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One of my favorite blooms to see & smell this time of year are those of the magnolia tree. Every time I see a magnolia tree, I get a little excited. The bright colors & intoxicating perfume just send me! The flowers while beautiful and smile inducing also remind me of the song “Strange Fruit” […]

Beauty + Fashion + Film camera = How to look damn good When I asked to take their photo, they said sure. When they saw my Mamiya film camera, they got excited. It was all around excitement. Kind of nerdy but so very cool. Check here to view more of my NYC Analog Street Portrait series.

My baby cousin Precious Jules, graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in philosophy & history today after 4 short intense years. The years really blasted by & he wasted no time taking advantage of his full academic scholarship. Since Precious Julian could talk he was super annoying as I told him so yesterday […]

A beautiful smile is all you really need to shine. Nothing more! Nothing less! Check here to view more of my NYC Analog Street Portrait series.

Back in the fall while in NY for fashion week, I along with my homegirl Asia Willis had plans to attend several shows in what’s known as “The Box” at Lincoln Center. The Box is where all of the presentations were held. In case you don’t know, a [fashion] presentation is where the models are […]

Reminds me of a daffodil (my favorite spring flower) crossed with a gladiolus, but it’s a cattleya orchid (BLC Husky Boy Romeo if you want to get all specific.).  Like my beloved daffodil & gladiolus, this orchid only blooms one a year. Luckily, the flower lasts at least a month on this type of orchid. […]

Like the nerd that I am, I hung out at the Michigan Orchid Society Show to see some new beauties and hopefully pick up one or two. The exhibits were huge and very diverse, much larger than the Ann Arbor Orchid Festival. What I found not so great about the Michigan Orchid Society Show was […]

To get good results when taking portraits, you can do so very much with one small light, one stand, & one umbrella. When I photographed New York educator, blogger, poet and my ace boom cool José Vilson, I started with two lights but I was not getting the effect that I desired. I tried multiple […]

We are at the tail end of March & winter is not letting go one bit.  The sun & longer days are nice, but I would love to have some temperatures over 35º. In the meantime, it is still OK for me to post winter-ish images. Ran into this young lady at the Lincoln Center […]

Whenever I’ve seen Robert Verdi out & about, he is either posse’d up deep, rolling with a friend or two, on the scene with a camera crew or a combination of all three. No matter what, the one thing that remains consistent is a set of shades perched atop of his dome. He’s always friendly […]