King, Sword, Eyebrows

Here we have a knight with a reproduction Civil War sword demonstrating his uniquely scary expression.
He is my grandson from Massachusetts.

The props are mine.

Blue Girl

Sophie held the fabric while I photographed her.
The knight above is her brother.

Little girls are too wonderful!

An American Indian: The past and the present

Photographing American Indians is a great experience.

Here is a magical example - the color picture is the original and the black & white in an "antique plate" style is one I created and Darlene loved it.
What a difference between the 2 of them, and yet it is the same image!

Linda St Clair, artist

Here's Linda; she's an artist here in Santa Fe and needed a portrait for an upcoming magazine article on her.
We took some pictures which included one of her paintings but she decided that there were enough of them in the article.
She's in several galleries around the U.S.

Robbing a train in Fort Worth, Texas

My son-in-law had fun recently "robbing" trains in Fort Worth, Texas.
It was a weekend tourist attraction and the passengers loved it, they got to talk to the "robbers" and pat the horses.
The train was vintage which added to the atmosphere.
(In real life he's an engineer and his horse is named Roper.)

Joan Sotkin

Joan and I updated her business portrait from a few years ago.
She brought along 2 outfits.
We photographed her in both outfits, in different poses, and she chose her favorite image which I then retouched for her.
The digital world has made this so much easier!
What I do is to take maybe 12 pictures, then upload them onto the laptop, and the client is able to decide whether more pictures are wanted in another outfit or in another pose, and so we proceed until the final choice is decided upon.
It works well.

Santa Fe Museum of International Folk Art

The Museum of International Folk art had their annual Market recently, and I was asked to photograph some booths for the Market on the day prior to opening.
Here are 2 of the people who were busy fixing up their booths.
It was a really hot day!