Doing a 365 project and forcing myself to take a picture everyday is not something I would enjoy. So I came up with a Snapography project; I guess you know by now it's a combination of snap + (phot)ography.
Make sure to regularly checkout my website and the section on Snapography. Link to Snapography November 2013 is here.
Not a typical camera review - Nikon Coolpix P7800 review for DSLR shooters. If you're a DSLR shooter and you consider buying P7800 or other point-and-shoot camera, this review might be just for you.
Read MoreAdobe's release candidates for Lightroom 5.3 and Camera RAW support Nikon Coolpix P7800 RAW files. Final releases are expected soon.
Read MoreWhen shooting on-location and outdoor, I often have to improvise when things don't go as I planned. This is an example of how I improvised one of the shoots.
Read MoreNikon Coolpix P7800 is incompatible with 3rd party flash triggers, which can surprise especially those more creative P7800's users who like to use off-camera flash.
Read MoreMeFoto RoadTrip is a smaller and a lighter version of MeFoto GlobeTrotter. But is it sturdy and stable enough to hold a DSLR?
BTS (Behind the Scenes) of a photo shoot in an abandoned building in Brussels (Belgium). This was my lost photo shoot in Belgium (in May 2013) before moving to the US.
Have you ever wanted to have a speedlight snoot for your flash for free and in 2 minutes? I show you how you can make one yourself from an empty box of Pringles and scissors.
Strobox.com is a great community site for sharing lighting schemes and learning new lighting techniques from others. They just released their third book, Strobox Vol.3 (both digital and printed versions) with a selection of 50 photos. This year's Strobox's book was produced with the help of Udi Tirosh, a photographer and a blogger of DIYPhotography.net. I'm particularly proud of this announcement because one of my photographs has been selected and features in Strobox Vol.3 photo book.
The book is a great source for lighting inspiration and learning . There are two version: - e-book available here: http://goo.gl/z4oktn - softcover print version: http://goo.gl/T5oyNh
To get 20% off the print version, use promo code OCTOBER20 (must be all capital letters) during checkout. Hurry up because it's valid only until the end of October 2013!
put half-naked or bikini pictures in your portfolio, with you butt sticking out postures that say 'hump me'; well, unless you want to get a job in Hooters or a strip club. Before I continue with my ramble, let me give you some feedback. I'm a European photographer who moved to Memphis in June 2013. I was a freelance photographer in Belgium and I occasionally used ModelMayhem to network and find models and make-up artists. I started using the website much more often when I moved to the US, and I was really surprised with what type of pictures female models put in their portfolios.
At first I thought that it might be a culturally artistic difference and that I simply didn't understand the US photography and the American-style of ModelMayhem. Maybe I was right, maybe I don't understand it and my photography style and believes don't fit in the US. But hear me out…
I spent hours, hell, days and weeks on searching for aspiring and/or interesting models with potential for producing interesting photographs but I all kept finding were nasty looking portfolios. You ask: What are 'nasty looking portfolios'? I'm not sure how to explain it without swearing. Just try to imagine (for obvious reasons I can't publish here examples) a portfolio full of half-naked or biking pictures in stripper shoes (if you don't know what these are, don't worry, I just learned it myself - click here); where a model bends in unnatural way, sticking her bust and butt out. Do you get the picture?
If you ask me, these are not pictures suitable for a modelling website and I'm rather repelled than attracted as a photographer by such pictures. However, these pictures are perfect for applying to Hooters or a strip club. But again, I might be wrong. You know, these culturally artistic differences…
To clarify, not all aspiring models have these type of pictures in their portfolios; but from what I've seen so far, most of them do in Tennessee and the neighboring states. In my personal and humble opinion, it's just sad.
