Selling the Dream
"Sometimes the things we can't change, end up changing us." The times we're living in are certainly character building. Things are changing faster than ever before. It's almost a palatable…
Work:Life – Randy Kepple featured on Faded and Blurred
Faded and Blurred is a fantastic online magazine devoted to the art and craft of photography and the people who make photographs. Editor Jeffery Saddoris interviewed me for an ongoing…
London Calling – A Career in Transition
Life at a crossroads. "There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction." —Winston Churchill At one point in my life, change was a constant. It's…
Hang Time with the Family on Maui, Hawaii
"Somehow, the love of the islands, like the love of a woman, just happens. One cannot determine in advance to love a particular woman, nor can one so determine to…
Who Do You Work For? The Battle Inside Us
I remember an interview with photographer Gregory Heisler in which he said, "Work as hard for yourself as you work for someone else." I've always applied that work ethic to…
Keeping Up with the Kepples
Whenever I meet someone for the first time and they find out I'm a professional photographer with 3 girls, they always make some comment about how many beautiful pictures I…
Physics of the Quest
Being married with 3 daughters, it's safe to assume that when we all gather to watch a movie, it's not going to be an action blockbuster. Not even a foreign…
The Overuse of Adjectives
I get it. A self-employed photographer wears many hats. There is no marketing, accounting or human resources department. It's an army of one. If you don't tell the world how…
Advice from Drew — Who Knew?
"And though I'm now miles from what you would call a practicing evangelical, a lot of the teaching I received from that time in my life still sticks with me.…
Confessions of an Errant Blogger
"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once." John Archibald Wheeler Apparently, even time could not prevent everything from happening at once. My absence is due to many things…