As the days go by I notice photography is turning much into my days of being in Martial Arts. Crazy to compare? No not really as when I was in Tae Kwon Do, the one thing people asked was “Are…
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That’s right, I said it. Any photographer that is worth his or her weight in gold, is a voyeur. Now when I say voyeur, I’m not talking about the creeper that looks into your window when you’re changing…well..some might, but…
As you may or may not be aware, there was a “professional” photographer who was commissioned to shoot the Olympians. What an honor this must have been for said “professional” The end results of the photos themselves? No where near close to professional…
I was talking to a friend over the weekend and we discussed the major differences between Fashion and Glamour photography and general portrait photography. He is the general portrait photographer with a huge business in weddings and high school senior portraits. To me, I was pointing out the obvious differences, to him, this was earth shattering news.
Supermarket Walmart Superstores has launched a new and aggressive marketing campaign. Their campaign is a new aggressive food campaign to get consumers to give their food, most importantly, their steaks a second look.
Often when talking to other photographers, they say to me “How do you shoot the sexy stuff?” When I ask them to expound on the sexy stuff, they typically mean the nude or implied nude stuff.
This is when I get to hop up on my soap box and tell them;
“Sexy is defined by the client, not me”
Years back when I got serious about photography, I started to make a name for myself in the model photography world and quickly realized that it was MUCH more difficult to chase the penny vs chasing dimes in general portrait photography. I had decided I was going to do everything most people said NOT to do-ads in the newspaper, yellow pages and planned out a tv ad. A few weeks ago, I saw the Sunday paper and it had this in the funnies
I can’t began to stress how important it is to have your best foot forward in ANY situation! The model/photography world is one that is built off of looks and first impressions. When I’m using these sites, I’m looking for images that blow me away. I’m looking at a thumbnail about 150×150 and have three seconds to make up my mind if I want to contact you. There are 148,587,335,114,1578,2 portfolios to look through
A problem found (most often) with newer or those who want to be models is what I call “Posing regret” As it turns out, I live and work out of Glamour states and as a result, I don’t tell a 5’6″ girl that I want to shoot “fashion” I am honest with them and tell them either, “We can shoot a fashion inspired theme” or “I don’t shoot fashion, I’m the glamour guy!” as a way of skirting around the fact they’re too short. Every once in a while, I will run across a young lady that wants to submit to a glamour magazine or website, then totally freak out and change her mind.
Last week a facebook contact sated on an update:”Ive said it before and i will say it again. It is about the light people! Photography is about lighting!!!”
I replied; ” Its about the connection first! Lights second!”
She replied: ” I could take a person off the street and not say a word to them…..and get an outstanding pix if i have the right light. Connection is only a necessity for portrait biz….i am talking u and being one with your camera.
Repeat after me…..i can see the light!!!!!!”