The phone call was great; the groom and I had a lot in common and he sounded really excited to have me photograph the wedding. I made sure he understood I had never shot a wedding before, and that based on the budget, I would not be bringing a second shooter. The groom (also named Nathan) told me they weren’t looking for traditional wedding photos. He explained this would be a small wedding, no wedding party, and no expectation of a shot list.
To capture the world’s biggest Santa Claus networking and educational event, photographer Dina Litovsky made the unlikely trek to Branson, Missouri in July on assignment for National Geographic. The convention, Discover Santa, hosts over 800 professional Santa Clauses for workshops that range from “A More Comfortable Hat for Santa” to the more business-oriented “Finding and Keeping Clients”—but this isn’t your average mall Santa hangout.
Time takes a look at the work of Mexican photographer, Enrique Metinides, who has recently been featured in an upcoming documentary that goes in-depth into both his life as well as the iconic work he’s created as a crime photographer covering the crime beat in Mexico. Produced by 212 Berlin, the film, The Man Who Saw Too Much, allows Metinides to express himself verbally in regards to his work, adding a narrative and insight to images that are often violent and tragic yet awe-inspiring. Influenced by cinema, namely film noir, Metinides has dedicated his career to trying to convey tragedy in a single frame. Check out the trailer from the film.
UK based Imogen, of the popular Youtube Channel, WeeklyImogen, discusses tips and techniques to help you make models more comfortable during your shoots. Using her many years of experience as a model and lessons learned from working alongside photographer Mark Wilkinson, Imogen covers everything from shoot planning, first impressions, judging the model’s natural comfort level, and more. Particularly of note, she discusses building a rapport by simply chatting and getting to know the person you’re working with. Check out the video.
Back in early 2015, we have covered a promising start up project, Konost that aimed to create a full frame digital rangefinder (read here). Konost has been silent with their development status ever since with intermittent social media posting. Recently they posted an update on their official website stating that they will revamp their website and have news on their current project status by the end of this year.
Fujifilm Instax Mini Monochrome is capable of deliver images that are very high quality. But the medium needs better cameras and lenses.
For a really long time, I’ve never truly been a fan of the Sony RX100 series of cameras, but then earlier this year Sony launched their Sony RX100 V–and somehow or another things changed. The company has been making steady improvements to the camera over the years with a better aperture value through the zoom range, the addition of an EVF, improved battery life, improved autofocus, better video, and better image quality. At the same time, I’ve become more and more enamored with point and shoots. The good ones with a fixed lens, a fast aperture, fast autofocus, small size and solid image quality just make it all that much more worth investing into one.
Has it been a week already?! It really has, so it is time for another edition of Improve Photo, where we feature some of the great deals out there right now on photography education, tutorials, books, etc. This week we continue where we left off last week, with some killer deals on some of the best education around.
If you were ever in search of a camera with manual controls and that shot the larger Impossible Project film, then you most likely know that your best option was the Impossible Project’s I-1. All the weird caveats aside, it will do the job. But if wanted to use the popular SX-70 style of cameras, there weren’t a lot. However, Mint camera manufactures the SLR670 camera and makes a little device for it called the Time Machine. What this does is gives you control over the shutter speeds while the aperture stays at f8.
If you are a portrait photographer then chances are you have had to break open photoshop at least a time or two to do a little reshaping here or there (where it was really needed or not). Doing a good job reshaping a subject’s body can be time-consuming and the folks over at PortraitPro are looking to make the process much easier and more user-friendly.