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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Shooting to Layout: P52 Members are “Cooking” with heat!
The assignment was given with a "napkin" layout. A very simple sketch similar to what we get from AD's from time to time. Then the photographers got to download the layout - and shoot to that layout exactly. It is one of my favorite assignments because we get to see...
A Few More Portraits
The 8 Week Portrait Classes are now finished. I added a bonus photographer on for each of them (9 photographers per class) and this is the gallery of inspired images from the bonus photographer for the 8 Week II class, Mark Tucker. We look at the work of the...
