It makes no difference if you're a professional photographer, enthusiast or beginner, the camera in hand is always better than the one you left behind. Growing up in days before having a camera in your pocket, I still have to remind myself that my iPhone camera is...
I have a hang up on neon. Yes, I loooooove photographing old signs like these in the wildstreets of NYC. Neon (Ne) itself produces that classic red-orange color. These signs are most likely are rarefied neon or florescent lights in the style of Neon, but for ease...
2pm and the hunger pangs are hitting. I've been editing and emailing all morning. Grocer across the street. I pick up a steak, mushrooms and salad fixins. From market to plate in 10 minutes. Giddy up. I've been seeing a health coach for the last 5 months. The fabulous...
Taste it. Touch it. Hear it. View it. Be there. It's 7:20am and I'm at the National Mall. My 6:30 am shoot off the wharf has ended early and I'm enjoying every second of DC. As I got closer to the capitol, I started getting a bit giddy. On the road I'm running from...
5:30am and all I want to do is go back to bed. 6:30am shoot with the fabulous Ellen across town here in DC, and my Uber is scheduled for 6:05am. Please... just a few minutes more of sleep. But no, we're committed for that golden hour. With cloud cover fast approaching...
I'm sitting in Omaha Eppley Airport, waiting for my 10:55am flight to Washington D.C. Regan airport, after a lovely few days of photographing a few musicians and artists out here. Currently reflecting of the Missouri river that divides Nebraska and Iowa. No two...
I LOVE baggage ... emotional baggage. I mean, who doesn't love a Louis Vuitton or Michael Kors bag? Am I right? But that's not what we’re talking about. Let's get real. The real YOU. So to state the obvious, I’m a commercial portrait photographer. But what may not be...
Eight Seconds. 8 ″. That’s the attention span of the average human based on a 2015 study by Microsoft. Comparatively speaking we as evolving human beings are just short of the goldfish, at a nine second attention span. Let that sink in for a second. (John Stevens 2016...
Being a photographer and an entrepreneur, I’m constantly reading up and studying to stay sharp. There’s always something new to uncover about the field, my clients and myself. I just recently got hooked on Tim Ferriss’s podcast featuring an interview of the creator of...
Ah, there's so much to be said about color! Whether you've been following us for years or are just starting to get into what makes us tick over here at Karjaka Studios, you may have noticed a sudden influx of color. We've received quite a few questions relating to...
