Visit to WomanCraft

Last week I had the great honor and pleasure to visit WomanCraft, a transitional employment facility in Chicago. I was able to watch the skilled employees create handmade paper and products with the paper. Enjoy the slideshow!

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Excellent Resource for Photographers' Legal Rights

I stumbled upon a lawyer's site with lots of helpful information about photographers' legal rights, especially when confronted by our increasingly paranoid society:http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

Miniature Chicago

I'm having fun creating miniature landscapes in photoshop. Whenever I go to a skyscraper-located venue for a wedding, I always get some city shots. It's a nice update on the basic aerial view. I got the technique info from the tuaw site.

WPJA Honors my work

I was excited to find out that WPJA (The Wedding Photojournalist Association) has honored my image of Iris and Peter hugging after their ceremony at Bond Chapel. It won 2nd place in their Emotion category. WPJA is the world's largest organization promoting and advising the principles of a documentary approach to wedding photography and I was honored to have placed so well amongst such great photographers' work from around the world!