Feb
15
2013I’ve never really held too closely to the nigh-Platonic Ideal of getting it entirely in-camera. As someone who does a lot of his work in a tiny studio with low ceilings, I deal with a lot of limitations that I have to compensate for in post. Practice makes pragmatists, after all, and that goes doubly-so when you’re broke.
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Sep
17
2012A few years ago, Brian Storm, CEO of Mediastorm Inc, told an room full of photographers and photojournalists to “Stop accepting $200 assignments.” And while the specific sum may have been arbitrary, the basic message–that we as an industry needed to stop devaluing our work and ourselves just to get paid–resonated with me. At the time I couldn’t seem to find work that paid fairly–thanks in no small part to the glut of Craigslist photographers (usually students who are just happy to be getting paid) willing to do ridiculous amounts of work for ridiculously low prices–and I found myself taking underpaying jobs on the hopes that a few shitty jobs now would yield better jobs later.
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Jun
18
2012This week’s is another submission from brother-in-law-extraordinaire, Dean Hodgson, who provided the last image, as well. Since I do a lot of head shot work I figured it’d be handy to share some of my head shot workflow.
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Jun
04
2012And so I’m back from outer space. And I’ve brought a 1940s pinup girl with me, courtesy of my brother-in-law. This photo was a lot of fun to work on, as well as provided good practice for a project-of-a-not-dissimilar-nature I’m currently working on.
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May
14
2012Just a quick note as I pack for a trip to San Francisco. I was packing my trusty Timbuktu of Holding when all the loose little bits and bobs started to bug me. As much as I love the portability and simplicity of speedlights, they always bring with them a retinue of necessary gadgets. Batteries and chargers and gels and light mods and everything. There’s so much of it, and it’s all so tiny. Eventually the clutter got too much and I grabbed the unused case for my portable softbox; lo and behold, everything fit perfectly.
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