10-4-09 - This travel editorial image is of Positano, Italy. We were going to a restaurant in the hills above Positano that specialized in grilling meat over an open fire.

8-20-09 - This editorial travel - personal work Flash movie of an old boat is in the Salerno, Italy commercial port. This one time elegant motorsailer is rotting away still carefully supported & waiting for the repairs that may never come. This entire area was once covered by buildings that stored & repaired engines & boats. They are all gone now, leaving only this tree & boat.

5-4-09 - This travel editorial image of an old boat is in the Salerno, Italy commercial port. This one time elegant motorsailer is rotting away still carefully supported & waiting for the repairs that may never come.

3-2-09 - This Travel Image was shot in Milano during the rain, I had seen this shot when I was shooting my Piazza 24 Maggio Flash movie - but by the time I had finished shooting those images the shop was closed. So I revisited it when it was raining again, which this time of year is often. When shooting street scenes I disdain using a tripod so I shoot hand held, frequently with the lens wide open.

7-14-08 - This Travel image was taken in Minneola, KS around 5 pm. I had left Denver, CO on my way to a ranch just outside Woodward, OK to shoot with a cowgirl I had met 5 years ago & could not get my travel plans to be in Woodward at proper time of day. So I was driving & while passing through Minneola I noticed 3 old grain elevators off to my left. I thought I really would like to shoot them but the sun was headed west and it was getting late plus I had another 2 hours driving time before I got to Woodward. Knowing I wanted to scout a while to locate the right spot to work and then get me & Bobbie back on site I decided to press on. I had driven past the elevators & I knew that I would not be real happy if I did not stop & shoot. So I turned around & grabbed a camera & shot two of the 3 elevators for 20 minutes, these are two of them.

6-19-08 I was in Eagle, CO to scout for an up coming Fashion project for The Milano Hat Company. This was the third day I was in Eagle and Dan, the outfitter I was using for this project, & I were sitting outside enjoying the evening.

I had identified several locations I wanted to shoot and I needed to know what time of day was best for each one of them. I had been up at 5 am to be able to look at how the light was going to develop in the morning so I could determine where I needed to be and how long I could spend before moving to the next location... chasing the light. The sun had been down about 10 minutes and Dan said, "look Steve." I turned my head & I could just see the top of the moon cresting over the mountain. Well I leaped up out of the chair I had seconds before thought I was going be able to relax in for a good while & commenced to hunt the closest camera and lens. I started to shoot & realized the lens I had on was too slow so I ran back I pulled my 200 f1.8 lens & started to shoot some more. Well it was too short so I then streaked back into the house & pulled out my 400mm f2.8 lens and it was just right. An example of shooting a great travel resort image by being at the right place at the right time.

9-22-07 - So after my June shoot in the little old ladies’ house in Nesso, I have wanted to go back and shoot the Castle ruins. These Editorial Travel images were shot for the Como Province Tourist Office.

9-22-07 - These Editorial Travel images were shot for the Como Province Tourist Office of this Romanesque church, San Giacomo di Spurano, on Lake Como, is in the town of Ossuccio. The pre-Roman origins of this village are confirmed by votive altar from the second century A.D. that belonged to some people called the "Ausuciates", who gave the village their name.

9-22-07 - These Editorial Travel images were shot in a cemetery on Lake Como in a town called Carate Urio. It is the tomb of Luigi Comitti and his family. I noticed the pattern as soon as I started to head down the stairs.

9-21-07 - These Editorial Travel images were shot in Como, Italy on a project for the Como Province Tourist Office, go here to see 8 selects and read on how I was able to expand the contrast & tonal range to show detail in very deep shadows and still hold the brightest highlight.

9-23-07 - This was shot directly across the street from the North Milano Railroad station in Como, a commuter rail line. When I lived here in Como I would take the train returning from Milan to the last stop, Lago di Como, cross the street & just sit on one of the many benches and look at the lake & the lights at night. I was walking about and this group of swans landed in one of them several little harbors in Como. My first Italian fashion shoot in 1985 was just off to the right where the boats are pulled up the "steps".

9-20-07 - These Editorial Travel images were shot in Como, Italy on a project for the Como Province Tourist Office, go here to see 2 selects.

9-13-07 - Added an Advertising Problem Solving section showing solutions to advertising and editorial fashion, beauty, industrial, lifestyle, lingerie and swim wear photographic problems. Go here to look at some examples.

6-26-07 - A new editorial travel location has been added, Sorrento, Italy.

6-26-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot in Brunate which overlooks Como, Italy on a project.

6-26-07 - These Advertising Resort Travel images were shot in Nesso near Como, Italy on a project.

6-25-07 - These Advertising Resort Travel images were shot in Milan, Italy on a project.

6-21-07 - These Advertising Resort Travel images were shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-20-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot in Positano, Italy on a project.

6-19-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot in Positano, Italy on a project.

6-18-07 - These Advertising Resort Travel image were shot in Marina Grande, near Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-17-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-16-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot in Marina Grande, near Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-15-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-14-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-13-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-12-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel image was shot at sunrise in Sorrento, Italy on a project. The cruise ship was coming to port, got just outside the port & dropped anchor. You could hear the chain rattling out of the hold while the heavy anchor was descending into the depths of the clear blue waters of the Mediterranean pulling the chain behind it.

5-30-06 - Added a new Travel Advertising Section.

5-14-06 - Just posted  a new section to my personal work "Travel Beauty" - this was a small palm frond that was in the front yard. Shot with a Canon Professional digital camera & a Canon 28-70 zoom lens, all at f2.8. On a couple of the shots I used an extension tube to be able to shoot closer.

4-13-06 - On the way to the jewelry beauty project below, I shot a few cactus- go here for a select. I pulled over, got the lens & a polarizer & shot for 2 minutes.

4-10-06 - Sunset - Cave Creek, AZ - Shot cactus - personal project. 10 minutes.

4-10-06 - While waiting on location in Sedona for the model to warm up & for the sun to return I shot a series of textures, go here for some selects.