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I was very excited to have two images selected as Portrait & People awardees in the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. This was a great honor as only 2 percent of the images submitted to the contest were selected for awards.

The first image is of a 7-year-old boy named Lalo foraging in a Guatemalan landfill. It is one of my favorite journalistic photos, for the sense of hardship and lost youth that Lalo conveys. Image details: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens at f/8, 1/1000 and ISO 400.

The second image is of a miner at the Marble Quarry in Marble, Colorado. I shot this image as part of an assignment for Aspen Sojourner Magazine. This marble mine produced the marble for the tomb block of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Shot with the Canon EOS-IDs Mark II, the Canon 14mm lens and an off-camera Canon 580EX speedlite to the right of the miner at f/2.8, 1/15 at ISO 400.

I have updated my Lightroom workflow outline to include some of the newest settings of Lightroom 3. This outline includes guidelines I use for importing, editing, processing and exporting my images in Lightroom. Please post any questions you have about my Lightroom workflow on my Facebook and Twitter pages.

Click here to download the PDF version of my Lightroom Workflow.

In preparation for my upcoming Photo Plus Expo DSLR workshop I’ve updated my Canon 5DMarkII custom settings outline. Whether you are looking to optimize video or stills on the 5D Mark II, this pdf has everything you need to get your 5D up and running including notes on setting Picture Style and using Lightroom to develop images with specific Picture Style settings as well as more detailed sections on video and audio settings. I also talk about my settings for white balance, color space, speedlites, custom functions and more. As always if you have any questions feel free to post via Facebook or Twitter.

Click here to download the PDF version of my Canon 5D Mark II settings. I hope you find them useful!

The Canon Digital Learning Center has just released a four-part series on the making of my short documentary The Fall Line with sections on developing a story, Canon lenses, lighting and production tools and sound gear. I was very excited to team up with Canon to make this instructional series on shooting video and audio with Canon EOS cameras and lenses. Check out the videos on the Canon Digital Learning Center page by clicking here. Please post any questions you have about video and audio on my Facebook and Twitter pages as I will be providing more in-depth instructions and insights on shooting video with Canon cameras in future posts.

The Huffington Post writer Steven Crandell wrote up this article on my recent presentation at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. The article features clips from my Annenberg talk and my ongoing stills and video projects. Thanks to Steven Crandell for his time and interest in my work!