Photoshoot and Beyond
Every Sunday night, we take a family adventure. Most of the photos that you see on my website are from different hikes or walks throughout the state of Utah. We take a camera, we stay in our Sunday best and go out to document a few moments together. We look at scenery, take advantage of […]
Taking a good portrait is hard enough, but taking one hanging from a cliff with model is balancing on the edge of another cliff is a whole new ball game. Photography duo Jay Philbrick and his wife Vicki are known for their devil daring (yet utterly safe) extreme photoshoot where they put models on cliff-edges, in side […]
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So you just picked up your first camera and you’re ready to become the next Henri Cartier-Bresson? Perhaps you’re planning to leave the world of still photography and follow in Lee Friedlander’s footsteps? Before taking the plunge, you might want to watch Digital Rev TV’s take on street photography expectations vs reality. Many people think […]
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The other day, I was watching a family take photos in front of a Christmas tree. They were standing directly in front of it. I realized that with a bit of practice, and knowledge, we can really use the lights in the tree to our advantage, and set the stage for a fantastic background for […]
This upcoming podcast, Richard and I will sit down to go over several reader’s questions. Anything regarding gear, business questions, recent photography news, lighting and more. If there’s something you want explained, post your question in the comments below. We will take a handful of questions and mention your name in the podcast. Follow Pamela […]
Subtitle 1 – You Can’t Pixel Peep Your Way To A Perfect Image Subtitle 2 – You Can Feel Your Way To A Photograph This post is long, and may seem to be all over the place, but stick with me – there’s a point to be made in here somewhere 🙂 Lately, I have […]
In a recent Skype chat with photographer Joey Jones, we were casually discussing how he runs his successful portrait photography business. At one point, he casually stated, “The camera is just a tool. It’s what you do with it that counts.” Needless to say, Joey was spot on. It was something I myself had only […]
USA Today’s Bob Deutsch talks about the ‘Ying and Yang’ of assignments that were part of covering Pope Francis’ recent visit to the U.S. From having the best spot New York to the absolute worst in Philadelphia, Bob shares some interesting behind-the-scenes information regarding press spots, getting the job done, planning your shoots and how […]
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Investigating selfies and self-portraits using a mix of theoretic, artistic and quantitative methods, Selfiecity compared photos taken in five major cities around the world – Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow, New York and Sao Paulo. The group recently added London to the mix, analyzing 152,462 Instagram photos, and the results are pretty cool. The photos were all […]
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If you thought that film is dead and that there’s no money to be made in nature photography, you’d better think again. 74 years after the National Park Service commissioned the great Ansel Adams to document the National Parks, the NPS is looking for a full-time photographer to perform a similar job, and is offering […]
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