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First Be A Photographer

Posted by on May 17, 2013 in Featured, Going Pro, Rants & Raves | 2 comments

I follow a very nice group of people on a forum on Facebook. They are all trying to start their businesses with varying degrees of luck...

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The “Truck Shot”: Simple Moves for a Better Shot

Posted by on Mar 26, 2013 in LE News and Info, Seen & Noted | Comments Off

I asked the folks who get my newsletter how they think I shot it. Many folks tried to figure it out, but most had something about a front...

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Meet David Giral: Montreal Photographer

Posted by on Mar 19, 2013 in Featured, Going Pro, Seen & Noted | Comments Off

David Giral is a photographer in Montreal, Canada. I met him a few years ago at a workshop near Toronto, and we have stayed in touch. He...

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Rui Bandeira’s “Endangered Jobs” Project

Posted by on Feb 21, 2013 in Featured, PROJECT "52", Seen & Noted | Comments Off

I saw this work today by one of the Project 52 photographers. It began as one of our assignments: Photograph a Stranger. Rui jumped in and...

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Clarion Call 2013: “Open to Creativity’

Posted by on Feb 20, 2013 in Going Pro, LE News and Info, Rants & Raves | Comments Off

This will be a truly fascinating day. Plan now to make it a must listen. Selina is a great friend, and a consummate teacher/mentor. Her...

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Thirty Three Tired and Dated Photographic Expressions: Un-Edited

Posted by on Feb 15, 2013 in Featured, Rants & Raves | 16 comments

Riffing on a post by Ash Ambirge today, I asked the intrepid members of my Lighting Essentials Flickr group to come up with a list of...

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Aputure Trigmaster Plus II Triggers

Posted by on Jan 22, 2013 in Featured, Gear, LE News and Info | 8 comments

Wow… Have you ever gotten a product that made so much sense to you that you think it was made to order? That is how I feel about...

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Learn To Use A Light Meter

Posted by on Jan 20, 2013 in Featured, Gear, LE News and Info | 4 comments

Do you have a hand-held light meter that is just sitting around gathering dust? Have you ever wondered how it would be beneficial to you?...

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Photography, I Hardly Knew You…

Posted by on Jan 3, 2013 in Essays, Featured, Rants & Raves | 6 comments

“…you’re so vain, you probably think this song is about you, don’t you, don’t you…” Well, yeah....

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Pogoplug: Now This is Useful AND Cool

Posted by on Nov 30, 2012 in LE News and Info, Rants & Raves | 2 comments

I just set up my Pogoplug. I plugged it in, turned it on, set it up and went to work Took about 2 minutes. Tops. Wait… you may not...

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