by Donald Giannatti | Mar 19, 2013 | Featured, Going Pro
David Giral is a photographer in Montreal, Canada. I met him a few years ago at a workshop near Toronto, and we have stayed in touch. He is a talented young man, for sure, but he is also tenaciously working on his business. From leave-behinds, to websites, to email...
by Donald Giannatti | Mar 11, 2013 | Featured, Going Pro, LE News and Info
Hector “Big Boy Drums” Cruz… I met him a few years ago on on of the Flickr forums we were both hanging out on. His sense of humor and humility was something that was refreshing. He wanted to be a photographer, and was bound and determined to learn...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 21, 2013 | Featured, PROJECT "52"
I saw this work today by one of the Project 52 photographers. It began as one of our assignments: Photograph a Stranger. Rui jumped in and not only photographed some strangers… he is developing it into a very cool project. I will let Rui describe it in his own...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 20, 2013 | Going Pro, LE News and Info
This will be a truly fascinating day. Plan now to make it a must listen. Selina is a great friend, and a consummate teacher/mentor. Her work researching creativity and its many manifestations will give you insights into the process you may never have touched. I am...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 15, 2013 | Featured
Riffing on a post by Ash Ambirge today, I asked the intrepid members of my Lighting Essentials Flickr group to come up with a list of photographic cliche’s and terms that they were also tired of. I did not edit them, nor did I censor any of them… 33...