How To Categorize and Choose Your Next Photographer
A lot of people say to me, “Parke, I want a photographer who knows exactly what he’s doing.” I usually reply with, “Most photographers don’t.” What? Did you just totally bash every photographer who ever lived? What about Ansel Adams, you jerk? OK, so it’s not because we don’t know what we’re doing technically, but because photography is a highly creative and...
Read MoreConcert Photography–Cornmeal, The Waldemere Revival & The Twin Cats
The Vogue in Broadripple hosted Chicago-based, rockin’-bluegrass band, Cornmeal, as well as local favorites The Twin Cats and The Waldemere Revival this past Friday night. IndyMojo asked me to shoot the show, and I gladly agreed! Indoor concert photography is all about waiting for that perfect moment when lighting and subjects align. In those rare moments a photographer can capture the...
Read MorePortrait of an African Woman–Mozambique Photo Ed.
This past January I traveled to Mozambique with Africa Water Is Life and Art4Africa to document the water situation and learn more about Mozambican people and their beautiful culture. In order to maintain the integrity of our upcoming art show, please understand that most of the photos shown here will probably not be included in the gallery. Simply consider this a glimpse of a glimpse of...
Read MoreBlog Photography!
Blog photography, or Blogography, as Paul Sherar over at The Good Light calls it, is about capturing the essential, authentic elements of your subject in an innovative way so as to help them build online recognition and curiosity. Or maybe it’s just about taking really nice photos for people so they don’t have to crop their faces out of old high school images or rely on those tacky,...
Read MoreCoffee Stained Salvation
Coffee Stained Salvation by Parke Ladd From three years of caffeinated mornings spent on the run–chased by time, a lingering boss and bills still unpaid–dark, circular stains from overflowing clay coffee cups placed atop the metal, blue roof of his 4-door sedan, wipe away in the wind as he drives this morning to work. He cracks his window open to the kind of temperature and...
Read MoreThe Outdoor Pineapple Eating Season Is Coming Soon (hopefully)!
It’s still cold in Indiana. Still very cold. But we haven’t given up hope that some day soon the sun will show itself, the cold will depart from our barren land, and the good people of Indiana will once again be able to spend time outside! We will leave our houses of hibernation and venture into the fresh air. We will spend time with loved ones underneath the stars at night. We will...
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