This morning the United States Department of Attitude released their annual report on professional photography. It’s incredible to see that things have completely turned around with the economy as well. Photography was listed as the most lucrative career field in the U.S. National advertising and promotional statistics showed photography as the only career choice where [...]
One of the keys to greatness as a professional photographer is taking the time to just experiment with your gear. We were all creative as kids, when we used to play with our toys. Well, just because we’re adults doesn’t mean that creativity needs to stop.
I had a whole guest post from Matthew Jordan Smith [...]
The photographers who contribute to Skip’s Photo Network aren’t just great photographers, they’ve become great friends. But, more than just friends I have tremendous respect for them as artists, business people and of course educators. They also inspire me and Matthew seems to do it on a fairly regular basis.
What amazes me is that most of [...]
A while back my daughter asked about the lighting set up that Gregory Heisler used for my head shot. He used one of those long narrow softboxes set up vertically about six inches from the left side of my face. In fact, I later wrote about it on this blog. What I forgot to tell her [...]
Last year, as part of the Akron Photo Series, Doug Gordon joined us in Ohio. I’ve already written about how amazing his program was. In the process of looking for material for the How2 Series, I found this terrific little clip on Vimeo. It’s from Doug’s Virtual Trade Show presentation for PDN last year. It’s [...]
The last two weeks we’ve been working on changing the content direction for Skip’s Photo Network. If you’ve followed the change you’ve seen posts from Clay Blackmore, David Ziser, Scott Bourne, Jared Platt, Doug Gordon and yesterday, Matthew Jordan Smith. The change is designed to give you more “how to” support in imaging and is now [...]
In looking back through a lot of Doug Gordon’s images, there’s a definite statement made about changing camera angle. It gives an image more power and dimension, pulling the viewer into the moment.
One of the mistakes so often made by new photographers is putting too much camera tilt in your images. I remember the first wedding [...]
Last November, for the first time in all the years I’ve known Doug Gordon, I was finally able to attend one of his workshops from start to finish with nobody pulling me out for a convention crisis. It was all part of the Akron Photo Series and Doug quite simply blew me away. During his [...]
Next week I’ll be launching a new series here on the blog - the H2Series: how to information to help you take your skill set to the next level. With the help of some good buddies, Clay Blackmore, Scott Bourne, Doug Gordon and Matthew Jordan Smith, David Ziser (and that’s only the beginning) I’m going to [...]
Last week I posted a piece about hand-posing from my old buddy, Don Blair. I was reminded by Martha Dameron of another of Don’s signature techniques, outdoor use of bare bulb. So, running through Don Blair’s Guide to Posing and Lighting Body Parts, I found one of my favorite images. This one was created while [...]
