Last month Matthew Jordan Smith wrote the post below and this morning it just hit home on the issue of equipment. So often photographers, especially those just starting out, believe their biggest short suit is a lack of equipment. The truth is, it’s most often a lack of creativity, not so much in photographic talent, [...]
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Posted on May 07th, 2012 in 2011 Summer School Profile, Lighting
The year is 1987 and I’ve just taken over as president of Hasselblad USA after being with Polaroid for over 17 years. Hasselblad was just in the process of kicking off a workshop series with a young commercial photographer I’d never heard of, Dean Collins. I had spent virtually all of my Polaroid career, at [...]
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I don’t remember where or when I first met Lou Jones, but we’ve had one of those friendships that pops up every year at a convention. I know we met in the mid 90’s, back in my Hasselblad days. Lou’s based in Boston and I feel like I’ve lived just about everywhere but New England [...]
Posted on March 15th, 2012 in Education, Lighting, Marketing, Networking, New Technology, Portrait Tips, Summer School
Every year Summer School gets a little better thanks to the feedback in the survey we do a week or two after the program ends. After last year’s school we heard requests for more hands-on shooting, more marketing and business and several suggestions to make the program more centrally located. Well, we’ve managed to do [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2012 in How2 Series, Lighting
WTF stands for “What the Flash” and a special guest post thanks to good buddy, Bob Davis. I’m really having fun sharing this guest post this morning, because it’s completely different from anything I’ve ever run on the blog. This couldn’t be more “how2″ and I love the way Bob put it together.
I first met [...]
I love it when I have a guest post from good buddy Matthew Jordan Smith. Today’s is really special for me because it’s part of the arsenal of amazing material from Photoshop Cafe and Software Cinema.
There are only a handful of photographers in our industry who really understand how to use light and today Matthew [...]
We’ve been fortunate to have a lot of great guest posts from good buddy, Matthew Jordan Smith. What I love most about his posts and video downloads is the amount of educational information he’s always willing to share. It leaves you with a wonderful challenge: Is Matthew a great photographer, great teacher, great writer or [...]
This Software-Cinema video might have been produced a little while back, but the technique and the educational elements are timeless. It features one of the best photographers in the country,Ken Sklute and in four minutes he’s going to take you through a series of basic components you need for great on-location lighting.
“Sklooty” is one of the best [...]
A whole bunch of years back, in a galaxy far far away, I sold Ansel Adams’ camera gear to Don Imus for $100,000, all for charity. My point this morning isn’t about the sale, although I have written about it in the past. This is about team sports! I had an idea to tie something [...]
I want to kick this Tuesday off talking about lighting. It’s the number one skill-set challenge, especially for new photographers. It’s also the number two request for workshop topics, right after business/marketing help. How you see the light, control it, even interpret it is one of the greatest ways to put some distance between you and [...]
