Project 52 member, Mike Moore's Project. I live in Encinitas California. It is a small but growing city 25 miles north of San Diego. Known for its legendary surf spots, Pipes, Swami’s and Stonesteps to name a few, Encinitas is often described as laid-back and funky....

The curtain to the ER room flew open. A white coated doctor stood there with some papers in his hand and just looked at me. “You aren’t supposed to be here”, he said. I smiled and said they were moving me to the ICU in a few minutes. He kind of wryly smiled and said,...

Tomas Jansson is a Project 52 PRO. This is his project shoot. "With my pictures I have tried to capture a story, give an overview of the area, the people and of course the concert. Every Thursday for eight weeks in the summer there are festivities in my hometown of...

Vintagemässan i Malmö, 25th of May 2013 http://vintagemalmo.se photographer: Flora Cusi floramc@floramc.se Project: I decided to visit the vintage expo in Malmö for my event project. My main interests are colors and patterns and less documenting the presence of...

I first found Scott's work one day when a P52 member linked his great video on motorcycling, "It's Better in the Wind". Watch it. All with DSLR video. I became an instant fan. The words I use for Scott's work are fresh, surprising, intimate and classic. I expected the...

Project 52 PROS is a group of highly motivated photographers who are spending a year with me working on their books, their marketing tools, marketing plans and becoming more familiar with shooting like a professional. Adam Bendig is one of our pros,, and this is the...

Adi Talwar has been a strong member of Project 52. His wit and charm infuse his work no matter whether it is lifestyle, photojournalism or portrait. Adi was asked to do a show of some of his experimental work, and for those of you who may not be near NY at this...

Sheila Morgan is a photographer that I worked with in the Bay Area on a One-on-One consultation. Her lighting skills needed a bit of a clean up and we spent a day in the studio and a day on location working on various lighting challenges. I really enjoy the one one...

We are starting a new class for Project 52 PRO - Summer to Summer... And at this point we have 5 openings left. You can sign up or get more information at the Project 52 site. I thought I may share these images with you. A recent assignment from the current Project 52...

I heard a very talented photographer say she charges less than others because she is new to the business and doesn't think she should charge as much as the older, more established photographers. I think she is completely and totally wrong. The value of the image to...

"Imitate. Assimilate. Innovate." - Clark Terry, Jazz Trumpet Legend Always a concern for beginning and emerging artists. Where do we draw the line between inspiration and appropriation (stealing)? In our examination of what makes an image portfolio worthy, we begin to...

That is the essence of a big source of discussion by photographers. There seems to be a lot of hype and 'science' bandied about regarding this question. I want to talk about what makes an image worthy of your portfolio today, and have you think about your work in...

The assignment was a brochure cover image for a brochure titled "Sign of the Times"... the P52 PROS hit it out of the park. Project 52 PRO is a group of photographers devoted to becoming the best they can be, while working in a real-world assignment venue. We keep the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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 light... and that was a no go. I used four lights (2x2) and Photoshop to get the look I wanted. Working it a bit in Photoshop also...