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anatomy of a photo shoot: one actor, one weekend, 17 characters

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

link to gallery of 19 uncropped images from the shoot Sometimes things are pulled together at the relatively last minute, like this shoot for the Educational Theatre Association. A shoot like this could take weeks of planning, propping and styling, but in this case it was a week long scramble ...

sources of inspiration for your photography

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Where do you find inspiration? <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fthirtysevense-20%2F8001%2F5a94d8d4-7fd1-46cf-a2de-063754194554&Operation=NoScript" mce_HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fthirtysevense-20%2F8001%2F5a94d8d4-7fd1-46cf-a2de-063754194554&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A> Photographers often find inspiration by studying the work of other photographers. I certainly do. For both professionals and amateurs there are amazing resources like the contest sections at PDNonline. With something like 3 million photos uploaded to Flickr every day there’s certainly ...

business of photography: developing your own photographic style

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Aspiring professional and enthusiast photographers work hard to find their own particular style, a visual look that sets them apart from the crowd. Your style is like your own personal signature and it may revolve around the use of a particular lens, color palette, camera or post-production technique. Or ...

how a photo a day blog helped me achieve personal photography goals

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

thirty seven s... volume 1 2006 By Jim Talkington Book Preview In 2006 I started a photo blog and decided to publish a photo a day. There was a definite purpose to this. No, it wasn’t so much to get my work seen by a bunch of people, ...

getting out of a creative rut, for photographers

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Have you ever been in a creative rut? The ideas just aren't coming to you and when they are, the results are disappointing? I'm sure we've all been there. This is the story of how I dealt with one particular creative drought. A couple of years ago my photo studio was ...

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