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Project 52 Photographer Greg Pastuzyn
Meet Greg Pastuzyn from New Jersey. Greg attended my last New York Workshop, and hosted one of our Wednesday evening chats from his home. Greg has been working with Project 52 for a while now. "I was introduced to Project 52 through Don's blog Lighting Essentials. At...
Preparing a Game Plan for 2012
Looking to start the year off right? Great. We all feel a little bit of a spring in the step and some empowerment at the first of the year. So let's get a game plan going... something not as fleshed out as a marketing plan, and not as whimpy as a resolution. A plan....
Project 52 Photographer Charles Tibbs
Charles Tibbs, Phoenix photographer weighs in on his experience with Project 52. "First I want to thank Don for taking so much time out of his busy life to teach and mentor us for an entire year, this just tells you how passionate he is about what he does. Where do I...
Feature Article in Rangefinder: July 2010
My friend Bill Millios wrote a nice article on me and the good folks at Rangefinder ran it in their prestigious July "Portait" issue. Bill and I chatted down in Mexico during a workshop, and his piece accurately reflected my teaching beliefs, as well as other thoughts...
Take This Photograph, It’s FREE! Free is GOOD!
So I get a tweet 'alerting' me to this interesting argument. This photographer says his photograph is not free: From PetaPixel: "As someone mentioned, THIS single photo didn’t cost me $6,612, but if you wanted to create it, from scratch, that is what is involved. So I...
Project 52 Photographer James Eisele
Say hello to James Eisele, a 'project 52' photographer in Florida. "While project 52 was challenging, I didn't feel it was overwhelming, even though it frequently forced me out of my comfort zone with assignments that were different than anything I'd shot previously....
Macro 4/3 Cameras Get A Pair of New, Fast Primes
These look pretty cool. "As of now, photographers with Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Thirds cameras and Sony NEX-series cameras have the choice to couple a pair of sharp Sigma F2.8 primes to the go-everywhere cameras. These two prime lenses for Micro Four Thirds...
Project 52 Photographer Terri Jacobson
Photographer Terri Jacobson checks in with her assessment of Project 52. "Only 52 photos In the beginning I was a point and shoot kinda girl. All I ever needed was the little green box on my Canon dial. In 2010 I began the 365 photo a day project completing it...
Judges Announced for the Wacky Winner Gets Me Contest
We had twenty five entries to the wacky contest. I have four intrepid judges working on the judging process now. Selina Maitreya Photographer Consultant Extraordinaire Site Rosh Sillars Photographer / Social Media Expert Site Seshu Photographer, Entrepreneur Site...
Project 52 Photographer David Price
David Price checks in with this assessment of Project 52. "My thanks to Don Giannatti, whom I found as Wizwow on one of the lighting forums, and followed him to Lighting Essentials. What a terrific resource! When I first heard about Project 52, I wasn’t certain what...
Meet the NEW “Essentials for Photographers”
Lighting Essentials had run its course, name wise. It was not about lighting as much as it was about photography in general. Commercial photography specifically. And the name simply didn't leave room for more options for posting. There is a reason to the change up,...
Project 52 Photographer Tucker Joenz
Today we meet Tucker Joenz, a Project 52 alumni. "Project 52 challenges... A big challenge for me was getting back to the basics of lighting and learning how to apply that to create commercial images that will really captivate my audience, express the feelings that...











