In this segment, Harry How of Getty Images, starts to dig in his bag and show you all of the gear he carries for an assignment and, more importantly, why he carries certain tools. Of course some gigs will call for some variations, but if he has to get to the job, right off the […]

We met with Harry How, sports photographer to see what kind of gear is in HIS camera bag. Wow.
He held nothing back as we went deep into his rolling bag, to see all of the “right stuff”
And he shared some insight with us that is great advice for those wanting to get into that […]

When Miley Cyrus was being photographed by Annie Leibowitz for Vanity Fair recently, there were some photos made that presented the 15 year old pop star in a more revealing vein.
No extreme exposure except for her naked back, but the tone of the image appears to be sexual in nature.
Or is it?
Although her […]

Around the corner from our apartment in Passaic, NJ, there was a store that was a called a “5 & 10″. So named for the cost of the items they carried. Everything from toys, housewares, and some hardware. A mini department store.
Now, I never found the 5 cent items, except candy, but there were a […]

From the time of Matthew Brady, photographs of the horrors of war have beseiged those not in attendance to share and remind us of a view of that reality.
Whether it’s a battlefield strewn with the remains of the valiant of the Civil War, or the images from the Vietnam war of the child fleeing […]

On the old front (well, not too old) the limited edition Stephen Shore placemats are being shipped to Nancy C. from Nova Scotia. A very cool way to dress up you table. Or hang on your wall.
The signed Larry Fink book went pretty darn quick this week and Yvonne F. of Houston, Texas will be […]

Photographer Brian Belefant, who has already had one excellent career as an advertising creative director, has revealed even more of his talents through his work posted on the site, Elixir Lens.
What he has done is taken some very primary advertising credos, stating that the DNA of a message should relate to the product that […]

( this article was originally published here in Dec. 07. Some minor changes, but the concept is intact.)
Not this green:

Or this green:

But this green:

Think about it: the media cards we use recycle the images, computers don’t add fluorocarbons, the batteries for the digital cameras are rechargeable.Most consumers use the internet to share images instead of […]

The photograph tells the story. Everytime.
It’s not the articles, musings, reviews. They may help explain a modus operandi, a back story, a behind-the-scenes look.
Last week at the Hammer museum in Westwood California, Larry Fink regaled us with the tales of his life. We learned about the town he lives in, his politics, his […]

Howard L Bingham’s coverage of the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire captured almost 34 years ago, is currently on exhibit at the M&B Gallery in Los Angeles.

The over 60 images Black & White and color tell the story of this this unique event, and I would have […]

Thanks to everyone who sent in emails for the daily giveaways! It’s your support that’s keeps things like that coming.
And today for our final Daily Giveaway (for now at least) we have a pretty full package for one lucky reader:
© Man Ray
1. Copy of the book Family of Man - just our favorite, […]

Yesterday , it was Mel H. from Georgia who had the fast hands this morning on the Elements DVD’s from Software-Cinema. Well done sir, well done.
Today, Thursday, April 17th, we have another excellent book for the collection: Sylvia Plachy : Goings On About Town

© Sylvia Plachy.
So let’s see…how shall we do it today?
Oh, I […]

Not 2 minutes into Larry Finks lecture, he delivered that line accompanied by a photo of his mom and Irving.
It was laid out deadpan.
Comedy? Satire? Lecture structure? Whatever, it worked and got the crowd to loosen a bit.
And as he further described his photographs you understood what he meant when he said that his […]

If you are just getting started in the digital world of photo manipulation, or could uses a little refresher course, today may be your lucky day.

Wednesday’s Daily Giveaway are 2 discs from Software-Cinema.One of the premiere training companies has , for years put out a full roster of easy to digest, learning discs. This […]

And we have a winner on the Bundle bag from Crumpler. This time it’s Bunny B from Malaysia- Congratulations!

