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I can’t tell you how often I get an e-mail or phone call from a photographer with the same story: A current or potential client contacted the photographer about a possible assignment or use of a stock image. The client described what he was looking for and asked to see some samples of images that might work. The photographer complied and tried to protect himself by sending some low-res and/or watermarked images that would give the client a clear view of the images but that could not, as a practical matter, be used directly for any kind of commercial or publication purposes.
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There’s no one program that has associated itself so closely to digital photography as much as Adobe Photoshop, having been around now for more than 22 years. It was the program that bridged the gap during the industry transition from analog to digital image-capture devices by introducing us to the concept and open creativeness of pixel manipulation.
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Purchasing his first DSLR in 2003 proved to be a turning point in Paul Friedman’s life. With a full-time job and a young family, he shot mostly on weekends, pushing himself to improve every day. Today, Paul is the owner of LensProToGo, a high-end photographic equipment rental company in Concord, MA, staffed by pro shooters. How did he transition from a novice photographer, to pro photographer to the owner of a successful photo equipment business? Paul shares some of his pivotal decisions, winning management objectives and his top priority, all of which have helped him grow his business in a turbulent market.
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My clients are always making crazy requests, especially since the introduction of digital. They frequently ask for summer fashion catalogues with outdoor themes shot in the dead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and they always pick the rainiest or snowiest days to shoot on. To deal with this common request, I create the image indoors using a technique called simulated sunlight, and marry it with a simple background drop out technique in Photoshop to drop in a suitable outdoor scene.
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Martin Waugh
Drips, drops, droplets and ripples are all part of this photographer’s day. The divine art of the splash has been one of Portland resident Martin Waugh’s favorite pastimes since 2002. He claims he’s obsessed with creating high-speed photographs of drops and splashes, and is constantly exploring and inventing new techniques to wow viewers.
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I called my sister and cried into my flip phone (cut me some slack, it was 2006!). I was sitting in a Las Vegas hotel room at dusk as the city lights sparkled against a purple and orange sky. “The pizza guy practically knows me by name,” I moaned into the receiver after recounting how many meals I’d eaten by myself. It was the first time I had attended WPPI and I was overcome with emotion.
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Andrew Darlow
Maintaining a competitive edge is vital for success in every profession, especially photography. How you go about keeping that edge varies from photographer to photographer, market to market, and sometimes photo specialty to photo specialty.
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Ibarionex Perello
The fact that HDSLRs are primarily designed for still photography is never more evident than when you begin to use the camera for motion capture. Good camera handling, which has always been essential for producing stills, takes on a whole new level of importance when it comes to video.
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Life in the 21st Century is all about fast communications—the faster and broader, the better. First, there was email, but that seemed to take too long for some—especially for younger folks—you had to fill in a subject line, write comprehensible English, etc. So texting, with its own peculiar language, abbreviations and acronyms, evolved. But that meant limiting your sphere of distribution to those in your cell phone.
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Jerry D
Jerry D’s Extreme Makeover Techniques is a recently released book that reveals years of makeup, lighting, posing and Photoshop techniques that will allow you to beautify anyone who walks into your studio. Jerry D is not only a gifted photographer and Photoshop wizard, he is also a licensed cosmetologist and hairdresser, as well as a black belt in the Chinese martial art of kung fu.
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Sal Cincotta
Using off-camera flash isn’t a new concept for photographers. However, if you are like me, fiddling with my flash during a shoot wasn’t something that interested me. In fact, I’ve worked with several photographers who spend more time looking at the back of their camera and flash than they do actually shooting.
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Jim Cornfield
At the top of the Italian boot, where the peninsula attaches to the rest of Europe, an exquisite necklace of deepwater lakes nestles among the foothills of the Alps.
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Dominic Bonuccelli
After seven productive years working as a freelance photographer in Seattle for a variety of businesses, including newspapers, architectural firms and magazines, Tucson, AZ-based photographer Dominic Bonuccelli put everything he owned into storage and hit the road for a year and a half. He traveled to Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia, Australia, Cambodia and Thailand, among other countries, to recalibrate himself and change gears.
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Although I have been a lawyer for just shy of 40 years, by this time in my career it’s pretty unusual for me to get excited about judicial decisions and opinions. Well, the Honorable Deborah Batts, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, recently issued an opinion that has me smiling and thinking “Way to go!” The case is Patrick Cariou vs. Richard Prince, Gagosian Gallery, Inc., Lawrence Gagosian, and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. (the claim against Rizzoli was eventually dropped), and here is why I have just joined the Judge Batts Fan Club.
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