As the earliest photographer to get his hands on the Nikon D90, I confess that a recent post on Engadget caught my attention. It called for feedback on the D90. (Another reason I love Engadget: they know that the manufactures are listening - and this got me excited).Regarding the D90, I'm of the humble opinion that this camera has very broad appeal. Not because of any brand loyalty or because I shot the campaign, or... read more ›
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Step 1 (The Premise): If you like photography, cameras, flashes, strobe lighting, computers, knives, Photoshop, or fast action, read on. Step 2 (The Concept): I know you've seen still photographs of arrows piercing apples, exploding water balloons, and bullets tearing through roses. If you've ever wanted to know how we photographers freeze this crazy-fast action, you'll want to watch this 3-minute video on high speed photography. Step 3 (The Background): A short while... read more ›
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Had this fun Chase Jarvis FRAMES buried in an earlier post and it was suggested by some smart friends that I give it a unique post url, like all the other vids. It made sense, so here it is. Apologies if you caught it the first time around. In the event you missed it, this vid features 3954 still frames of skiers and snowboarders ripping deep pow and hucking their meat around the slopes.... read more ›
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People write in regularly, daily, asking how to "make it" as a photographer. For one--respectfully--I've never had the vision to be able to jot down my life's work in recipe format in an email. If I could summarize it in a few sentences, I certainly would have done that blog post a long time ago. For two, I read a great piece today written by a Court Crandall of the Los Angeles agency, Ground Zero,... read more ›
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Oct
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For the first time, I’m publishing a book of photographs to share directly with the public, and it is available right now. Titled simply Stevens Pass, this limited-edition coffee table book (only 2500 copies) is a collection of images from Stevens Pass , an homage to one of Washington’s favorite ski destinations and a celebration of the resort’s 70 seasons of operation. I learned to ski at Stevens Pass 30 years ago and have been... read more ›
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I've been shooting sports and action images with a tilt/shift lens for about 5 years. It's a fun look for certain applications. Not long after, my buddy Vincent got really excited about shooting the ol' t/s from the air. Another cool look. Now you've seen us both shooting video through dSLRs with them - mine on the Nikon D90 and his on the Canon 5D MKII. We've been having fun goofing off with these things.... read more ›
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I was surprised to recently learn that, just like Hollywood celebs have their kooky mathematical rankings on "box office power" or whatever, visual artists are also apparently not immune to a ranking system. Over at Artfacts.Net, they seem to have a reasonably sophisticated algorithm that ranks heavy hitting visual artists. Andy Warhol is #1. There are two photographers in the top 20. Can you guess them? Click the 'continue reading' link below to find out... read more ›
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Legendary photojournalist James Nachtwey sees his TED Prize wish come true, as we share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a new, drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that's touching off a global medical crisis.Watch this video to see how a photographic master embeds himself passionately into a personal project. And to follow Nachtwey's wishes, please share it with your friends and learn 3 vital ways to take action to stop XDR-TB. Click the 'continue reading' link... read more ›
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The Senate has just passed a version of the Orphan Works bill (officially the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act, S 2913) that is bad for our profession. We need to make sure that it does not pass the House and, therefore, we need your help. If you have not yet done so, visit the ASMP's Orphan Works page. You can generate a contact to your representative in less than 1 minute.For additional perspective, I wanted... read more ›
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Diabetes_Fences. From my Songs for Eating and Drinking project. I mentioned in a recent post that I'd soon be occasionally including personal work shots here in a photoblog style. Well, here we go. I'll supply some photographs and you can supply some words or questions in the comments below if you like. I'm excited to be sharing these little personal gems amidst the normal blog stuff. Two more images related to this one after the... read more ›
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