Welcome

Hi, Welcome to my photo blog. I intend to use this space to keep you updated on what I am doing in the photo world. I will start by telling you about my new website. My original website, for those who saw it, was designed by Wendy Chan. It was her first web design and it was beautiful and great. The problem I faced was I could not edit it easily and quickly. I tried to learn the Dreamweaver software enough to be able to do that but it was daunting. I even had Nadine Miller helping me and with all of the instructions she gave me I knew I was doomed never to change my site. I also wanted more photos to be available for viewing. I looked around for an easier answer to my dilemma and decided after talking to a few people to move to Site Grinder. Again, I was daunted by the task. A friend of mine, Joan Albert, who is a great designer, was sitting in my office one day and we started talking about my website. She offered to design the new Site Grinder version of my site. It was at that moment I did the happy dance inside because at least now I may be able to make my own changes. When Joan showed me the initial design I loved it. It was clean and the layout allowed for more pictures to be in place. The watermark double BBs you seen in the background are based on a screen saver that Fred Caputi designed for me which also became a tattoo on my upper back.



Joan and I decided how best to break down the site and then I started the job of what to put on there. I had no idea that would be the hard part for me. We decided on 10 categories with 12 pictures in each category. Suddenly the 10 categories were non existent. Did I have 10 categories? Could I fill 10 categories? I finally settled on them then started to look for the pictures.. Another unexpectedly hard job because in some cases picking out 12 photos to represent something from over 800 photos is not easy. But it got done and is what you see. It will be updated and changed as time goes on so keep coming back. Thank you Joan. Joan can be contacted for web design at thinkdesignllc@mac.com.



There are the other projects I have been working on. I have done 2 sessions for Karavan of Yogis, a kids yoga class. Website info to come.





I recently did a shoot of glass and crystal antique candle holders for a friend launching a business. We decided to go with a very different look than just the standard catalog look.




This is an interior shoot I did for a designer I know. We had a blast that day even though for about 10 shots in total we worked from noon until 11:30 at night.





This is from a series of portraits I did of breast cancer survivors. This is Luana DeAngelis-Halpern, Founder and President, of an amazing organization called You Can Thrive. This organization is a free service (or pay what you can) for women with breast cancer. They offer all kinds of holistic services like accupuncture, massage, and nutrition advice. Please stop by their website which is

http://www.youcanthrive.org/.





My friend Mara Sanchez, who is a singer, asked me to do some head shots for her and they can be seen at www.marasanchezmusic.com . The picture on the masthead of her is one that I took and if you click on photos you will see another. A shout out to Fred Caputi for Photoshop help on the masthead photos. There were a few distractions that needed to be handled and Fred did it quickly and very well. Thanks Fred. (Best photoshop guy I know!)

If you would like to see more photos I am on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/blbphoto2

Any and all feedback is appreciated.