October 2011
3 posts
Assignment Photography: a Strategy for Bidding the... →
The phone rings a little before lunch. You answer it and a voice on the other end says, “How are you. You showed your book here at the agency a few weeks ago, and we have a job we would…
What Changed? What Remains? →
I am very sad that my friend Kirk Tuck closed the door on his wonderful blog The Visual Science Lab. I sent a hearfelt note urging him to reconsider, but he has very strong and equally…
Environmental Portraits: Be Ready for Anything,... →
I am working with a sculptor on some creating collateral and website materials. She didn’t have any good images of her working, so we put together a shoot schedule that brought me to her…
September 2011
1 post
Green Tea, Rice Balls and Ancient Asian Cities →
Photograph of sunrise in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
God I love iced green tea. Especially when it is really hot outside. And even more when I am outside with the extremely hot outside. The…
August 2011
6 posts
Project 52: Environmental Portraiture Examples →
I am so enjoying working with the Project 52 photographers. It is one of the things I am having the most fun with. If you are not familiar with Project 52, it is an ongoing project that…
Time to View The Lighting Essentials Contest... →
Well it’s that time. Time to choose the winners in our Summer contest: “Summer in My Town”. The assignment was to make between 6 and 8 images to show off what summer is like in your…
10 Principals of Photography No One Tells You When... →
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CRAZY GUY BY 2 HEARTS PHOTOGRAPHY
I quit my crappy job one August morning and thought I should be a photographer. I didn’t have any clue what that really meant. I…
Guest Post: Selina Maitreya on the “Whole... →
You Need the Whole Enchilada
© 2011 Selina Maitreya
NOTE: This is a guest blog post by Selina Maitreya. At the end of the post is a special deal that will net you nearly $300 worth of…
A Photographer’s Decision: Take the Freeway or the... →
Recently there has been some buzz about how to get noticed as a photographer. And more and more I see photographers doing images that look for all the world like some other guy’s images…
New Gear: Aputure Triggers and Gamilight Modifiers... →
Dontcha just love gear that works the way you do. Intuitive design, ease of use, multiple applications… the things that make working with the gear simply an extension of what we are…
July 2011
35 posts
Rediscovering the 50 – Working To Know My Least... →
I am not a ‘normal’ lens kind of guy. Never have been. My Hasselblad has two lenses – the 250MM and the 50MM. Yeah, I’d like an 80 Planar for it someday, but there are a lot of things…
Your ‘About Me’ page image: Make it part of your... →
Over at Project 52 we did an assignment to do a self portrait, or at least a portrait of ones self. An “About Me” page is such an important part of the website that it must be…
It’s Summer: Ten Things to Do to Boost Your... →
1. Road Trip
I love road trips. Planning them, packing for them, and doing them. Unpacking… well, not so much. But road trips are one of the most fun and inspiring things you can do. I…
"The Most Powerful Colors in the World" - nice...
We decided to look at the colors in the brands from the top 100 sites in the world to see if we could paint a more colorful picture. via colourlovers.com Designers will like this. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
FlakPhoto.com | Photography Online | Published by...
Untitled, New York, 2008 — from the series Days With My Father via flakphoto.com Philip Toledano’s exceptional series on his dad. “Days with my Father” Check out FlakPhoto for some good stuff daily. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"Google+ and the benefit of time" - A thoughtful...
We have no idea whether Google’s momentum – 10 million users in practically no time – will continue. No way of knowing how long, if ever, it will take to reach Facebook’s volume. via edwardboches.com So far, I like G+ a lot. But Edward is right. Pretty darn new and untested at this point. So, no, I will not be killing my FB/Twitter accounts. Posted via email from Now This is...
In the 'War On Photography' - a win for the good...
I want him to go home and think about us as decent people,” Eyre said. via masslive.com You have the right to film almost anything when you are dealing with the cops. It is totally legal, it is your right. And when they act like thugs and start to prohibit law abiding citizens from doing what they are allowed to do, it is your DUTY to film them. And keep them honest. Next step - sue...
"Enormous Underwater Volcanoes Discovered Near...
Near the South Sandwich Islands, a British territory that straddles the Southern Ocean and the south Atlantic, scientists found more than a dozen huge underwater volcanoes, some of which tower 2 miles above the ocean floor. via popularmechanics.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Interested in the trending Social Media influence?...
We all remember what happens in the first grade exercise where a message gets whispered from one end of the room to another. It comes out as something entirely different than when it started. via edwardboches.com Very cool. Read the whole thing. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"Connect Google + and Instagram in six easy steps"...
