Archive for the ‘Photographer Resources’ Category
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What’s wrong with this picture?
“There’s nothing worse than a sharp photo of a fuzzy idea.” — Ansel Adams A fuzzy photo of a sharp…
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Carpe Diem {with MF digital}
“You will accomplish more in 11 months than 12,” I thought to myself, feeling a need for a break. My…
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Going Pro series pt 4: Make Amateur Photography Pay
“There is more spontaneous and active interest in photography today than at any time in past history.” Those words were…
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Going Pro series pt 3: Knowing When to Make the Jump
Aloha from Oahu! The next installment of “Going Pro” addresses the important issue of when to launch from an amateur…
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Going Pro series pt 2: Delay Instant Gratification
All too often we work for something we can’t see, but pray the results are somewhere on a foggy horizon….
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Nikon D4 vs medium format digital
The Interwebs are happy about the Nikon D4 announcement, but I’d date a Pentax 645D before a D4. You see,…
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Marketing Tips for Photographers {Ask the Expert}
I’m giddy to introduce, Alan Warner, the creative and marketing guru at Trion Promotion. I’ve know Alan for many years…
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Light painting like Leibovitz with Dark Arts
Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding…
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The Hit List: 32 Photo Tips & Tutorials from 2011
(Free learning + light painting + tech tutorials – rules + sharing + geek fun x RJ) x 23 =…
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18 Awesome Gift Ideas for Photographers
Wondering what to gift the photographer in your life? Need ideas to pass along your favorite shopper? Gifts are only…
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Family Photos with D700 vs F100 {film vs digital}
Since I started my photography business back in 2005, I’ve been shooting digital due to the streamlined workflow and what…
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Megan & Carlos {Raleigh, NC} Part II
On the eve of my bachelor party, I share this photograph created last week from Carlos & Megan’s engagement session…
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Flight over Smoky Mtn NP, homemade softbox, & lightpainting a helicopter
Sometimes we work for money. Othertimes, money works us. Lately, my life looks like this: Appalchia is a beautiful place,…
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Staging Foregrounds {creative tutorial}
Tis the season for family portraits! While shooting this awesome family this weekend in Moorhead, MN, It occurred to me…
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Super 8 Wedding Cinematographer: Ask the Expert
Kevin Von Qualen is an artist and storyteller who specializes in documenting the human condition through his photography and cinematography….
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Photographers Shooting Photographers {Shooting Film}
This is what happens when you get four film photographers together on a shoot: Stay tuned for tomorrow’s not-to-be missed…
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What’s our creative time worth? {72 Lightpaintings, Redux}
Composition, lighting, and color, has stood at the center of my lightpainting for three years. I strive for consistency, cohesion…
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Choosing a Wedding Photography Workshop
I was the student in high school that asked lots of questions. Kids would laugh. Years later, I learned there…
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Going Pro series pt 1: Take the Big Step
‘Lift with my legs.’ I told myself dozens times over the past few days as I moved from Colorado to…
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Nikon 24mm comparison {aperture priority}
I knuckled down to geek out to something I’ve been exploring for many moons, a lens comparison between Nikon 24mm…
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nowhere IS somewhere {snapshots as art & finding a lost iphone}
Sitting at 30,000 feet, I wonder if I know where I am. We could be in the middle of a…
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My pictures would be better only if I…
This sentence could be finished one of two ways. The Easy Way : had a better equipment, traveled to an…
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Free to Create: Workshop Highlights
Not too many business industries we train our ‘competition.’ Yet as a Denver wedding photographer, I know well that we…
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5 Tips for Fashion Photography
Fashion photography isn’t as hard as it seems. Cliff notes’s version: Land a good gig. Finding your perfect client isn’t…
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Evolution of Style, Lessons Learnt
While I’m all about looking forward, let’s not forget about remembering roots, especially lessons learnt from the past. Appreciating of…
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Wicked Witch of the East
As a tribute to Wizard of Oz, I tried on a different concept during the Free to Create workshop including…
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The Sandwich Method
Introducing my new favorite recipe of light: The Sandwich Method. Looks like a million bucks, yet doesn’t cost $8,000. And…
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HDR Wedding Photos in Greece
Like Momma said to us boys, ‘Can’t polish a sneaker’ when choosing a girlfriend. I say, ‘Can’t polish a turd’…
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The 20 Photo Blogs I Follow
As any painter through the ages will tell you, it is important to surround yourself with good people that inspire…
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free to create {photography workshop}
What if you had 5 minutes… just 5 minutes to do something different. Yes, while you might fail miserably in…
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The Gossip Chain {ode to Norman Rockwell}
There’s art in Gossip. I only knew that since I grew up with a print of Norman Rockwell hanging above…
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Jean-Pierre & Jeanfré {5-minute portrait session tutorial}
Just the other day I spoke with a photographer friend about selecting and showing only your best images on any…
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Meet Sean {LED light portrait tutorial}
He’s got the same name as my bro, he’s sacked a Heisman trophy winner, Harvard-educated, and has a few years…
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Error “CHA”…
… is not what you want to see on your Nikon D700 while on a destination shoot. The said error…
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How to Lightpaint in a gold mine {Day & Night}
Had a blast with the lighting technicals with my trash the dress portrait session in a gold mine in Alaska….
