This week we asked for favorite music styles, songs or bands to listen to while getting to work on your photography. These are some of the answers we received on Twitter: - Buckethead, Jelonek, Insomnium, Pink Floyd - Jazz: Miles Davis - Metal/Rock - Muse - Bob Burnham - Comedy Songs - Jimi Hendrix - Imogen Heap - You and I - Velvet Underground - The Pixies - … [Read more...]
Polaroids by Devin Elijah
"A Chronicle of Love & Loss in Sickness & in Health" A portrait subject, a musician, recently questioned the meaning behind the title of my present Polaroid series, and I found myself uncharacteristically grasping for a semblance of relatable articulation. It was maybe the first time since the series origin that I’d felt a genuine sense of vulnerability in regard to … [Read more...]
Make it last and finish the job
As a photographer I photograph families, and family events such as weddings. It is job full of love and happiness. It saddens me when I hear of customers who choose their wedding or portrait photographer based price alone. There are many so-called professionals in our industry who we call back-yarders or “shoot and burners”. You know them; they provide their customers with … [Read more...]
How Digital Photography may be changing the way we take photographs
Helen Stead discusses how turning family snapshots into Art has led her to reevaluate how digital photography is changing our approach to capturing photographs. My work explores my own personal family history and I use old family photo albums as a starting point to begin each piece. I generally create work for myself, to help identity with hidden or repressed qualities of … [Read more...]
Don’t let your camera get in the way of your photography
My name is Nathan Presley and I’m a professional photographer. I started playing with film and photography when I was twelve years old and eventually, dropped out of high school(with good grades) at age fifteen. I’m not here to endorse quitting school by any means, but I can thankfully say it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I’m not writing this post to … [Read more...]