January 2012
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Two Takes: One Picture, Two Photographers
It’s all in the composition.
The romantic notion is that photojournalists bear unique witness to the events of the world as they unfold around them. In reality, due to circumstance, comfort and organizational requirements, photographers often find themselves in the company of fellow photojournalists, working side by side, when covering the news.
Camaraderie builds between photographers,...
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15 Ways to Improve Your Photography Without Buying...
1. Know what you want to photograph. Make a decision on what’s important to YOU – not to your editors, or your girlfriend, or your teacher. Decide what’s right for YOU and then stick to it.
2. Don’t give up! It’s not easy to set a goal and then stick to it. But it sure is rewarding. Half of photography is patience and perseverance. Gut it out. When it gets hard, dig in your heels and work...
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December 2011
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Stephen Hawking is Looking for an Assistant
http://www.hawking.org.uk/index.php/component/content/article/96
It looks as though this job opening may allow you to meet the most brilliant mind of our time. Though the position will be opening in mid-January, this is a pre-requisite list.
Science lovers (and jobless folks), this may be something worth keeping an eye on. You never know, you may just get it.
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WatchBehind the Scenes: Photoshoot for iStock Photo
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How to Be Your Own Publicist
Research Press Contacts Kate Greenberg, who has been hired to publicize exhibitions as well as photo books published by Radius Books and Aperture, suggests photographers start by going online to find print and online publications that might be interested in covering their work. She suggests photographers “sit in front of the computer and think [about] where would be the best place to get press.”...
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Retouching Tip: Highlights
Stop adding highlights where they don’t belong. If you analyze the lighting, you’ll realize there are areas where highlights are, and then there are areas where highlights aren’t. Also, there is a problem with going too far with highlights in relative to the lighting setup and specularity of the highlights.
Just because they may appear to ‘look pretty’, please...
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WatchBehind the Scenes: 767 Jeans
I love the use of natural lighting for the campaign. It goes to show often it boils down to the chemistry of talented people without much else in the way.
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Bon Jovi Turns Photographer
When you think of celebrity photographer, you think of the complete opposite - a photographer shooting celebrities.
Here we have megastar, Bon Jovi, shooting away with his apparent hobby.
He’s also a multitasker, getting in a little workout before continuing.
I guess he realized how heavy that darn L lens is after shooting it handheld for a while!
Here’s lookin at you,...
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Budget Friendly IPS Monitor Review: Asus ProArt...
Monitors, why must the good ones be so expensive? In my quest to find a budget friendly IPS panel monitor, I asked my friend Nick Leadlay to talk about his recent experience with the Asus ProArt 246 which you can pickup anywhere from $450 (USD) and up compared to similar models from NEC, Eizo, and Lacie being anywhere from $1200 to $5000. I currently own an NEC IPS panel display so I was...
A Well Equipped Model →
Photographer, Dallas Logan, talks about the well equipped model and what it consists of.
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Exclusivity is Old News: Re-Using Cover Images
Exclusivity is becoming something that apparently isn’t that important. Notice how these two images of Kate Moss has been re-used?
Perhaps Karl Lagerfeld was right when he recently declared exclusivity to be “very démodé”. The Chanel creative director and all round design maverick rarely gets anything wrong, and so it seems photographers have been heeding his advice.
The...
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Pregnant on the Catwalk
That’s right, Alessandra Ambrósio was pregnant on the catwalk when she walked the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. In fact, she was 2 months pregnant!
Ambrósio, 30, confirmed on Wednesday she is expecting her second child. Which means, according to Fashionista - where they did the maths - that Ambrósio was about two months pregnant when she modelled three Victoria’s Secret...
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Find Your Stolen Camera!
http://www.cameratrace.com/
Something that would probably be useful based on how many stories I’ve heard about camera theft. Or what about if someone takes your bag or jacks it from your car? Now not only can you find your camera, but you probably can get a lead to everything else he stole.
Recover Your Lost Or Stolen Camera
Thieves beware. CameraTrace scours the internet searching for...
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Siri Ported to 5D Mark II
I want a list of all the values it changes.
A Swedish hacker and robotics student named Björn Mabrö is claiming that he has successfully developed a custom firmware for the Canon 5D Mark II that adds Apple’s Siri voice assistant to the DSLR. Mabrö claims that the hack allows the camera to respond to 124 different voice commands that control everything from the shutter to changing values in...
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Natahan Spotts Combines Starscapes and Landscapes
We’ve seen fantastic landscape images as well as those celestial shots that capture our night sky. Photographer Nathan Spotts (http://www.nathanspotts.com/) has decided to combine them in his latest project.
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WatchFashion Film: HARPER’S BAZAAR 12/11
Again, another fantastic video by the Koray Birand.
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WatchBehind the Scenes: Koray Birand - Koton
Koray’s work is pretty much the best on this planet. You can see his work here:
http://www.koraybirand.co.uk/
I love analyzing as much as I can when I see BTS videos of masters.
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WatchBeauty Short: Xenia Tchoumitcheva 2011
Whenever I started watching, I felt more emotion in this than most others. It felt organic, especially when they show a harsh rolling winter among the mountain tops. Then you see her surrounded in warmth wrapped in that warm azul bath.
I want to be there, that looks relaxing.
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WatchBehind the Scenes: ELLE UK Cover Shoot with Reese Witherspoon
A nice BTS with the talented actress, Reese Witherspoon.
Every time I hear her name, I always think of this photoshop:
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WatchDaphne Guinness Tribute to Alexander McQueen
Video by Indrani and GK Reid. I think this video does McQueen’s work justice.
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WatchFashion Film: Fashion Film Lab
A black and white fashion film that has a great edge to it. I’m really loving the high grain non-sterile look to the processing. It comes together well. This should serve as a good influence for inspiration.
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WatchFashion Film: Day and Knight
The short is okay, however I really like the theme. It’s something I would try granted I ever do video, but in a more refined manner.
Fun fact: The title is in ode to Nick Knight.
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WatchAaron Nace: How to Make Social Media Work for You
Stop doing it wrong, and start doing it right!
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Stanley Kubrick’s Gritty Images of 1949 Chicago
An amazing look into what Chicago was like in 1949, captured by The Stanley Kubrick.
It captures the era well, I almost feel like I could imagine myself being there from these images.
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WatchChristmas Lights Background
Before you throw your Christmas lights back in the attic, why not make use of them by throwing them up on your background, and also making patterns out of your bokeh by shaping them?
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WatchBehind the Scenes: One Day with Sean Armenta
This is a great video showcasing my friend Sean Armenta with a behind the scenes look on one of his shoots for Vampd magazine.
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A behind the scenes look at a fashion editorial I shot for Vampd Magazine this fall.
Photography - Sean Armenta
Fashion Editor - Jade Sykes
Assistants - Dondee Quincena, Bong Malabanan, Ren Lara
Hairstylist -...
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30 Amazing Photographs and the Stories Behind Them →
Seriously some amazing images with stories that go beyond the frame. It’s worth a look and a read!
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WatchC
This trailer, titled “C” was made for just $1000. The best part about this is that there was NO CG or green screen involved in the process!
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If you like this trailer, please check out my new kickstarter campaign to help fund the completion of this film! kickstarter.com/projects/1282316546/c-299792-km-s?ref=video Trailer for my film “c,” a hard sci-fi...
