I wanted to take opportunity to promote a wonderful cause that does so much good. I’ve been lucky enough to witness it first hand for the past 6 years and we are headed back this March to continue our partnership.  The God’s Child Project is the NGO (non-governmental organization) that we work with for our Visual [...]

Seriously, Just one of my stellar X students from VJ following a long and stately list of grads that have shot with us.  After mentoring them all year I know them very well. He’s one of the Best of the Best.  His PJ/VJ work is on another level. Check him out here: http://archive.uskphoto.com/about/ .  We’ve him [...]

I I was lucky enough to meet a true living legend of photography, Ben Fernandez (www.benedictjfernandez.com) and mentor to my friend, Michael Hintlian. We have a Visual Reportage Workshops gallery show hanging in Ben’s Almanac Gallery in Hoboken for the next several months. Listening to Ben’s stories and enjoying the hospitality he and his wife, [...]

After almost a week spent traipsing through the Guatemalan countryside and hoofing it around Guatemala City we spent the day at an orphanage in Patzun about 2 hours from La Antigua. It was great for the students to let off a little steam as they hugged the kids, played soccer with them and, of course, [...]

Taking workshops are a great way to grow as photographers and as people but teaching workshops, like our Visual Reportage Workshops, takes this to a whole other level of personal enrichment. For the past 5 years we’ve been working with The Gods Child Project documenting some of the social issues facing Guatemala. Our relationships have [...]

The year that was ended the same way for us at DMPJ as the previous year with a gorgeous, snow covered New Year’s Eve wedding celebration for two beautiful people.  Mozoltov to Sarah and Noah–what a great way to begin a life together. It is one thing I really push for in the colder months [...]

I have written and re-written this entry at least 5 times each time trying not to sound like Sally Struthers or that guy that looks like Trapper John (maybe he is Trapper John) on late night TV info-mercials. Here goes number six and I don’t think I’ve made any progress, but maybe it is not [...]

I’m headed back to a tiny Mayan village in Guatemala where my family and I visited this past summer during our summer roadtrip from Boston to El Salvador. You can read all about our adventure at www.travelingfamilycircus.com. We knew we wanted to help them, especially this group of midwives that became dear to my wife’s [...]