Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Portraits should be about the person portrayed, not the technique.

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It's hard to make an honest portrait if you are using your subject as a canvas upon which to paint some trendy technique.  Taking a cue...
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Monday, May 23, 2011

Performing for a crowd. Shooting tethered and presenting directly.

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I gave a series of workshops at three different  colleges last month for the MAC Group, who represent Profoto in the U.S.A.  In each city an...
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Photographing Suzan-Lori Parks at work. Behind the scenes at Zach.

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Just like 90% of other humans I like to think I'm pretty smart.  Reality?  Probably right in the middle of the Bell Curve.  Smart enough...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Sunday Rant: Hubris.

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Promotional images for the play, August Osage County.  Zach Scott Theatre. It always happens this way.  I talk all about technique and mira...
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Up early for a swim meet. The light was sweet.

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I was up early today for the second swim meet of the Summer League season.  We got to the Lost Creek Country Club around 7:30am so Ben could...
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Sigma, Cindy Sherman and pricing models.....

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I read, with great amusement, the announcement of Sigma's newest DSLR camera, the SD-1. It looks like a very well designed digital camer...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

A visual repudiation that "Strobism" and off camera flash were invented in 2006.

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Love David Hobby.  Love his whole crazy bus thing.  But some of his followers have become rabidly zealous.  I just had a conversation with ...
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