I am very attached to old film cameras. OK, maybe attached is not an accurate description of how I feel about them – ADDICTION would probably be a more appropriate word. I cannot walk or drive past a yard sale or a thrift store without succumbing to a completely irresistible urge to stop and see…

Last night I found an amazing app and wanted to share it with the world in general and with photographers and videographers in particular. I am well aware that most likely my find is akin to rediscovering the wheel, but here it goes anyway. This little marvel of an app is called Shazam and it…

Dear friends, I wanted to thank everyone who offered to help with the photography event that I was planning for February 6, 2011 at the Pittsburgh Women’s Shelter. Unfortunately, it does not look like this event will happen, at least not on February 6. Due to some communication (or rather miscommunication) issues, I was not…

Dear friends, About a month ago I found out about Help Portrait help-portrait.com from an amazing photographer Jen McKen. The idea behind Help Portrait is simple – find someone in need, take their portrait, print their portrait, give them the prints. Unfortunately I found out about it too late to participate in their November 4th…

I recently accidentally found out that a couple of my Bar/Bat Mitzvah photos were featured in Pittsburgh Jewish Living magazine. I`m really excited about that. Hopefully tomorrow I`ll find out that my photos were published in the Bride magazine the National Geographic, Wired and Popular Photography:)

Yesterday I received an email from Moraine Preservation Fund asking me if they could use one of my photos as a banner for their website`s “activities” page. It was kind of flattering that they wanted one of my photos – plus I don`t mind seeing my daughter`s happy smiling mug on as many websites as…

I am so freaking excited! I`m literally jumping up and down with excitement! See how many exclamation signs I`m using!!! Over the last 2 months I`ve been working with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh to organize a series of workshops on photography and finally everything is ready to go. This workshop series will be targeted…