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Smartphone Camera Photography
“Every shift in photography has been linked to a shift in technology,” the exhibit’s curator, Henry Jacobson, told me. “But what makes smartphone photography so different is the instantaneous sharing that this device enables.” -- Henry Jacobson in The New...
“This Boring Old Photo…”
"In total, it took roughly two hours to get a single correct frame. I made every mistake you could make. I forgot to pull the dark slide out so I had at least one totally blank sheet of film. I forgot to dial the aperture back down after focusing so I significantly...
Steve Pamp: Tintypes of Gravestones: Colorado Front Range
Steve is a photographer in Colorado, and a Project 52 Alum. These photographs were taken during a summer project covering the Front Range of Colorado and the grave markers in the old cemeteries there. Steve chose to do these photographs on dry tin type, a very old...
What Do You Charge For… (Part Three)
Working and bidding for small businesses and entrepreneurial startups. (What Do You Charge For... Part One / Part Two) Mom and Pop businesses, self-employed artisans, service providers, entrepreneurs and all of the small businesses that are the lifeblood of the...
Are You a Commodity or a Brand?
Brooke from way back in the day... can you spot the 'brand' we were inspired by? Why Thinking of Yourself as a Brand is More Important Than You Know There are brands and there are commodities. A brand is something or someone that people choose because of what they...
One Red Balloon… a Challenge
A recent assignment in my 2014 Project 52 group was to shoot one red balloon... but to stay away from cliche's as much as possible, while definitely creating an interesting photograph in which one red balloon features prominently. The students wee wonderful. Here are...
John Sharpe, Photographer: Calgary, Alberta
Meet John Sharpe, a commercial photographer in Calgary, Alberta. The great frozen north (at least in winter) has many roads to artistic and business success. John has been a photographer for 25 years and has shot for local, regional and national clients. I thought...
What Do You Charge For… (Part Two)
Part Two of our Thinking about our rates post. (Part One) Understanding what we are worth, and how to construct a pricing structure that we feel good about is quite challenging for many of us. But it is a necessary challenge for us to overcome - see previous...
Irene Liebler is Giving Her Book Away…
Project 52 Alum, and incredibly talented photographer Irene Liebler is giving her book away... and you can snag a copy of it. Head on over to her site and download some amazing photography.
Michael Clark’s 2014 Summer Magazine
I love these photographers magazines. From Michael: "This issue includes an editorial about why there was no Spring 2014 Newsletter, a review of the SmallHD DP4-EVF external video monitor, an article my recent expedition in the Amazon with the CauseCentric Production...
Bret Doss: “Fashionista”
My bud Bret Doss turned in a wonderful editorial assignment for "Viva Fashionistas", a Seattle fashion magazine. I want to have Bret on for an interview soon. See more about his shoot at his blog. "Hard to Call It Work" has links to more of his fashion work as...
“What do you charge for…”
Five scary words to a lot of photographers. There is so much of US wrapped into those five words. I think they may be the scariest words we self employed folks ever hear. Although it is exactly what we want to hear… someone wants to hire us. All that marketing paid...
