Illuminations at First Fridays

I'm going to be exhibiting at First Fridays in KC this Friday, July 2! I have been traveling and photographing for the last two years, which has been "illuminating" in both the sense of cultural and personal revelations and in the sense that it always has for the photographer, exposing film, or in this case sensor, to light. I will be exhibiting some of my recent travel and portraiture work at the Imago gallery on July 2 and I hope you will join me. Refreshments will be served.

Please feel free to invite friends and be sure to RSVP to the Facebook invite so we will know how many to expect. I hope to see you there!

Music man

I have found that a lot of times shooting portraits of people close to me is more difficult than shooting portraits of total strangers. I think it's because it forces me to redefine my role; to suddenly turn professional on someone I have know casually and comfortably for a long time. Shooting a musician portrait for my brother, Matt Lewis, was especially challenging because a lot of my own hangups about how I look in pictures were staring right back at me. In the end we were able to relax and have a good time with it, which I think shows in the photos. We chose to do the shoot at my grandparents' farm in central Missouri, because as the scene of so many of our childhood misadventures it was meaningful and inspirational for both of us.