A few weeks ago, the Poll option was; “Are you planning on buying new gear?” That was simply because I was going to purchase new gear for myself but I didn’t know what and when I was going to get…
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One of my favorite lighting styles is dramatic lighting or artistic nude lighting. If you’re a frequent visitor to the blog, you know that full nude glamour isn’t really my thing. I do it for submissions, but not really my thing. When…
If you’ve spent ANY amount of time on my blog, you’ve heard me talk about “connection with your models” and how important it is. What you haven’t seen is what happens when you don’t have that connection. Today, you will!…
Is the question my Wife asked me a few weeks back. I had my standard answer at the ready; “It’s what they like the most” and was an answer that she didn’t really accept. I think she didn’t accept it…
One of the things I’m seeing more and more is filter based photography. Everything comes in cycles and that’s all fine and dandy. I remember when the Ring Flash came back and everyone (including myself) had to have one. I…
I’m a firm believer that every photographer should be paid SOMETHING! Even if it’s 20.00 the photog should be paid with monetary means. Why? Simple; Money tends to keep everyone more professional and honest! When money exchanges hands, the photographer has…
September 18th 2011 will for ever be a day I always remember. It’s a day the photography world lost one of it’s brightest stars. I have explained what Art means to me in myprevious article, with that being the case,…
I have made a LOT of mistakes professionally. The goal of being a halfway decent business person is taking a good honest review of the previous year and not only looking at the good you’ve done, but the bad and…
I’m sure you’ve heard it before. If you haven’t, it means what people perceive is their reality. Notice i said THEIR reality as their reality and ours as photographers, do not always mesh. This is why it’s important for us…
One of the more misunderstood aspects of photography is copyright and fair usage rights. These rights and laws are misunderstood by ALL parties involved, from the client to photographer to general public. While it’s not my intent or purpose to…