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The “Long Game” in Photography
The "LONG GAME" Approach to Photography One of the things I notice about the culture lately is that there is more focus on the easy route, the quick way, 'getting to done' without really knowing what got done. There is a quickness to many things we do, and we expect...
A Fragrance Ad by the P52 Members.
THE ASSIGNMENT: Provide the images for an advertorial designed for a consumer magazine. The layout was furnished to the students with only minor changes allowed. Everyone got the same assignment, and look at the amazingly different interpretations. It is hard enough...
A Beautiful Promo
My bud Dave Siegel sent this to me. I think it is very powerful. Showing the before shot next to the final image makes the package more informational as well, and provides the viewer a glimpse into what Dave can do for them. Email promotion.
Interviewed by Frederic Bye: Creativity, Photography, and Purpose
I really enjoyed meeting Frederic and having a chance to discuss art, creativity, and purpose. If you are interested in hearing me blather on about this stuff - and I do so love to do that - give the link a click and listen in. Frederic is a very good interviewer, and...
Deconstructing a Portrait
I want to take a closer look at some of the portraits the students in the 8 Week Portrait Class are doing. Decontructing an image is a very valuable exercise and one that can garner much insight into the way the portrait was conceived and produced. The image above, by...
What We Can Learn from Portraits
Want to increase your photography chops? Try portraiture. When we are working with another person, and trying to make a great portrait of them, we have many challenges that confront the photographic process. The one that is largest, and seems to be one of the more...
2015: A Postmortem and Retrospective.
We humans love to think in terms of beginnings and ends, and where, in reality, January 1 carries no more significance than any other day, we see it as a beginning of a new year full of promise. And that is fine with me. 2015 was a difficult year for me, and I am...
Portraits for a Friday Afternoon
I love portraits. This week the students looked at Peter Lindbergh and were inspired by his elegant simplicity. See the images after the jump. [gallery columns="5" link="file"...
THE “REAL LIFE” MYTH
Truer words never spoken: "And lastly, never, never ever give-up. You must believe in you when, no one else does. You must hang-on to your dreams when there is no reason to even hope for the smallest of miracles. If you give yourself a backdoor, chances are you may...
Shooting a CD Cover: Front and Back (Project 52)
This past week we have been reviewing the CD cover assignment for the Project 52 2015 group. The assignment was for a cover and back image for a String Quartet performing Samuel Barber's String Quartet Op 11. The assignment specifically noted that the string quartet...
Exceptional Portraits (from the workshop)
One of the most exciting and ultimately satisfying things I am doing is the 8 Week Workshop courses. We mostly focus on portraits, but are beginning to expand out with an upcoming Still Life Workshop as well. And more ideas are in the works. This last week, we studied...
Now Enrolling for Two Different 8 Week Photography Workshops
If portraiture is your interest, we are starting the 8 Week Portrait Workshop 102 in January. There are still a few openings if you are interested. See the workshop page for more information on this unique class. Lots going on in that class, and if you love...
“Connected” – A Travel Photographers Visual Diary of the World and its People
Matt Dutile is a young, emerging, and very talented people photographer who specializes in travel and lifestyle editorial. His newest project is a book of his more enigmatic imagery. What started as a promotional piece, has grown into a larger, more robust publication...
More Portraits… I Love Portraits
From the current 8 Week Class: Inspired by Skrebneski.
Gettin’ the Adventure Spirit
Perhaps it is because it is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, or maybe the wanderlust of the highway calling to me, but today's update is a bunch of cool stuff about adventure photography that makes me want to get out the door, fire up Sarek and "head out on the...
Find and Keep Commercial Photography Clients: A Free Training Series.
I have finally put the finishing touches on the Training Series I have been working on: "How To Find and Keep Commercial Photography Clients" has been a long time coming. I have been working on it for about 4 years now. Not the system - I have always used the system -...
What We Learn from Studying Master Photographers
IMAGE BY GLENN HARRIS AFTER STUDYING THE WORK OF ANDREW HETHERINGTON I am just about full on my newest portrait class (starting November) and we have been discussing a lot of things in the current portrait class that has me thinking. Yeah, that can be sorta dangerous,...
P52 Member Adi Talwar Shooting for the NYT
Adi Talwar is one of my Project 52 alumni. He just got featured in the NYT online magazine and the P52 family could not be more proud. NYT article. Adi is a go-getter. He always focused on getting the shot he saw in his head, and found the possibilities in the medium...
Some Amazing Portraits from The Current Class
The goal of the portrait classes I teach is to look at a prominent portrait photographers work, and find those aspects of the work that resonate with our work. The goal is NOT to copy those we study, but to be inspired by their work. This week we looked at the work of...
“Monsoons”
https://vimeo.com/mikeolbinski/monsoon2 I live where Monsoons create havoc a few months out of the year. Mike Olbinski, a photographer here in Phoenix is an amazing storm shooter, and this video he did of this past monsoon season is a killer. His video will keep you...
What Riding a Motorcycle Taught Me About Life (and Photography)
I started riding motorcycles when I was 14. Back in the day a kid could own a 'scooter' at that age and get a permit to drive it. A scooter was considered anything under 5 horsepower. There was no possible way I was going to ride a 5HP 'motorcycle'. My friends and I...
Challenging Times; A Few Ideas to Positively Impact Your Business
Here are a few ideas that I use to impact my business quickly and also help me move from a creative block. A few years ago I wrote about the things I do when given a chance to jump out and spend a little time on a project. That list is still pretty timely, so here it...
The “Dating Game”
"The Dating Game?" I was recently involved in an email discussion (mini consultation I guess...) with a photographer who was pretty incensed by my constant upbeat evaluation of this business of photography. His concerns were voiced well, and although he was civil...
Five Things to Share on a Wednesday
A WORDPRESS TOOLKIT FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS My friend Jon Mather keeps adding more to his amazing Wordpress Photographers Tools Plugin. From galleries for images to contact management and bidding - and he just added a CRM module. Customer Relationship Management is one of...
What’s It Like on a P52 Annual Meetup/Roadtrip
I could try to explain what it is like, but we had a videographer on the trip with us last time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urSQqCGRKkM
Because Jerry… (and it’s Friday)
Because Jerry... (and it's Friday) Jerry Hall. One of the best ever. Links: Interview in Bazaar. More images:
Shooting to Layout: A Point of Purchase Display
One of the most difficult parts of commercial photography is shooting to layout. A designer or art director has an approved layout, and your shot must work within the elements on the page. We see it a lot in catalog, advertising, collateral, and web oriented...
A WordPress Plugin for Photographers
A Kickstarter for Photographers to LOVE. My friend Jon Mathers is a photographer / programmer down in Perth, Australia. He and I were chatting about some new and better tools for photographers using Wordpress, and Jon decided to build a...
Because… Natalia (and it’s Friday)
Jake Stangel on Starting Out as a Professional Photographer
Jake Stangel is one of my favorite photographers. I love the fresh way he shoots, and his no-nonsense approach to making images that reveal more than what may meet the eye in the real world. First: here is an hour talk he gave at CCA, and it is really good. (Below is...
