Did Your Photo Workshop Suck?

Hi Gang,
I’m sure a number of you reading this have a few stories you can tell about photography workshops.  Some good, some not so good, some maybe a little embarrassing (Matt Gibson and Bryan Allen, if you’re reading this don’t say a word).  A few months back a friend and former workshop participant called me [...]

Is Photography Over?

“Is Photography Over?” is the title of an upcoming symposium at the San Fransisco Museum of Art.  Since many of you reading this probably can’t be there, I thought I’d post the symposium description here and see what you think.
“Photography has almost always been in crisis. In the beginning, the terms of this crisis [...]

Exhibition Selection and Workshop Announcements

NORTH SHORE LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP August 9-12, 2010

North Shore Landscape Workshop
I’m excited to announce my 2010 North Shore Landscape workshop, August 9 – 12.   This is a popular workshop in a very scenic part of the country, and to maximize your experience I’ve limited the class to 7 participants.   For more details and online registration, please [...]

Honorable Mention from Lensbaby!

Lensbaby today announced the 12 winners in their recent photo contest.  The 12 winners, selected from over 2000 submissions world-wide, will be published in an upcoming book.  While I didn’t make the final 12, I did receive Honorable Mention for my image of Nathan Pino, a pianist I photographed on Venice Beach exactly a year [...]

Great Comparison of Ring Lights on Strobist

Strobist is running a two part series comparing the Ray Flash v. Orbis v. AB 800 Ring Flash
You can find that series here.
I think there are a couple of important points to draw out:
1) Quality of Light is subjective;
2) The Ray Flash and Orbis are used on a speedlight, but can be mixed with studio [...]

(V) Canon Announces new 1D Mark IV WOW!

Key Features of Mark IV:
for full details click here
1. 1080i HD Video  Holy Cow! Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Vincent Laforet received a prototype of the Mark IV and created the following short film.  Holy Cow!

2. 10 Frames a second
3. 1.3x APS-H Sensor
4. Standard ISO range of 100 – 12,800 expandable to 102,400!  Holy Cow!
5. 3″ [...]

How a Digital Camera Works: Geeks Only

I’m an enginenerd by training, photographer by choice and am constantly amazed by these digital cameras.  Naturally, I started to wonder how these little camera/computers worked and set about to do some digging.  I thought perhaps a few of you would be interested in what I found.  Here are just a few links from my [...]

(V)Are You Creative? Hopefully You Answer NO – TED.com

If you answered no, you’re probably right.  At least according to Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love.  In this TED episode she discusses the creative process.  She argues that we ARE NOT creative, but rather that we HAVE creativity.  This topic always takes me back to two different stories revealing the exact same human [...]

Print on Demand (POD): Comparison of Services

I’ve been looking at doing a book and many of us have needed this type of service for our wedding and high school senior portrait work.  As a commercial photographer, I’m always looking for more cost effective and unique ways to distribute my portfolio in print.  Therefore, I want to provide you some information I’ve [...]

Wedding Photographer: What You Should Look For

I got out of the wedding photography business, but I still get a lot of questions from folks about who to hire.  I found this great synopsis on the typical styles of wedding photographers and what you should consider in hiring one, Hiring a Wedding Photographer.  One issue not brought up in the article is [...]

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