Tag: portrait

  • The most difficult thing about making a good photograph

    I recently finished a great class on the “Photographic Tools for Travel Photography” at the International Center of Photography in New York City. I teach all my classes as a building process, where I pile ever growing amounts of information, responsibility and autonomy on the students as the workshop goes on. The end of that

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  • Two dogs

    I was on the other end of the camera recently, for the first time in a long, long time and it was a fascinating experience. Being “on camera” is not something I do very often, so I was bit wary. Although the resulting images looked good (at least to me,) the entire process from start

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  • I have seen the future and….

    I have a soft spot for science fiction, particularly the futuristic work found in movies like Blade Runner, Minority Report, 2001 A Space Odyssey and of course, Star Trek. I am less of a fan of movies like Alien or Independence Day, which strike me more as simple action movies set in the future. Having

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  • Flash Photography Using Remote (Off Camera) Flash Units (a video)

    This podcast explores using an off-camera or remote flash unit to get a quality of light that is not possible with the built-in flash units.

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  • The executive portrait, a.k.a.,”the five minute drill” (a video)

    This podcast goes on location with me as I make an executive portrait.

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