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What it Really Takes to be Creative (on location)
Physically fit. Tremendous patience. Technical expertise. If you are lackluster in anything these areas, weather it be a computer programmer,…
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Flowers in The Home: Surprising Source of Inspiration
Just occurred to me I might have gone overboard with fresh flowers in my home. But is there ever such…
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My Little Pony and Transformers
Cherio! Rewind to the 1980s, if Prince William and Kate Middleton were watching cartoons on a Saturday morning, channel changing…
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Travel Dates
2011 is shaping up to one awesome year… business, photography, love, life. Great assignments on the books between now and…
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On Dating: Google and a Goose
I’m not dating a gal named Google. But building search engine love isn’t that much different than dating. How so?…
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Posing Tips for Couples
Show a person their portrait, most likely they will search for immediate “flaws.” As a photographer, we should speak to…
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Lightpainting Mentoring for Weddings and Portraits
I’m super stoked to announce a new series of personal mentoring session focused on the use of lightpainting techniques geared…
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Lightpainting: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets revealed
Since 22+ people blog readers on this popular post addressing whether or not I should share my light ‘secrets,’ new…
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Lightpainting Tips, My Secrets Disclosed?
Dear Friends, I stand at a cross-road today after reading a beloved email inquiry about my lightpainting techniques from LA-based…
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Best of Wedding Photography
As professional photography organizations grow daily, it’s awesome to see the good ones really succeed. I count Best of Wedding…
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Sage & Eric: A Vintage Shoot Inspired by Light
I enjoy Mad Men. Perhaps if I lived in another age, it would be 1950s New York at the world…
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Flash Bus Tour with Hobby & McNally: After Class
Ended up in detention with Numnuts & The Strobist after getting schooled in Flash Bus Tour ’11 proved a wonderful…
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Art of Posing: Improv Style
*** Time to get your photo-geek on. *** Members of Step Afrika! & I have much in common: home town similarities,…
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Saucy Dipper Interview: Food Photo Tips
While Top Chef might get your appetite and creative culinary juices flowing, taking food photos is a whole ‘nother battle….
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Changes in Style & Technology in Wedding Photography
Wedding photography isn’t what it used to be: It’s better. The industry, while saturated, has still become a place where…
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Conquering fear
“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself” — FDR’s First Inaugural Address, 1933 On a recent visit to…
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one light makes all the difference
What a difference a one cheap flash makes. Nikon D-700 at 24mm, shot at 1/250 sec (two stops under ambient),…
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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Make a Statement
Graffiti impacts everyone, especially when it comes to the health and well-being of a community. A friend of mine found…
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Power of Passion 2011 tour: A review
Fellow Colorado photographer Sandy Puc’ joined Jedi forces with Jerry Ghionis in Denver yesterday as the kick-off tour of 32 cities…
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Elevate workshop: Images and Workshop Review
Sometimes is good to see the world in a different shape. Here are a few favorite images from my top…
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Call me a Shutterbug.
