All ________ people look alike. We’ve all heard the racist expression before, which has been applied to a host of ethnicities, and is clearly untrue. So it’s ironic that my doppelgänger in the photo world doesn’t resemble me at all. Like, we could not look much more different, while still being similarly sized humans. To whom am I referring? Jon Feinstein, my fellow Jewish Jonathan, who’s also a photographer, writer and educator. We have EXACTLY the same job, though we’ve shown our work in different spaces, and written for … [Read more...]

The Art of the Personal Project is a crucial element to let potential buyers see how you think creatively on your own.  I am drawn to personal projects that have an interesting vision or that show something I have never seen before.  In this thread, I’ll include a link to each personal project with the artist statement so you can see more of the project. Please note: This thread is not affiliated with any company; I’m just featuring projects that I find.  Please DO NOT send me your work.  I do not take submissions.   Today’s … [Read more...]

Facetime for charity Photographer: Caitie McCabe Heidi: How did this idea come about? Kaite: I was extremely bored and missing production life and FaceTiming my family when I figured out you could take photos using the phone. I posted on social media that I was looking to do a few shoots for charity and it EXPLODED from there. Over 100 sessions and counting! How do you direction the kids, they seem receptive, what do they think of this situation? Not all, but many of the kids are from the model community which generally means they are super outgoing and LOVE to be in … [Read more...]

Leading lines are one of the most powerful composition techniques in photography. That’s why professional photographers use them all the time. Roads, rivers, and fences make amazing leading lines… but they only work if you know where to place them in your photo. So, how do you compose striking pictures with leading lines? Watch this iPhone Landscape Mastery video to find out: CLICK HERE to get the full iPhone Landscape Mastery course where you’ll discover more tips and techniques for taking stunning landscape photos with your iPhone. The post How To … [Read more...]

  I used to have a step-grandpa. But he’s dead now. I’m not sure when he died, or how, because my grandmother divorced him when they were in their 80’s. (And she passed away in 2006.) Grandpa Sam was a 20th Century character through and through; a miniature powerhouse of a man, completely crazy, but charming. He was a narcissist and a gambler who loved chunky gold things, and tacky objects that implied they cost a lot of money. His favorite place in the world was any cruise ship, or whichever casino in Atlantic City gave him the best comp deal at … [Read more...]

The Art of the Personal Project is a crucial element to let potential buyers see how you think creatively on your own.  I am drawn to personal projects that have an interesting vision or that show something I have never seen before.  In this thread, I’ll include a link to each personal project with the artist statement so you can see more of the project. Please note: This thread is not affiliated with any company; I’m just featuring projects that I find.  Please DO NOT send me your work.  I do not take submissions.   Today’s … [Read more...]

2020 Spring Graduate Work Everard Williams and Ann Cutting from Art Center College of Design had their Final Crit Grad Review for photography students recently. Not surprisingly it was conducted via Zoom. Over the course of about 4 hours we looked at a variety of stellar work. You can see all of the graduate work here. Photographer: Marly Ludwig Marly: When I first heard the story of a girl from my former high school who lost her finger, I was immediately interested. One day during school, Victoria decided to hop over the fence and skip class. Upon climbing over the … [Read more...]

New Production Protocols I received an email from agent, Cynthia Held with a brochure producer, Michael Horta created about how to create safer working environments on photoshoots during this pandemic.  I was thrilled to be informed that this brochure is to be shared with other photographers and crew. Thank you so much Cynthia Held and Michael Horta and showing us that we are all in this together. Click below to download your copy:  MJ68_Fostering Creativity + Personal Health   Michael Horta MJ68 Productions is a highly efficient, friendly, budget … [Read more...]

How do you shoot perfectly-exposed landscape photos with amazing color and detail? It’s easy on the iPhone… if you use one simple camera trick! Watch this video from our new iPhone Landscape Mastery course, and discover how to create breathtaking landscape photos with perfect exposure. CLICK HERE to get the full iPhone Landscape Mastery course where you’ll discover more tips and techniques for taking stunning landscape photos with your iPhone. The post How To Get Perfect Exposure In Your iPhone Landscape Photos [Video Tutorial] appeared first on … [Read more...]

  Part 1. The Heads Up Heads up.   I’m coming in hot today. Last week, I wanted to avoid staring into the darkest parts of reality, but today I have no choice. I’ve been chatting and texting with my good friend, and erstwhile collaborator, Iván. (He was my professor of Globalization Theory in graduate school at Pratt, and has a PhD as well.) We did some successful modeling of potential Great Recession outcomes at its outset, and then properly predicted the multi-polar world that followed, some years later. But when we spoke at the … [Read more...]