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Are Free Images Destroying the Professional Photographer?
IS UNSPLASH DESTROYING THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY?NOTE:MY BELIEFS HAVE EVOLVED QUITE A BIT.I LOVE UNSPLASH AND AM A VERY ACTIVE CONTRIBUTOR.Edited July 2, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VDR7mI5dJM&t=3sA recent article in PDN noted that Unsplash...
Meet Neville Palmer, Project 52 Photographer in Calgary
Calgary Photographer Neville Palmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r510ZZ_FtTg What brought out your interest in photography? How'd you get started? When I was a very young kid I got a Kodak 126(?) cassette type camera for Christmas. I used it to make images of...
Meet Dwight Mikkelsen: A Creative Life
NOTE: THIS IS AN AUDIO INTERVIEW. Enjoy. Dwight Mikkelsen is a composer, writer, and motorcycle adventurer. His music has been performed all over the world, and he has written and arranged for major motion pictures including "Dichotomy of Man", "She Devil", "Reservoir...
Meet Craig Ferguson: Project 52 Photographer, Taipei, Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI-AcRLMl8A What brought out your interest in photography? How'd you get started? To some extent it’s always been there. I remember having a Kodak 110 camera when I was quite young, maybe 7 or 8. For Christmas, birthday’s etc, I’d...
Meet Brian Miller: Project 52 Photographer, St Augustine
Website URL: http://totallyswellstudio.com Instagram URL: @totallyswellstudio Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-miller-0b04ab10/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/totallyswellstudio/ Email: brian@totallyswellstudio.com Phone:...
24 Frames in May: Film Is Still Alive and Well
These submissions were from the 24 Frames in May project we did in May. The goal was to shoot one roll of 24 exposure 35mm film or two rolls of 120 on a medium format camera. As you can see, we got some great work. Film is not dead - it is...
Meet Sid Ceaser: Nashua New Hampshire
(All photographs copyright Sid Ceaser) Sid Ceaser Photography www.ceaserphotography.com www.sidceaserfineart.com http://dedpxl.com/author/sid-ceaser/ Video Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umKQ8VWZIRI 1. What brought out your interest in photography? How'd...
Personal Projects and Recharging the Inner Batteries
This is kind of a personal post for me. There are challenges that I face as an artist and writer. And photographer. And sometimes those challenges can take its toll on me, and us. Creativity, for me, takes nurturing and constant practice. I have always felt that...
Using the RNI Presets for Color Palette Consistency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTwtS3c45BI I like to 'metaphorically' be shooting film in my head while holding a digital camera. One of the great things that I loved about film was the fact that different emulsions gave different color palettes. Kodachrome didn't...
Three Ideas Thursday: June 8
3 IDEA THURSDAY 1. Partner with an up and coming graphic designer or PR firm. Connect at meetups for creatives and see if there is any synergy there. Find someone who has a similar vision and create a double hit agency to allow you to sell the graphics and them to...
Best of Project 52, May 27, 2017
The Best of Project 52 is a completion of images from our 2016, 2017 P52 Pro groups and any of the 8 Week Courses that may be live at the time. These photographers work hard to create images that will work for a portfolio and to show clients that they can indeed shoot...
Three Idea Thursday June 1
These will become more prevalent as I continue to exercise the brain muscle. Working the 10 ideas a day from James Altucher's great book "Choose Yourself". So here goes. Three Idea Thursday, June 1 1. Photograph all of the Thai Food (Italian, Mexican, French -...
Behind The Image: 5-21-2017
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Best of Project 52: May 21, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QYPBOhfWis
Do You Want a Stronger Portfolio? Try Writing About Your Images
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Charge What It’s Worth… Or Shoot it For Free
A gift is a gift. If you want to gift your photography, I have nothing to say about it. Your right and good for you for gifting your gift. When you pull the plug on pricing, you bring everyone else down as well, and mostly you hurt yourself worse than anyone. If you...
Best of Project 52: May 14th, 2017 Edition
A new ongoing feature on Lighting Essentials; Best of Project 52. Project 52 has so many wonderful images posted each week and I want to feature the best of the best here for you to enjoy. Whether it is portraiture, product, still life, food or conceptual imagery, the...
“You go where you look…”
ON a motorcycle or in life, what we see in front of us will draw us in. Don't focus on the negativity or the problems, focus on the solutions and the positivity all around you. It works... it really does. WATCH THE VIDEO FOR MORE:...
Second Guessing the Art Director… Don’t Do It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2jAWaekI4c There are two parts. 1. Don't shoot images you think art directors or clients WANT to see because you will be wrong more often than right. There is no aesthetic that everyone wants to see. So be authentically you and shoot...
I Nearly Destroyed Two Vintage Cameras in One Stupid Move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsZG_DZmimQ
What I’ve Learned So Far: Twenty Eight; “Photography is Jazz With a Camera”
[ REPOST FROM 2014. ] JAZZ... with a camera. Let's start out by saying I love jazz. I love the swing, the blues, the instruments and most of all the improvisation of jazz. I listen to all kinds of music as well, from Opera to Country, but jazz is where I return to get...
How To Find Your Style (Video)
How to Find Your Style in Photography. We find it looking back at our output, not ahead at someone else’s. Imitate. Assimilate. Innovate. - Clark Terry It is not what you shoot, it is how you shoot what you shoot. Most of us start out shooting everything that comes in...
The Top 10% Club and the $10,000 Gig
I discuss the 10% rule. It's easy to get to 50% in your art. Then it gets progressively harder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R634RFscpk Breaking into the 80% is hard, and many photographers work to stay in that group hoping to push into the 90% group. The ninety...
15 Things To Consider When Leaving Your Corporate Gig
Going Pro Photographer from a corporate gig is not as easy as many think it is. Here is part one of things that you should think about before making the switch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Ddh2-BBnw The List Turn a 9 - 5 job into a 5 - 9 job Do not underestimate...
Planning for a Portrait: What Gear Do I Bring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0o1AbQOZKU Gear List: I would say that there are three levels of shooting, and unless I know ABSOLUTELY what I am walking into, I take it all. That said: Level one. Quick, on location shoot. 2 booms, C-stands 4 additional stands Tripod...
Behind the Image: Shoes
The assignment was to shoot men's or women's shoes. Keeping in mind all the parameters that shooting footwear demands, the photographers did a wonderful job. Here are a few of the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2kIe9nvemM
One Image: One Vision
Here is our first "One Image / One Vision" online sharing meet. Each photographer has chosen a favorite image and will have a few minutes to discuss it. Helpful and positive feedback is encouraged. Our photographs: [gallery columns="4" link="file"...
The Headshot Ebook: For You
John McAllister is a talented and hard working photographer in High Wickham, Buckinghamshire. He specializes in product and people photography for commercial clients who expect exacting standards and high creativity. In order to serve his corporate and headshot...
THE MAMIYA RB 67; ONE OF MY FAVORITE CAMERAS
Looking to get and play with a film camera that has some weight to the images... well, this bad boy has some weight, and it makes exceptionally wonderful images as well. The Mamiya RB 67 is a medium format film camera that makes a 6x7CM image (2 1/4 x 2 3/4) on 120...
24 Frames In May; 2017
ANNOUNCING: 24 FRAMES IN MAY Our annual tip of the hat to Analog is underway next week. We will have some judges and some prizes may be awarded. We'll see. SUBMITTING IMAGES. CLOSES ON JUNE 15. Please attach one single image and the contact sheet from your roll of...
