passage. Still, the graduation at Boulevard Elementary School really inspired me. The children were beautiful in too grown dresses and too big suits. Their families were more than proud. When the soundtrack to the year-end [...]

When starting my journey from writer to multi-media journalist, I received great advice from Barbara Morrow, an editor at the Los Angeles Times. She told me to aim for the story, not the pretty picture. The advice came before I was really ready to apply it, but I never forgot. Now, I’m always searching for [...]