Dry Pak camera case from REI ($12)

Recently went on vacation to the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  Lots of snorkeling to do as the whole island is practically surrounded by coral reefs.

As this was supposed to…

Download [ My "SpoonCam" footage of Atlas eagerly waiting for breakfast.]

For the past year or so, I’ve been shooting exclusively video for the Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com. My background is in the still moments of photography, so the transition to the movie…

Before any studio assignment or one requiring location lighting, transferring your thoughts to paper in the form of a drawing is one of the best ways to sharpen skills and materialize preconceived lighting ideas. Just the process of drawing on…

Sometimes photo credits are left out by accident but that doesn’t mean that good work should remain unnoticed.  In this case, Ted Wilson of The Good Pie on Olive Street in St. Louis spent quite a bit of time sculpting…

Each of the pictures above was created without looking through the viewfinder of my camera.  You may have already heard about what many photographers like to call the “Hail Mary” photo attempt, where the camera is held above your head…

Meeting are typically not the most exciting thing to photograph. While I don’t discount their importance, visually there are usually not a lot of interesting things going on. However, the Northeast Fire district meetings are the exception. Last Sunday’s emergency…

One light lit, West County Mall parking garage, photo by Erik M. Lunsford

Little pieces of art don’t need many words for company. They just need a moment of your time.

Kirkwood Marching Band in bubbles, photograph by Erik M. Lunsford/Post-Dispatch

Here’s something you might not see everyday, and that’s good, because I aim to find and capture these visual treasures for you.

Take for example the 102nd annual (2009) Turkey Day Game…

I can’t believe none of my other fellow staffers at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch have shared this with you, I’ve heard them talking about it.  They must be greedily holding on to it in secret…

For the past few months I’ve been spending time with suburban families in Wentzville that call area motels their home.  The story will publish Sunday in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  Here’s a trailer about the upcoming story.