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Read MoreWell, This Cliff Jumping Thing Worked Out Well
On Jumping Over A Cliff… So this guy tells me… “You should jump off that cliff, Don.” I stare incredulously at the guy cause I am not good on cliffs. Not as bad as my bud Charles… but that is a different story. I am not crazy about heights. “Are you crazy”, I say… “jumping off a cliff can hurt, or even kill me.” “Nawwww”, this guy...
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Read MoreFirst Be A Photographer
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 and success. One of the things that is emerging is that many of them are simply not ready to be professionals and in business. And that is a shame. It is not a shame they cannot be in business, it is a shame that they thought it was as easy as buy a camera, get some...
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Read MoreOne Layout: Many Versions
Man these Project 52 PROS are really dialing it in. And that is making it more fun than a guy should have. The assignment was to shoot to this layout (furnished in PSD layers) and make sure it worked. I wanted them to put the images into the layout and show us what they came up with. This time I am not going to choose a sample, I am going to share all the images this assignment garnered – because...
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Read MoreProject 52 Pros: Assignment Four
The assignment was called “The Tear Sheet” and it involved the students working through creating a “fauxtolio” to help them focus their energy on making images that they LOVED to make. The “fauxtolio” helps guide the sensibilities of the photographer as he or she begin to do all the assignments in Project 52 PRO. I hope you enjoy this random sample of images, and if you...
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Read MoreMen. At Work.
I recently completed an assignment for an advertising agency here in Phoenix. The Lavidge agency has been around quite a while and it was a lot of fun to shoot this industrial gig with them. The client was United Rentals – a major player in the tool rental niche. These guys have everything from wrenches to cranes. Tim (the toolman) Taylor would have been in heaven here… heh heh heh. Whenever I...
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Read MorePhotographs of Strangers by P52 PRO Group
This was the first assignment completed by the Project 52 PRO’s. Photographing strangers can be a very delicate and scary idea for a lot of people. The fear of rejection or having the subject be angry stops most from ever attempting photographing people they do not know. I wanted to get a very uncomfortable assignment right up front. Let’s get over some fears and find our work in the best...
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Read MoreMeet Jan Klier: NY Fashion Photographer
I met Jan about five years ago when he flew to Phoenix to take one of my one day workshops. We met again in Seattle when I was doing the workshops nationally. I knew he had a strong work ethic, and a powerful desire to be a photographer, and encouraged him to make it happen on whatever level made sense to him. Jan left his job in Seattle and became a full time photographer two and a half years ago. After...
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Read More“The ICONIC Image” – a Discussion with Photographer Gary Crabbe
Gary Crabbe is a full time landscape and environmental shooter living in Central California. Recently, one of his blogposts caught my attention as it is something I am wondering about as well. I just came back from Zion and Bryce Canyons and while there found myself staring at those “postcard, iconic” images of these places. My light was no where near as wonderful as some of the shots I had...
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