I recently had the best time speaking to OLLI at the University of Georgia about my journey in portrait photography. I started the talk with a photograph of me at age 3, and then I gave some tips that were hopefully relevant to both smartphone users and advanced camera users. I concluded the talk with discussion of my philosophy of portrait photogr...

This week started off with me receiving a rather pleasant portfolio review. I have gotten some over the years rather scathing. If you care to read: "Jason- One of the beauties of reviewing a submission like yours is that I can see the range of ways that you are thinking/seeing as a portrait photographer. There are images that have a more documen...

Hoyt's Service Station Bowman, GA late '70s "Fill'er up? Yes Boss Man" was what I always heard pulling up here, growing up in the rural south. He would greet me as young master Jason. My mother had to explain this archaic greeting to me. My parents were addressed as Mr. James and Miss Vivian. "Three dollars worth and a plug of Day's Work [chewing...

What are you trying to say? “Buddha is said to have given a "silent sermon" once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it. After a while, one of those present, a monk called Mahakasyapa, began to smile. He is said to have been the only one who had understood the sermon. According to legend, that smile (that is to say, realization) was hand...