I just might be a closet camera geek. At least that is what I judge as someone who camps out…
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if it ain’t broke, why fix it?
It occurred to me while sorting through my shoe closet, that if I like something, I stick with it. Call…
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ISPWP contest results
The results are in from the International Society for Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) Fall 2010 photo contest and I’m giddy to…
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Spinning Ideas at Midnight
When an idea hits, I run with it ASAP. And then I jump and hop. Sometimes I fall down. Inevitably,…
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Elevate Workshop
Announcing Elevate. Mark your calendars: January 10-13, 2011. Full workshop details here. It’s gonna be epic. Elevate workshop is designed…
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Pictage PartnerCon highlights
Earlier this week I offered a shooting workshop at Pictage Partner Conference – an annual conference held in the French…
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Workshop review: Sean Low’s Business of Being Creative
Mark Twain once said, “Never let school interfere with your education.” Probably my favorite quote. Don’t get me wrong. I…
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choosing your best photos
Choosing your best work isn’t easy. After all, clients hire photographers for their eye AND editing ability. While we might…
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11 tips to get the most out of a Photography Workshop
I’m super excited to officially announce I’ll be giving a shooting workshop called “Lightpainting on a Shoestring Budget” at the…
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you be the judge: composites on the wedding day
Just finished two composites from a Ten Mile Station wedding in Breckenridge shot recently. My work is becoming a bit…
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thao & davuth: engagement & behind-the-scenes
I first met Thao & Davuth at June & Mark’s wedding I photographed weeks ago, the same night he proposed…
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Lightpainting on a shoestring budget: Workshop
Our favorite ten minutes of shooting on a wedding day is what our clients hire us for. We know it…
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finding creativity?
Where does creativity come from? Knowing & practicing the answer to this very question enables the artist to become more…
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tips for photographing finicky pets
Photographing pets doesn’t come easy. With patience, humor, some creativity & inspiration you could be on your way to creating…
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shooting family portraits at weddings
Last Wednesday, over 30 Denver wedding photographers showed up at the Spruce Mountain Ranch in Larkspur, CO to hear myself…
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what’s in a good wedding photography contract?
Ever since we published our article on our 22 branding tools in our marketing arsenal, we’ve received several questions about…
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interior architectural shooting tips
Last week I assisted former clients in photographing their condo they are looking to rent and a piece of commercial…
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on-axis fill with ring flash
On-axis flash interests me for 2 reasons: It’s not cliche, and as David Hobby proclaims, you either love it or hate it. Ring…
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ULTRAMABRATED
Having just gotten back from Jeff Newsom‘s very first workshop held in San Luis Obispo, CA, I pleased to say…
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22 branding tools in our marketing arsenal
What’s in a brand? Turns out, there’s alot. Several photographers recently asked me a few of the most helpful branding…
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inspired at PartnerCon in New Orleans
Workshops make photographers and their buisnesses even better and the 2009 Pictage PartnerCon was no different. David Beckstead gave an…
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creating a ‘natural look’ with flash
A goal this morning wasn’t to create an image with drama, but rather an 100% organic, natural feel you’d find in Boulder….one where artificial light wasn’t apparent, but still played a crucial component in the final image. Here’s the final image as it might appear in publication:
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coffee-shop class #10: 2.0 vs 2.8 @ 200mm: UPDATED
It’s been too many moons since we’ve had a little tech pow wow. Ah, the Nikon 200mm f/2 vs. 70-200…
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Carole & Andy
10-years ago, Carole & Andy got hitched in the Tunnel of Love Drive-Thru at the Little Vegas Wedding Chapel in…
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mobile photo contest: the winner (and loser)
sometimes, guy photographers like a good mental push-up that tickles the frontal cortex in a visual iphone kind of way….
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joe buissink, behind the podium
Celebrity wedding photographer, Joe Buissink, spoke at the Denver PUG meeting last night. Events like these are among the reasons…
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mile high photographer workshop
I was once told you learn 90% of what you teach. I enjoyed teaching 90% of what i know to…
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