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Two Lenses: A Day in the North Country
Yesterday I spent the morning wandering around an area north of Phoenix for a few hours. Joined by photographers Dennis Mong and Miachelle DePiano, we took a loop through a beautiful part of central / north Arizona. I had no expectations other than hoping I could...
Halloween Shoot: Project 52 Members
The assignment was to illustrate a double truck (2 page spread) magazine story on the Origins of Halloween. Layout was furnished as a layered PSD file and the P52 students had to shoot TO that layout - reversed copy and all. The assignment was a great example of how...
Basic Systems for Commercial Photographers
My recent Lighting Essentials post on "Systems" (Don't Be Afraid of Systems) was an overview of some simple checklists that I use to keep focused and create content in an overwhelmingly busy world. The amount of people, information, education, entertainment and sheer...
Project 52 “The Catalog”
In this assignment, the photographers had to jump through a few hoops. The previous week they had to submit a "Creative Direction" shoot showing at least two different approaches to doing the fictitious catalog. Those approaches had to meet some criteria. First is...
Too %$#*@ Much Freedom
Last week I railed against too many rules. Now I am asking if there is too much freedom? Could I be off my meds, or a little daffy? To complain about too many rules and then question if there may be too much freedom too… OMG, I am turning into a …. no, I won’t go...
Help a Singer Go To Argentina, and Get Four Hours Consulting
Hi everyone. My daughter, Alissa, is going to Argentina with the Phoenix Children's Chorus summer, 2015. We are all pretty excited. You can hear them sing here. However, it costs a bit to send her, and we are looking for some ways to help her get there (along with...
Photography: Too Many #%*#$ Rules!
I was talking with a couple of photographers this week and we were discussing their output… or lack thereof, and I was commiserating a bit with them. I have been mired deep to the elbows in stuff that doesn’t involve cameras for the last six weeks. Very little...
ATTENTION ALL PROJECT 52 MEMBER AND ALUMNI – 2015 Trip to the Canyons is ON
As we do every year, the meetup / party is scheduled for February 6-8 and the trip north is from February 8 - 15. There are no creative or workshop fees attached. Only a per person share for van rentals, gas and a few consumables. We will have information on local...
Josh Ross on Marketing and the Life Cycle of a Product Shoot
My friend Josh Ross and I got a chance to talk a bit about marketing and project life cycle of a product shoot. This was an invite only (Project 52 members) and you will hear some questions at the end of the webinar. This is NOT a flashy look at photographs webinar,...
New Directions, Multiple Channels
A few things have caught my attention lately. I mean really caught my attention. One was the great chat we had with my friend Rosh Sillars on how to price a gig in the new economy, and the other was his discussion we had off mic about photographers being able to do...
Dennis Dunbar: Retouching Secrets of the Pros
In Charlotte, NC, October 25 Presented by APA Charlotte If you are in the area, you should check it out. Dennis is an excellent retoucher. "Dennis Dunbar is a Digital Artist with extensive experience in digital issues and techniques. Since 1991, he has been working...
Building A WordPress Photography Site (Santino)
My friend Bob Knill wanted a bit of a hand on building his site. He chose the them Santino, and I did these videos for him, and you, to see how to build and maintain a Wordpress website for photographers. We will add additional movies as we go through SEO, but this...
