This is one of my best buddies, Rick! Rick recently picked up his first DSLR Camera, so now he’s been learning all this great stuff about photography. Which is perfect because Rick is also a married man, father of two, and expecting a new born within the next few months, so by default he has been promoted as the family photographer with all these great photos ops and memories…….. Children + Camera = Instant Photographer…… Well pretty much! You’re almost guaranteed to get some great photos. Kids are just so spontaneous and without reservation. We seem to lose that as we get older. Well aside from that I’m super excited because I have not only one of my best buddies but photo buddy to hang out and go shoot with …………. well only when Rick’s wife doesn’t mind that I steal him away from his family obligations ….  … haha!  Come on Sean ! Where you at? I’m waiting on you and your new camera rig.

“Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” – Arnold Newman

When I create a photo, it is how I envision and remember that given moment in time. What anybody else thinks, however they may interpret it, like it or not, is out of my control. The goal is to preserve memories and if the picture moves me, makes me laugh and produces an emotional response that helps me remember that memory, then that’s all that matters.

Article By: Ashley Schwellenbach – New Times, San Luis Obispo
Photos By: Steve E. Miller

Last winter, New Times put out a call to arms, searching for photographers across the county—professionals and amateurs alike—to compete in Photography Wars. Forty-six photographers answered the call and we selected six who will be given six challenges over the course of the next six months. In our Autumn Arts issue on Sept. 18 we will print their photos and you, the public, will be invited to vote to declare the victor. Here are the competitors.

Kamil Baranowski – Shell Beach, CA
Graphic Designer / Web Developer / Photographer

Brittany App – Santa Margarita, CA
Photographer

Will Headley – San Luis Obispo, CA
Student

Joseph Gorman – Grover Beach, CA
Digital Editor

Adrianne Bonafede – Atascadero, CA
Photographer

Howard Ignatius – Morro Bay, CA
Retired

Article @ newtimesslo.com

It was my mom’s birthday this past weekend, so I traveled home to visit the family. My mom had just put in a bunch of time and effort into her new garden, so I was very happy to take some photos that showed off all her hard work. Happy Birthday Mom!!!

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Well I wouldn’t exactly call it a party, but I’m excited and I plan on celebrating! For those of you that may not know me, or that do and still don’t know what I do (you know who you are ….), aside from ‘photographer’, I am also a graphic designer and interactive web developer. I find that designing and developing work for myself to be one of the toughest things ever. I am my own toughest critique and really I think it’s simply because I love so many different types of styles, that I have a hard time sticking to just one. Generally I don’t allow myself enough time to work on my own stuff …… you know the whole toughest critique thing I mentioned, there can never be enough time when you’re designing for yourself….. so my stuff usually gets put on the back burner while I’m working on other clients projects and then by the time I return, my mood has changed and I’ve moved onto another design that has inspired me.

Well lately I’ve been very motivated and inspired to work on my own projects. I’ve been really pushing my photography more and more and I’ve simply been getting fed up with not having my own website to show off my stuff. So I’ve started with the blog because I can post more photos more often to this location, and while, I already had a blog started I didn’t think the framework design was up to par. So I’ve come up with what you see now and for the most part I’m much much happier with the layout! I’m sure I will be adding and fixing things along the way. I’m sure issues will present themselves along the way as I start posting more and over time things will work themselves out (as long as I don’t get an genius ideas about changing the entire look ….. again !!). The blog is ….. well … a ‘blog’ and I do plan on developing an actual professional interactive website for my online portfolio. The blog is more for fun, keeping active/interactive and a place where I can get away with posting some stuff that is more fun and random. So take look around, I hope you all enjoy the site and sure to leave comments and feedback ….. I’m always open to any constructive criticism and new ideas!

- Dr. K -

(P.S. – I’m not really a doctor, but somehow it’s become my nickname thanks to a good friend, and honestly the name is kinda stuck on me ……… Dr. K approves !! )