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Do You Want a Stronger Portfolio? Try Writing About Your Images
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Charge What It’s Worth… Or Shoot it For Free
A gift is a gift. If you want to gift your photography, I have nothing to say about it. Your right and good for you for gifting your gift. When you pull the plug on pricing, you bring everyone else down as well, and mostly you hurt yourself worse than anyone. If you...
Best of Project 52: May 14th, 2017 Edition
A new ongoing feature on Lighting Essentials; Best of Project 52. Project 52 has so many wonderful images posted each week and I want to feature the best of the best here for you to enjoy. Whether it is portraiture, product, still life, food or conceptual imagery, the...
“You go where you look…”
ON a motorcycle or in life, what we see in front of us will draw us in. Don't focus on the negativity or the problems, focus on the solutions and the positivity all around you. It works... it really does. WATCH THE VIDEO FOR MORE:...
Second Guessing the Art Director… Don’t Do It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2jAWaekI4c There are two parts. 1. Don't shoot images you think art directors or clients WANT to see because you will be wrong more often than right. There is no aesthetic that everyone wants to see. So be authentically you and shoot...
I Nearly Destroyed Two Vintage Cameras in One Stupid Move
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What I’ve Learned So Far: Twenty Eight; “Photography is Jazz With a Camera”
[ REPOST FROM 2014. ] JAZZ... with a camera. Let's start out by saying I love jazz. I love the swing, the blues, the instruments and most of all the improvisation of jazz. I listen to all kinds of music as well, from Opera to Country, but jazz is where I return to get...
How To Find Your Style (Video)
How to Find Your Style in Photography. We find it looking back at our output, not ahead at someone else’s. Imitate. Assimilate. Innovate. - Clark Terry It is not what you shoot, it is how you shoot what you shoot. Most of us start out shooting everything that comes in...
The Top 10% Club and the $10,000 Gig
I discuss the 10% rule. It's easy to get to 50% in your art. Then it gets progressively harder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R634RFscpk Breaking into the 80% is hard, and many photographers work to stay in that group hoping to push into the 90% group. The ninety...
15 Things To Consider When Leaving Your Corporate Gig
Going Pro Photographer from a corporate gig is not as easy as many think it is. Here is part one of things that you should think about before making the switch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Ddh2-BBnw The List Turn a 9 - 5 job into a 5 - 9 job Do not underestimate...
Planning for a Portrait: What Gear Do I Bring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0o1AbQOZKU Gear List: I would say that there are three levels of shooting, and unless I know ABSOLUTELY what I am walking into, I take it all. That said: Level one. Quick, on location shoot. 2 booms, C-stands 4 additional stands Tripod...
Behind the Image: Shoes
The assignment was to shoot men's or women's shoes. Keeping in mind all the parameters that shooting footwear demands, the photographers did a wonderful job. Here are a few of the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2kIe9nvemM
One Image: One Vision
Here is our first "One Image / One Vision" online sharing meet. Each photographer has chosen a favorite image and will have a few minutes to discuss it. Helpful and positive feedback is encouraged. Our photographs: [gallery columns="4" link="file"...
The Headshot Ebook: For You
John McAllister is a talented and hard working photographer in High Wickham, Buckinghamshire. He specializes in product and people photography for commercial clients who expect exacting standards and high creativity. In order to serve his corporate and headshot...
THE MAMIYA RB 67; ONE OF MY FAVORITE CAMERAS
Looking to get and play with a film camera that has some weight to the images... well, this bad boy has some weight, and it makes exceptionally wonderful images as well. The Mamiya RB 67 is a medium format film camera that makes a 6x7CM image (2 1/4 x 2 3/4) on 120...
24 Frames In May; 2017
ANNOUNCING: 24 FRAMES IN MAY Our annual tip of the hat to Analog is underway next week. We will have some judges and some prizes may be awarded. We'll see. SUBMITTING IMAGES. CLOSES ON JUNE 15. Please attach one single image and the contact sheet from your roll of...
My Utah Trip With Maciej
A few weeks ago, photographer Maciej Blaszczuk and I took a road-trip together. This was a consultation with him on how to grow his business, where to go with his new ideas, and how to implement them in order to be more manageable. I help photographers focus, and I...
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27 Images That Show the Diversity and Power of Black and White Portraiture
27 Images That Show the Diversity and Power of Black and White Portraiture Black and white portraiture is not simply the decision to desaturate the color from an image, it is a decision to remove color to create something powerful and artistic. Monochrome portraitists...
Behind the Image: Pour Shots
The assignment was to shoot a pour shot, and the P52 members really stepped up. These four shots caught my eye not only because they are really fun but because their approach and setups were quite well thought out. I hope you enjoy the little critique and BTS shots by...
“Understanding Photography in a Social Media World”
I was asked to speak at CapturePhotoCon in Phoenix a few weeks ago. This is the slide deck for that presentation. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments. UNDERSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHY IN A SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD: KEYNOTE
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