So if you’re among the active Instagram users base who would like your photos to appear in your Google + albums, here’s a more thorough explanation on how to to automatically link your Instagram images to your new Google + account. Note that the images will not appear as a status update or “share” in your stream, but they will end up in your photos, accessible to anyone you want, depending on...
"Why You Are The Future of Photography" (The...
Surely this is exactly the kind of cultural commodification that digital culture was meant to undermine, not encourage. via aphotostudent.com … we should just understand that computers and digital hasn’t lowered the bar at the top, but at the bottom. Sure there are more crap photographs in the world. So what? There are also a great deal of wonderful images in the world. I think...
"45 Creative Photograph Edits" They range from...
Here we have collected some beautifully creative edited photographs to inspire you to edit your own. via dzineblog.com Some ‘meh’, some very good, and a few wonderful Photoshop Photo-Illustrations. Link. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Hmmm... could Google + actually offer better...
In short, the 750 million Facebook users could be easy pickings for Google + if it is offering better service, better features and some straightforward privacy promises, he says. via blogs.forbes.com http://blogs.forbes.com/erikamorphy/2011/07/19/a-myspace-moment-is-coming-but… Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"How to Not Be Unemployed" - A good read about...
You have to start making abrupt decisions, engaging in counterintuitive acts, and forcing yourself to do things that you don’t really want to do. via blogs.forbes.com “One thing that always surprises me about career advice is how lousy most of the writing is. They say the same boring, formulaic ideas over again. They convince you that if you do this one thing, it will all work out for...
"The Law of Sacrifice" | - and the lessons of...
I would look at that and think, ‘You have to work as hard as you possibly can and do things other kids aren’t doing in order to be the best and reach your goal.’ via artofmanliness.com Something to think about. … for all of us. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"Stephenie Meyer, Twilight and the Very Bleak...
Have we reached the point where children AND adults now automatically consider “the best-selling” to be “the best,” period? via justinkownacki.com Also: “If Meyer’s books have inspired people to read, why have they not also inspired them to write coherently?” Well. I don’t know. Probably not. The bar is indeed dropping due to the gravity of the...
Sometimes you just gotta keep on swinging the bat...
There’s a word for a writer who never quits… published. via chrisguillebeau.com BTW.. this applies to photographers as well… ya know! http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/notes-from-a-cold-bathroom-floor-in-south-africa/ Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Indie Music starts a new phase... one that...
It’s only fitting that tastemaker blogs are starting their own record labels and releasing music themselves. via wired.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"Google + Kills Blogs!" - wow. Blogs are dead....
A crazy fad is sweeping the blogosphere: Prominent tech bloggers, including Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, and Bill Gross, founder of startup incubator Idealab, are giving up their blogs and pointing their eponymous domain names at their Google+ streams. via technologyreview.com If you think that hooking your brand to someone else’s is a good idea, go for it. Personally I don’t like...
"When Is Too Much Copyright Bad For Photography?"...
There’s nothing that hasn’t been done before so if you’re not allowed to draw inspiration from and take little parts of other photographers and artists work there’s nothing to take pictures of. via aphotoeditor.com APE I stand with McGintley here. I shoot against white seamless. Am I ripping off Avedon or Penn? I think not. This lady seems to be a bit daffy in her allegations. This is...
Photography - music - computers.... all good - an...
Photography has been around for much, much longer [than computers], and it’s great to realize that there’s so much to photography that you could pretty much learn something new forever. via smashingmagazine.com http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/07/08/interview-google-marcin-wichary/ Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Is Second Best Good Enough? Absolutely, in many...
At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself – do you want to be a photographer, or just look like one? via derekshapton.com http://www.derekshapton.com/planet_shapton/?p=269 Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"On the Cult of Free" | Leslie Burns has some...
See, here’s the thing about the cult of free: it’s fading. via burnsautoparts.com Yep, Leslie… it is. http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2011/07/08/on-the-cult-of-free/ Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
One more... heh. I like this Jeremy Nicholl guy......
He took it because a sense of entitlement told him he could, and a sense of arrogance told him he could get away with it. He was wrong. So who’s the dick now? via jeremynicholl.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
One of the best posts I have read regarding the...
There’s nothing very funny about an 80-year-old photographer being abused and defamed across the web for the supposed crime of protecting his own life’s work. And there’s definitely nothing funny about a bunch of paid thugs committing criminal damage to the photographer’s home. via jeremynicholl.com Yes. I was(am) a fucktard and will joyously remain one in the stance of defending photography...
An excellent post on the market changing...
