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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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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...

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...

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:...

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...

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