Exhibit 5a | Creative Disobedience

So, I emailed Apple on 7/15 asking for information on how to cancel my MobileMe account and get a refund. According to all of their literature I can cancel the service with 45 days to get a refund. I got the automated response from Apple telling me someone would get back to me in 48 [...]

Last September I opened an account with Photoshelter with the idea of applying to have my work sold as part of their collection. Photoshelter is one of the stock companies that has shrugged off the exploitative practices of the mega-stock companies like Corbis and (shiver) Getty. The big companies have a pretty standard 30/70 split, [...]

Last night in class we were experimenting with some hard light as our main light, and soft light as our fill. One thing that I took away was the idea of layering the light in a different way than seems intuitive. In general, as you’ll see in the samples posted below, I tend to put [...]

This is a Microsoft-style experience, only it’s coming from the Steve Jobs, not Bill Gates. Over the weekend I blew $99 on MobileMe and as of yet, have received nothing but grief. Here’s where I stand now, three days later: On Saturday morning I signed up for the trial of Mobile Me. It was a [...]

This week, edge lights and ring flash. Mostly stuff I already knew, but having someone explain the details and finer points, always helpful. Plus, as I’ve mentioned before, I love being around other photographers and talking about photography outside my bubble – almost as important to me as the classwork, although I’m learning a lot [...]

One of my clients wanted to add some images of people with disabilities to the library of stock they keep for the company. So over the last few weeks I’ve been shooting people signing, a guy in a wheelchair, crutches tucked into the corner of an otherwise standard office scene etc. I think it’s amusing [...]