What does that mean for me as a commercial photographer? Did I bet on a profession due to be extinct soon? Well, only time will tell, but I see plenty of opportunity in this. via blog.allklier.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"How to Be an Award-Winning Blogger" - S Breslin |...
In blogging, all you have is words, and if your words suck, your blog sucks, and if your blog sucks, nobody will read your blog because nobody likes reading a blog that sucks. via blogs.forbes.com Trying to weave sex into a blog on commercial photography and photographic lighting will be, well, tricky. But, hell… I can do it. Sorta. If describing setting up a stand as a gear mounted...
Chaos on Christopher: Iconic Village stretch...
I’ve never seen it like this. Fifteen years ago, you could walk down the street and you wouldn’t have to worry about getting mugged on your way home. via nydailynews.com Hey… quit your complaining. You got the calories on your menus. Trans fats being taken care of. Salt is now a controlled substance. No fatty french fries. No smoking. Crime? Who’s got time worrying...
"Are You a Creative _____?" | Written for...
Originality is not attempting to be different, but rather doing what you want to do the way you want to do it. Originality is only effective when approached with creativity. via problogger.net Ya know! http://www.problogger.net/archives/2011/07/04/are-you-a-creative-blogger/?utm… Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"Seeing The Negative In Everything: Charles...
There are teachers who are gone, too long for me to thank them. It’s a bad feeling that they had hope for me and may have lived to see me on my way, but they deserved a “thank you. via noupe.com “He playfully likened himself to a simple shoe cobbler — as close as possible to his work. “To get down into it, to push things around with my hands, crafting a design; that’s what I like best.”...
Derek Powazek - How to Turn a Fan into an Enemy in...
I’m also going to use his words in the future, when a client asks for advice on how to handle criticism online: “use your head, not just your mouth. via powazek.com “You’d think that someone who once penned a manifesto called “Listenomics” would take the time to, yaknow, listen. But Bob has made his hatred of online comments quite clear. So to him, I’m not a loyal listener, or a valued...
"You Are More Likely to Survive a Plane Crash than...
It’s unclear how they figured this out, or if the methodology is all that sound, but we’re going to hazard a guess that people hate banner ads enough to enjoy the numbers anyway. via theatlanticwire.com I am so often telling my clients that banner ads are NOT going to be the best thing for them. Really - well, ever. There are other ways to engage the potential customer than a...
"Branding Is About Creating Patterns, Not...
Countless musical works are composed using only the basic seven notes of an octave, yet the pattern created by these simple building blocks distinguishes most melodies from one another. via fastcodesign.com I love this part: “The familiarity of a pattern can create a map to an experience. Consider Ikea: Within every store, the journey through the maze of products is familiar: you enter...
"Social Media is not a contingency plan for having...
Of course, this is utter crap. If your product sucks today, it will still suck tomorrow if you start using social media. The only difference is that more people will know about it. via mackcollier.com Such truth in a small post. Social Media is not a cure. It isn’t even an elixir. It will not save you. Sorry. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Chris Orwig photographs surfer Jeff Johnson on...
the expired film that i’m using is starting to dry out -as you can tell by the top of the frame. yet, i like how it visually suggests the passage of time. via chrisorwig.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
June 2011
55 posts
TSA Proves Their Relevance: Feel up old ladies and...
Noibi apparently went through and cleared the physical screening process, but no one caught the invalid travel documents. via latimesblogs.latimes.com Just amazing. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Get Used To Hearing "NO" - Very sage advice for...
When other artists hear “no” too much, they quit, defeated, never to return again. Don’t let that be you. via blog.chasejarvis.com Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
"Dance of the Earth" : Can you imagine what that...
An advance piece in Figaro announced that the concert would be filmed and that a riot was not only expected but desired. Quite a few people who had been present for the Rite scandal — among them Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Cocteau, and Satie — also attended this staged riot. Also in the hall were Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Picasso, Darius Milhaud, Man Ray, Miró, Duchamp, Ford Madox Ford, Aaron Copland, ...
Video captures woman going after suspected beer...
As the suspects got into the car, Lawless took a running leap, landed on the hood and then stomped on the windshield. via abclocal.go.com http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/bizarre&id=8204947 A shame when doing the right thing is the odd thing to do. Posted via email from Now This is Cool… | Comment »
Be Nice to the Cleaners (heck, be nice to...
No matter who you are or what else is happening in your life, if you treat the guy who cleans the airport bathrooms with disrespect, you deserve bad karma for weeks. via chrisguillebeau.com Until someone treats me with disrespect or some other toxic interaction, I try to treat them with respect and kindness. Why not? http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/be-nice-to-the-cleaners/ Posted via...