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Several years ago, during my second portfolio build process, I had many pages that had two images side-by-side. This made sense to me, primarily because I created these images at the same time, in the same project, to convey the same idea. The theme is consistent across both images. I sat with Thomas Broening to [...]

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So I’m coming to realize that, when it comes to compositing, the problem is not necessarily the light, or the knockout, each of which can be done skillfully and well. But it’s the composition, and some as-yet-undefined variables of place and time, that matter. And that matters with flames on white, because I don’t plan [...]

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Track spikes have always fascinated me. They’re so singular in purpose. Maybe that’s why the designers go nuts, but it’s hard to find a wallflower track spike. The Asics Japan Lite-Ning 2 is no wallflower. © 2009 FirsttotheFinish.com For this shoe I wanted a stadium backdrop. I scouted various tracks: Stanford, Kezar, USF, SFSU, and [...]

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Working on a photo project, I ran into a need for a picture of fire. Since it was secondary to my photo project, I thought I’d look around for an existing picture, to save time. I needed a picture of a flame on white, but I was unable to find what I was looking for, [...]

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