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The Five Wits

The Five Wits PhotoshootPhotos by J.R. BlackwellWigs by The Five Wits Recently The Five Wits, fine retailers of wigs for all of your cosplay needs, hired me to photograph some of their new offerings....

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The Blisters

If there is anything I’ve learned from photojournalism in the past two years, it’s that your shoes are as important as your camera. Lots of people think that it’s the camera, the lens, the flash – the...

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Creativity and Commerce: The Difference A Budget Makes

I belong to a community of artists who often discuss the relationship of the artist with their community and with commerce. There has been a lot of discussion of what it means to support an artist, to...

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What Do YOU Like?

What do you like? What would you like me to blog about more? Share your opinions! Take Our Poll Links: Photojournalism Fantasy Dr. Mercury Food In Their Own Worlds

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Moving Forward

I’m not interested in your criticisms of what I’ve finished. I’m really not. I’m moving on to the next thing. If you like it, that delights me, it inspires me to make the next thing. It’s motivational....

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Your Top Ten Insecurities

Since I’ve become a photographer, people have shared many of their physical insecurities with me. I used to tell people that they looked beautiful, but after a while I learned that wasn’t useful. What...

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What The Hell Con

The picture with this post comes from my college years. I’m using it here because I have been invited back to my alma mater to be the Guest of Honor at What The Hell Con in North Carolina. What the...

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Comrade Cockroach for In Their Own Worlds

The end of this is that I’ll be taking a super villain out on the streets at dawn. But let’s back up. In Their Own Worlds is a photography project I’m working on that will allow authors to step into...

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Behind the Scenes with Skyspark Books

Last weekend Skyspark Books hired me to take book cover photos for Elizabeth Cole’s new regency and medieval romances. (You can see some of the previous books covers I’ve created for her by clicking on...

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In Their Own Worlds: Jared Axelrod

In Their Own Worlds Test Shoot I’ve photographed authors for years, but simple portraits never captured the magic I felt when I read one of their books. But in my photo-project, In Their Own Worlds, I...

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