May 17

Software To Replace Photographers [The Ones That Deserve It]

photo mark_Petapixel_a1_mini on chase jarvis blog
Photographer Mark Meyers just wrote up a nice enough story aimed at driving awareness fear in professional photographers ... fear about the future of their career, their well-being, their jobs.   Depicted in that article this image at left, which was completely generated by the author of the post using an emerging 3d modeling software called Blender. The quote that stands out from the article is this one: "If you are a photographer that makes... read more ›
May 16

Learning Speedlights – The First Step in Expanding Your Photography with Lighting

Beginner or emerging photographer? Well, once you know what’s happening with your camera and all those dials, it’s time to take on lighting and flash photography. In taking that next step - learning to light - you can do almost anything, and nothing opens up this opportunity more effectively and affordably than working with Speedlights, those small on- and off-camera lights that are your entree into a whole new world. ...Which gives me a great... read more ›
Jan 26

Flash Bus Tour: Learn to Light with McNally & Strobist

These guys are a blast one on one. Put them together? Watch out. It's a combo of awesomeness, mad science, MythBusters and the two guys in the balcony from the Muppets.... That said, if you wanna learn small flash lighting, no doubt this will be a great class and great value... Learn the fundamentals and the tricks of the trade from my homies David Hobby (Strobist) and Joe McNally. Two of the best photography instructors... read more ›