Los Angeles Architecture with Lensbaby
Photographing architecture with a Lensbaby lens has long been on my creative to-do list. I’ve most often seen them used in nature and portrait photography and have loved the dreamy look they create. I think I first noticed them and their effect in macro flower photography thanks to Anne Belmont. If you aren’t familiar with […]
Student Images – 2025 Los Angeles Workshop
The first workshop of 2025 is in the books! Always fantastic to visit sunny LA and escape chilly Chicago this time of year. And, to meet and catch up with new and past attendees. I’m always lucky to have such great groups and this was no exception. I recapped my images in a post a […]
Los Angeles 2025 Workshop Recap
The first workshop of 2025 is in the books! It was so nice to head to warm and sunny Los Angeles for a few days during Chicago’s deep freeze last week. Once again, I had an incredible group of attendees. Can’t wait to share their images with you in a couple of weeks. Let’s jump […]
Los Angeles 2023 Workshop Recap
The first workshop of 2023 is in the books! LA’s been having some odd weather this year and it sure wasn’t the most cooperative for us but we still had a great time and got some great shots. Just gotta improvise your approach when you don’t get the sun you expect/hope for. Same goes for […]
Los Angeles Workshop Recap 2022
This post is long overdue and it’s gonna be a long one, but after many, many weeks of some serious hard drive issues – I cannot stress enough to have multiple backups of your work – I’m finally coming up for air and was able to find some time to edit the LA shots. That […]
Student Images from the 2022 Los Angeles Workshop
Last month we had a great 3 days exploring Los Angeles! Such a great group for my first workshop outside of Chicago since covid. A big thanks to them for being so patient with a number of last-minute itinerary changes due to covid and unplanned access issues. This year, we spent 3 full days exploring […]
The Broad – Inside & Out
The Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles is one of my favorite buildings in LA. When we’ve visited in the past for workshops we’ve only photographed the exteriors, for 2022 I thought we had to get inside to fully explore the greatness of this building. So, let’s take a brief look […]
Photographing The Sculptures of Los Angeles
I’ve discussed photographing sculptures as a form of architectural photography in the past. It really is one of my favorite subjects and there are some great ones out there. Today, we’ll focus on some of Los Angeles’s public artwork. First up, Double Ascension by Herbert Bayer. It was one of the first public art pieces […]
2019 Los Angeles Workshop Recap
A couple of weeks ago, we went to Los Angeles for our third workshop! There is a lot of great architecture to photograph in LA, and it’s one of our favorite cities to teach our workshop in. We had beautiful weather (if only a little chilly) and, as usual, a great group to spend the […]
Los Angeles Wanderings
After we wrapped up the workshop in Los Angeles, we spent a few more days exploring some architecture in parts of the city not as easily accessible for a workshop. Given how spread out LA is and the traffic, omg the traffic, it took us a few days to get to all these locations. And […]