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Portraits
Nose Deaf
Kaya Bryla-Weiss So it's 2019 and it's already happening. I see it everywhere. Do you see it? Maybe you've gone... Nose Deaf! It's a new year filled with possibilities and opportunities. The excitement builds for you to share on social media, emails, print ads and...
Thank You 2018
A brief note from the Editor... In my future, there is a Karjaka Column out there waiting for weekly publication. Who knows, maybe this will lead to it. In the meantime, I'll continue in first person prose. 😉 I'm sitting, or more like melting into my couch in...
A Framed Family
So this is that face you make when you see a dream come to reality. To our left is a masterfully restored photo of my Father and Grandmother in a Displaced Persons Camp around 1948. On the right you'll see the original photo. (You can click on either of the photos to...
Guitar Gothic
Sometimes it just hits you. I'm in the middle of a shoot last night with the fantastic Comedian, Writer, Guitarist, all around Artist, David Bowers, and we're trying a few looks, but nothing is coming. I'm not happy with the lighting, but even that's not what's on my...
Curiously Cropping
"Fill the frame", he'd say in that Ukrainian accent of his. "Allllleks, look at this photo you took. The action, the story is over here, (pointing to the upper left hand corner of the photo) yet you chose to fill your frame with grass and nothing. Get in closer. Fill...
Not All Facelifts Are Bad
It's all about presentation. An update. A lift. No different than your own portrait timeline, I get a facelift every three years. Well... not me per se, but my website. The internet as a platform is constantly evolving, as is the quality of content being put out...
No Thanks, NEON!
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...
That Golden Hour Shoot Prep for Both Parties
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...
Baggage and Deals Galore…
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...