I suck at blogging

I'm not good at this.  For sure.  But other people are.  Recently I got hooked up with Elizabeth Harford's blog and it's turned into one of my favorites.  I love photographers who freely share their knowledge and Elizabeth is one of them.  She's at elizabethhalford.com.

Another good one is John Lund.  He is a wealth of information about the stock photography business and an encouraging person as well. You can find him on Blogger.

Portrait practice

We're in between seasons here; the snow's gone, but nothing's green yet.  So while I wait for mother nature to bring on Spring, I decided to practice some portraits.  I used my front porch for the location because it has open shade and a nice brick wall.  I also wanted to try out some of the Florabella actions I recently purchased.  It was fun.

In this picture I used Florabella's Vintage Wine action, cropped it square (I'm on a square crop kick lately), and added a vinette.