Anti-Turkey Day

Does the definition of a workaholic include a compulsion to ignore holidays? Anyway, my wife's out of town for the weekend so I'm spending the weekend working on tying up loose ends and completing a couple outstanding projects. Nothing too exciting, and I'm planning mac-n-cheese for my T-day dinner, which is one of my all-time favorite comfort meals.

The studio renovations are nearing completion, too. All that remains is to paint the new window panels and remove the stovepipe from the former owner's woodstove. Next step will be to build a permanent cyc wall so I won't have to deal with paper backdrops anymore.

Wondering what a cyc wall is? Check out today's link: ProCyc.com

My studio is fairly modest at 500 s.f., but it's perfectly suited to the kind of work I do.

In that vein, today's photos were taken in my studio; the first is from a family-portrait session and the second is a product shot of a Japanese toy.

Not feeling particularly profound today, but thought I'd try a bit of photo wisdom: You can't make a good portrait until the camera disappears from the equation. Once the subject is so comfortable that they forget their photo is being taken, you're home free.