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Lighting Class: Classic Beauty Lighting
Using one main light, and reflector boards, a photographer can do an amazing classic headshot lighting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47J3TAkyZ0 Here are the work slides for you: And these are my...
Lighting Class: Bottles (Learning to see Reflected Light)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J4TXq9WmHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8sY8vYY7r0
Does It Really Take 10,000 Hours To Become a Good Photographer?
When Malcolm Gladwell wrote his book, "Outliers" he had a chapter devoted to the "10,000 hours" rule that intimated that it took 10,000 hours of practice to become good at something. I think this single criterion has been fairly criticised by people who think that it...
BLACK FRIDAY IS FREE at Lighting Essentials
SPEND BLACK FRIDAY WITH DON GIANNATTI Well, that was a lot of fun. Had a few technical glitches, learned what not to do next time and how to what I want to do better. Next time coming soon. Really soon. We recorded each session and the videos are here on the page for...
8 Week Video Class Five
Assembling Assets: A Roll / B Roll / Audio This week we are going to go a little deeper into the shoot experience. The next video we do will be one a bit more advanced than what we just did. We are going to blend several features together to make a video...
The Image Is The Thing
Becoming a “Photographer” - or being a “Photographer”… what does that mean, really? Does it mean that you now have a top of the line camera? Does it mean a bag of lenses? Does it mean an awesome set of studio lights? Or a light meter? Boom? Storbs? (inside joke,...
PROJECT 52 PRO IS NOW A SUBSCRIPTION COMMUNITY
After 6 years of single start dates, it is time to move the workshop to a monthly subscription service that allows you to join, do assignments, communicate with and learn from peers, and most of all have a highly creative experience. We call it Project 52 Pro System...
10 Questions That May Predict Your Success as a Photographer
Commercial photography is a lot of fun, and it is a lot of work. Hard work. Some of it mind-numbing boring work, but more important than most anything else you do. Understanding what we do, who we do it for, and what its value is can be a crucial part of getting work...
A New Workshop for Learning Video
CREATE A 2-3 MINUTE VIDEO FOR SELF PROMOTION LINK to Enroll. We do it together. Creative Approach > Storyboard > Simple Special Effects (Slow Motion, B Roll, etc…) > Shoot Video to Storyboard > Assembling Assets: A Roll / B Roll / Audio > Building Video...
You Must Believe BEFORE You Will Ever See Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrtT-WIka8s
Are Free Images Destroying the Professional Photographer?
IS UNSPLASH DESTROYING THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY?NOTE:MY BELIEFS HAVE EVOLVED QUITE A BIT.I LOVE UNSPLASH AND AM A VERY ACTIVE CONTRIBUTOR.Edited July 2, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VDR7mI5dJM&t=3sA recent article in PDN noted that Unsplash...
Meet Neville Palmer, Project 52 Photographer in Calgary
Calgary Photographer Neville Palmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r510ZZ_FtTg What brought out your interest in photography? How'd you get started? When I was a very young kid I got a Kodak 126(?) cassette type camera for Christmas. I used it to make images of...
Meet Dwight Mikkelsen: A Creative Life
NOTE: THIS IS AN AUDIO INTERVIEW. Enjoy. Dwight Mikkelsen is a composer, writer, and motorcycle adventurer. His music has been performed all over the world, and he has written and arranged for major motion pictures including "Dichotomy of Man", "She Devil", "Reservoir...
Meet Craig Ferguson: Project 52 Photographer, Taipei, Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI-AcRLMl8A What brought out your interest in photography? How'd you get started? To some extent it’s always been there. I remember having a Kodak 110 camera when I was quite young, maybe 7 or 8. For Christmas, birthday’s etc, I’d...
Meet Brian Miller: Project 52 Photographer, St Augustine
Website URL: http://totallyswellstudio.com Instagram URL: @totallyswellstudio Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-miller-0b04ab10/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/totallyswellstudio/ Email: brian@totallyswellstudio.com Phone:...
24 Frames in May: Film Is Still Alive and Well
These submissions were from the 24 Frames in May project we did in May. The goal was to shoot one roll of 24 exposure 35mm film or two rolls of 120 on a medium format camera. As you can see, we got some great work. Film is not dead - it is...
Meet Sid Ceaser: Nashua New Hampshire
(All photographs copyright Sid Ceaser) Sid Ceaser Photography www.ceaserphotography.com www.sidceaserfineart.com http://dedpxl.com/author/sid-ceaser/ Video Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umKQ8VWZIRI 1. What brought out your interest in photography? How'd...
Personal Projects and Recharging the Inner Batteries
This is kind of a personal post for me. There are challenges that I face as an artist and writer. And photographer. And sometimes those challenges can take its toll on me, and us. Creativity, for me, takes nurturing and constant practice. I have always felt that...
Using the RNI Presets for Color Palette Consistency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTwtS3c45BI I like to 'metaphorically' be shooting film in my head while holding a digital camera. One of the great things that I loved about film was the fact that different emulsions gave different color palettes. Kodachrome didn't...
Three Ideas Thursday: June 8
3 IDEA THURSDAY 1. Partner with an up and coming graphic designer or PR firm. Connect at meetups for creatives and see if there is any synergy there. Find someone who has a similar vision and create a double hit agency to allow you to sell the graphics and them to...
Best of Project 52, May 27, 2017
The Best of Project 52 is a completion of images from our 2016, 2017 P52 Pro groups and any of the 8 Week Courses that may be live at the time. These photographers work hard to create images that will work for a portfolio and to show clients that they can indeed shoot...
Three Idea Thursday June 1
These will become more prevalent as I continue to exercise the brain muscle. Working the 10 ideas a day from James Altucher's great book "Choose Yourself". So here goes. Three Idea Thursday, June 1 1. Photograph all of the Thai Food (Italian, Mexican, French -...
Behind The Image: 5-21-2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTQ7x1H1pOA
Best of Project 52: May 21, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QYPBOhfWis
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