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Thu , June 17th, 2010
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Mon , June 14th, 2010
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Tue , June 8th, 2010
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Mon , February 15th, 2010
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Tue , September 15th, 2009
I’ve been talking with some folks and the topic of street portraits came up. Some are scared to death to approach strangers on the street. I understand the feeling completely but there are times you have to get over your anxiety about talking to strangers and pursue what it is you want to do. While [...]
Thu , May 21st, 2009
under Photo Resources,Technique
Just finished my presentation for the PDN virtual trade show. That was the fastest I’ve ever had to talk! Thanks to PDN and B&H for making it happen! This post is to answer questions that we didn’t have time to cover during the presentation. Go ahead and post questions here in the comment section. I’ll [...]
Sun , April 12th, 2009
On the next to the last day of Gulf Photo Plus I was informed by GPP organizer, Mohamed Somji, that I had the “privilege” of shooting the group shot of all the GPP staff and photographers. I would be given 15 minutes to set up and execute the shot with 25 to 40 people.I have [...]
Thu , November 20th, 2008
under Misc. Photos,Technique
My good friends at Elekta called me this week to come in and shoot some images for a new service campaign they are working on. They wanted images shot on white seamless. Having been to their office a number of times I knew that there was no need to take a roll of white seamless [...]
Wed , August 20th, 2008
I ran a flickr contest based on my white seamless tutorial here on the blog. If you are a new reader, you can find the multi-part photography tutorial in the technique category. I had a very difficult time placing the top 3. Actually, I had a difficult time placing third place because the first and [...]
Fri , June 27th, 2008
under Photo Resources,Technique
I have now compiled the questions that have come in about the White Seamless tutorial that we have been going through here on the blog. Find parts 1 through 5 under the “technique” category to the left. There were some questions that came through via the comments, email, and flickr about post production in PhotoShop [...] |
