It’s been a busy few weeks so I wanted to throw this up on the blog today as I found a short pause int he schedule. You’ll find a quick overview of our workflow / gear for our travels in the video above, along with a 53 minute look into our Adobe CS5.5 workflow that applies to both Canon / HDSLRS and RED footage in the video below courtesy of Richard Harrington.
Today we’re launching Marketing Yourself With Photo Books, a new (free) 22-page guide that explores the different ways photographers are using self-publishing to promote themselves to photo editors/buyers and fans alike. Sponsored by Blurb, this guide includes both practical guidance on building a book to use for promotional purposes, as well as rich case studies from top photographers who have successfully woven photo books into their overall marketing strategy.
On July 18, 2011 the Judicial Conference of the United States began a three-year pilot project to evaluate the effect of cameras in federal district court courtrooms. Fourteen (14) federal trial courts are taking part in the federal Judiciary’s digital
I decided to try an experiment on this Safari and take two totally different cameras from the norm for this kind of shooting: A Leica S2 and a Panasonic GH2.
Three months after the disappearance and death of South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, his family have announced plans for a September London memorial service
Been a pretty random two weeks since my return from the States and Venezuela. Really just been trying to get back on track with my projects. But it’s been nice to explore Vietnam with a refreshed sense of inquisitiveness.
photographer Tom M. Johnson wanders his neighborhood, camera in hand, in search of serendipity. In Lakewood, 20 miles outside of Los Angeles, Mr. Johnson has spent the past decade documenting a town in transition, capturing the intimate details of homes and their inhabitants for his project, “Lakewood: Portraits of a Sacred American Suburb.”
Finally, somebody has invented the camera I have always wanted. Or at least, Turkish designer Zeki Özek has invented the camera tech I have always wanted. Ozek’s iCam is a way to integrate your iPhone with a proper camera. The camera would have a cutout i
One day last fall, photojournalist William B. Plowman got a call from a friend, fellow photographer Nick Whalen. “He said, ‘you’re not gonna believe this,’” Plowman recalls, “and then he told me there’s this underground fight club in New York City.”
“I don’t begin a project with an agenda that is going to over-determine the outcome. I think it begins with a faint vision – one of those whispers on a breeze – that somehow gets a grip on me.”
Congratulations to Dale Yudelman, the first winner of the newly established Ernest Cole Award for photography in South Africa. On the 30 June the adjudication committee chose his project – “From the Hip”, from a final selection of five entries.
In part 1 and part 2 I started on a list of the photographers who have made the greatest influence on successive generations of photojournalists. To recap, this is a start on a “canon” to which you may contribute a suggestion. I’m looking not just for a list of the “great photographers” nor the most famous or successful. I’m looking for photographers who:
Produced documentary work reflecting the important standards and ethics of the profession,
Stood the test of time by repeatedly producing notable work, and
Innovated in the art or profession by being first to adopt an important style or approach, break a barrier or rise above the limits of the day.