Lessons

Looking backwards to see the path forward

A Wrangler shoot, a barbershop, and a prophecy come true.

My first big commercial shoot and everything that could go wrong

A rejection letter from LIFE Magazine, 1983

And wondered what I was thinking

My father, a sheet of mylar, and a passing of the torch I didn't see coming.

The one thing nobody teaches you about portrait lighting

A shop teacher, a home darkroom, and the beginning of a fifty-year journey

The art of negotiation in an Arizona strip club (Content warning: includes NSFW images)