Aug
05
Problem: I think a lot of photographers (myself included at some point in the past) pour too much strobed light into an image out of technical misunderstandings rather than stylistic choice. Under-exposing 2 stops and then popping your subject from 5 feet away with a direct shot from your strobe is certainly a style, but unless it’s done deliberately as a style, it often distracts the viewer from the image rather than adding to it....
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Jul
27
It was fun reading all the great attempts to deconstruct the photo from Monday's post. As you might imagine, many of you got close or even nailed some of the components, and many of you were way in left field. And that's exactly what I expected, especially since this image has some tricky, unexpected stuff going on. At any rate, here's the debrief: Concept: This image is really a snapshot. I confess to liking it...
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Jul
27
One of the ways that helped me learn to create the kind of pictures I wanted to create from a technical standpoint was by trying to reverse engineer the work of others... work that was my friends, that was the photography masters, or, even just cool images I'd seen in magazines. I'd sit there for hours considering what might be at work. It's a good exercise in trying to understand both the technical stuff AND...
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Jul
17
http://www.facebook.com/v/122990946404You asked for more behind the scenes stuff, so I'm doing my best to deliver. This quick, very recent vid is from the morning of a shoot for a global ad campaign. Contracts and lawyers make it so I can't show any details, but I thought there's plenty to take away from the general buzz that's going on. Sort of fun. I know this is super lo-fi, but we're all crazy busy, so you're getting...
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Jul
15
I haven't shot an image for stock photography in nearly 5 years. And I don't plan on doing it any time soon. That sentiment governs how I've felt about that part of the industry for some time now. That's not to say there's not some money to be made - after all, I still collect checks from old work and outtakes that would be rotting on my server - however I decided long ago not...
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Jul
13
Major props to the overall winners of the prestigious Prix De La Photographie Paris prize: Erwin Olaf for staking claim to the Photographer of the Year title, and also to Annett Reimer for owning up to Best New Talent. I highly encourage popping over to the Px# site for a through the honorable mentions if you have a chance. Plenty to oogle. And I'll try not break my arm from patting myself on the back...
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Jul
10
1. Great attitude2. Great attitude3. Hard working4. Knowledge of technical/equipment5. Great personalityNotice photo school is not on here, nor is 10 years experience, nor are a lot of things you might expect. For the newest assistant on the team, I'd way prefer to have simply a great attitude, be a hard worker, have an open mind, and a working knowledge of most things photo. And do note, this is is not for a first or...
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Jul
09
I tread very gently in the gear world, and even more gently in the rumors world, because both can be slippery and boring slopes, but this caught my eye because I like what I see, however nefarious it might be. Apparently Wired GadgetLab has picked up a document that highlights the roadmap of Nikon's dSLR program thru 2010. Call in the real deal or the fanboy fantasy...your guess is as good as mine (more likely...
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Jul
05
About 18 months ago, I wrote about Chris Anderson's 'Free' in the context of the ever-evolving landscape of photography, video, and their relation to new media. In today's New Yorker Magazine, Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping Point,Blink,and Outliers,) offers some cogent analysis and great counterpoints to Anderson's claims that are well worth the read: "...And there’s plenty of other information out there that has chosen to run in the opposite direction from Free. The...
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Jul
01
I was recently invited to speak to the Art Director's Club of Denver and the ASMP about creativity, and subsequently delivered that keynote two weeks ago. This video is a recording of that talk. Hope it strikes a chord with you.I had a blast connecting with some of the creative community in Denver/Boulder while I was in town, and it was also a great honor to judge your annual advertising awards show with some rather...
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