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Back to Work… Again
I was truly disappointed that my Alaska trip was cut so dramatically short. I didn't expect it, and I was not really ready to give up on that idea. (I will do it next year, or the year after if I have to.) The back pain forbade me doing any camera work, or walking...
July Portrait Challenge Entries
The 8 Week Portrait Classes had a July challenge of a "summer portrait". Winner was decided by photographer Nick Giron, a very good portraitist himself. Here are the entries: [gallery link="file" columns="4"...
Off to Alaska
Daily updates at Phoenix to Fairbanks website. I decided last August that this year I would do something big, something challenging. When I told my wife I wanted to do something to really get back in touch with my creative side, she said, "well then, what do you want...
Paula Puffer: “Journeys” – A Show in Houston
"Journeys" Photographs by Paula Puffer Journeys consists of selected images from several bodies of work photographed by Paula Puffer since her mother’s death in 2010. Works that are a part of the show include: Watching Alzheimer’s: Focusing on aspects of Alzheimer’s...
Meet Yechiel Orgel, Commercial Photographer in NYC
I read about Yechiel Orgel in an online publication a few weeks ago, and instantly knew I wanted to meet him and get an interview for Lighting Essentials. This is the interview I read, and please go over for a complete view of how hard and long Yechiel worked at his...
ALL OF MY UDEMY CLASSES ARE NOW FREE
In celebration of my upcoming Alaska roadtrip, I have just made all my courses on UDEMY FREE. No charge. Portrait Photography with Simple Gear Natural Light Beauty and Fashion Photography Real World, No BS Marketing for Photographers Using a Photographic Lightmeter...
Four Wonderful Books For Photographers
I think this book by Susan Eckart is one of the best photography / business books I have ever read on the business of photography. She is a consumer photographer with a long list of awards and loyal customers, and her experience gives you a rarely seen insight into...
Exceptional Still Life Photography (from the recent Still Life workshop)
We just wrapped up the most recent 8 Week Still Life Class. I wanted to feature a few of the images the students submitted. I will be doing more 8 Week classes when I return from my road trip to Alaska. [gallery columns="4" link="file"...
PLEASE Make This Guy Famous
Ramona, California. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hfxth3aas This guy needs to be sued into oblivion. Full on sued into poverty. UPDATE: "Police were quick to take action and have now identified and arrested 52 year old Mark Gordon as the driver of the vehicle. As...
Sam Breach’s Extemely Cool, Very Fine Fashion Photography Promo
Meet Sam Breach, a Bay Area photographer poised to break into the San Francisco, East Bay fashion scene. Sam is a long time Project 52 member and we are all totally excited about her new promo piece. If you are a fashion designer, editor, or art director, I recommend...
Project 52 2016 Edition is OPEN for Students
PROJECT 52 PRO 2016 EDITION I am so happy and proud to announce this new workshop for 2016. You can find out all of the information here. We have only 25 slots left, and they will fill really fast. We had the class 2/3 filled by early registration from previous...
Meet John Covington, Photographer – Musician
MEET JOHN COVINGTON I had interviewed and had lunch with John early in June of 2016. We met at his studio which is built in his backyard in a wonderful little neighborhood full of trees and greenery. I have been aware of John for a few years, but this was the first...
Let’s Uncheck Boxes That Kill Our Creativity
Let's Uncheck Boxes That Kill Our Creativity I recently listened to a speaker talk about unchecking the boxes he had that put an artificial hold on his career, and how that had helped him in his pursuit of sports excellence. I realized how many boxes we photographers...
2016 P52 Roadtrip Book: FREE PDF
Every year we go on a roadtrip and all of the Project 52 members can come along. It is not a workshop, although we do photography nearly all the time. There is no charge for it, members simply pay their own way and their portion of van rentals. We spend a week in...
The Art of Still Life: June 2016 Edition
Examples from the Still Life Class here at Lighting Essentials. Finished photos and the BTS shots of the lighting used. (cover image by Carla McMahon) A big shout out to the students for such wonderful work. And the BTS shots. Photographer: Doris Rudd...
The Porto Photography Experience
From Anna at the Porto Photography Experience: "As photographers living in Porto, Portugal, we feel privileged: the UNESCO World Heritage area backdrops to shoot in, the kind of sights all photographers dream of; amazing food; great weather for most of the year;...
“A Disturbing Trend” – by Neal Rantoul
PHOTO BY NEAL RANTOUL FROM THE PORTFOLIO "WAVES" "Look, the practice of making pictures used to be hugely craft based. You needed to study photography and the making of pictures hard to be good at it. It used to be difficult to do well. As a professor I seldom saw any...
Digital. Film. Images.
“I don't think using film per se makes someone stand out in a digital world,” he says. “That's never been a motivation to me. It's essentially a photographer’s understanding of his craft and sensibility and way of seeing that makes him stand out... And that certainly...
Is Snapchat a New Story Telling Medium?
“Snapchat brings the reader into the story. Each viewer becomes a part of the assignment. They are my travel companions,” Stanmeyer tells TIME. “When millions of readers pick up the magazine each month, they only see 12 to 15 photographs. But so much more takes place...
Overheard: Keith Taylor, Photographer, Atlanta
Keith Taylor, Photographer, Atlanta: "You must learn to be content with where you are & what you have, yet still push yourself. Otherwise, you will destroy yourself - mentally - by comparing yourself to where somebody else is at. What somebody else is doing...
Project 52 Professionals – 2016 Edition: “Let’s Get Serious”
NEW CLASS STARTS APRIL 2017... More information coming soon. Watch this space for more news coming February, 2017.
Phoenix to Fairbanks on a Motorcycle… coming soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMyLaR0_mV8&feature=youtu.be You can follow along at www.phoenixtofairbanks.com Special thanks to Jerry O'Connor, joconnor.co
TAINTED LOVE: Why Photographers Fail
TAINTED LOVE: Why Photographers Fail Recently there has been a spate of very sad, and ultimately defeatist articles decrying the “death of photography”. We have no shortage of examples. Seriously. In all their pain and detailed examples of how the art and business of...
Meet David Giral: Architectural Photographer, Montreal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWByphn0dwU
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