by Donald Giannatti | Oct 18, 2011 | LE News and Info
It has been a long, hot summer here in the desert. Takes its toll on us sometimes. Creativity can be a little stifled when it is 120 degrees in the shade… heh. And yeah, I do have a studio to shoot in, but like that old adage about being careful what you wish...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 10, 2011 | LE News and Info
The phone rings a little before lunch. You answer it and a voice on the other end says, “How are you. You showed your book here at the agency a few weeks ago, and we have a job we would like you to bid on. We will email over the particulars if you are...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 6, 2011 | LE News and Info
I am very sad that my friend Kirk Tuck closed the door on his wonderful blog The Visual Science Lab. I sent a hearfelt note urging him to reconsider, but he has very strong and equally heartfelt reasons why he felt it was time to let it go. And I know that feeling. I...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 4, 2011 | LE News and Info
I am working with a sculptor on some creating collateral and website materials. She didn’t have any good images of her working, so we put together a shoot schedule that brought me to her studio in Paradise Valley. I love going on location to shoot portraits and...
by Donald Giannatti | Sep 30, 2011 | LE News and Info
Garry Winogrand had a wonderful and unique way of thinking about photography. He was asked once why he seemed to photograph everything, seemingly without regard as to what he was photographing. His response:”I photograph to see what the world looks like in...
by Donald Giannatti | Sep 27, 2011 | LE News and Info
(NOTE: I would like to thank those students and alums who helped me become one of the top workshop teachers on Photo District News, Reader’s Poll for September, 2011.) I was recently asked to discuss what I liked about teaching photography, and why I thought it...