And todays, Tuesday April 18th, Daily Giveaway is a book that’s been getting a lot of attention lately: A la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers by Hillary Carlip
It’s by a photographer who became […]

We all have our favorite angles to shoot from. Sometimes feet spread apart, elbow braced arms keeping a tight grip on the camera.
Sometimes on a tripod, locking in an exact placement of lens, allowing the subject to reveal in front of it.
Or do you grab a shot from the hip. Pull it up to your […]

Just because it was the first day of the week, in this week of daily giveaways, we gave away 2 of the Taschen books. Congrats to both
And it was a sunny day in Southern California. Classic, really.
Today we have a great kit bag made by Crumpler: The Bundle.

As you start to venture outside. and […]

As we continue our week of daily giveaways, we have a very special weekly giveaway, just for the folks who subscribe to the NEWSLETTER.

The good folks at the International Center of Photography (thanks Gigi) wanted one of you to get this very unique collection of photographs from Stephen Shore.
From an edition […]

I know it may feel like we have nothing to report right now and are working on some very cool articles that will be posted soon. Like a video review of the Nikon D300 after working with it for a few months in real world settings.
It may feel like that right now, but the feeling […]

And in a flash, it was gone.
Yesterdays daily giveaway item (Giottos Mini Tripod) went SOOOOO fast. Congrats to Steve M of Milton Vermont!
Today we have a book: Digital Photography for Busy Woman by Laura Oles, a must have easy to digest, primer on all of the basics in digital photography. Not just for […]

Starting the weekend off with a little good news.
Congratulations to Gary W. of Ohio, who will be looking at more color correct images shortly with the Spyder2express color calibration device, and to Andreas K of Germany, currently making some space on the bookshelf for Personal Exposures - Eliott Erwitt.
And you know what we like […]

OK, for some, American Idol is a guilty pleasure, for others it’s a completely manipulated and manipulative realty show.
Whatever. Folks all over seem to have an opinion on the contestants.
And once a year they give back with a charity show.
Well, we’re not that big but we still want to do our part. So here are […]

Which part of the story are you telling?
After the fact?
© Damon Webster
That lilikoi pie was awfully good. Emphasis on was.
Or that decisive click of the shutter occurring in the peak of the moment?

Did you see that? and no photoshop?
Was the photographer waiting for the dolphin because it had just breached? Or because the diver was […]

© Aline Smithson
I met Aline Smithson, quite randomly, a few weeks ago, while waiting to hear a photographers panel at the local museum. We exchanged business cards, promising to check out each others websites.
Wow. Very cool work, that was very easy to digest.
There is an approachable and comfortable sense to her work, that led […]

While reading the latest issue of Creativity, there was a prefect ending to the issue with Last Word by Renny Gleeson. He is the Global Director, Digital Strategies for Wieden & Kennedy one of the most consistently creative and breakthrough advertising agencies in the world.
The discussion wrapped around the subtitle of “Advertising is dead. […]

It’s about your color.
Your Monitor color. Your Print color.

We’ve been walking all around the issue forever, but it’s about time to face it.
Since you may be dealing with the full on digital world at this point, even if you shoot film, you will be calibrating your monitor. And your printer. Yep, you have […]

Started to go through the new Lightroom Beta and here’s what we have so far:
After shooting an assignment yesterday, came back loaded up the images into Lightroom with the backups going to a test folder. And then……

While the load-in was pretty much the same, the Develop feature had something that is very cool. There […]

Those folks at Adobe are full of new stuff. And this is another one that’s free (for a test drive, anyway).

SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 2, 2008 - Adobe Systems Incorporated
(Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta, a
public preview of new and improved functionality to be delivered in the
next major release. Lightroom is […]

……..And the photographer says … the photographer says ………
I got nothing.
Seriously.
Nothing.
Why are there no jokes about photographers? Well, there are a couple but they are terrible. Is it something we said? Or did?
While lawyers enjoy a plethora of comedy junctures, we photographers have to be satisfied with the “Say Cheese” factor.

So, if you know of […]