Horn Toot! Study Reveals that Creativity & Culture Drive Economy
The goals of creative expression are to make statements, to generate awareness, initiate reflection, feeling or action. We want the art to do work. Such was the case with my Seattle 100 book & gallery exhibition. But, in truth, I had little understanding when I published the project how much or what kind of ‘work’...
How Much Of A Master Photographer Are You?
How Much Of A Master Photographer Are You? One very cool feature of our upcoming PhotoPro Expo is the "LIVE" juried print judging taking place on Thursday, December 2, 2012. I entered my first print judging way back in 1978 - I was just ...
"A Cold Winter’s Morn”
"A Cold Winter's Morn” ©David A. Ziser We were up early every morning during our trip to Orlando. Each morning we got to watch the sunrise. Most were beautiful but somewhat uneventful but a few were simply spectacular and...
Quick Hit Monday: All The Latest News; Lots Of Inspiration: and Photoshop Freebies!
Good Afternoon Everybody, I'm back home today and sticking around for about 4 days before we head off to New Orleans for the big Imaging USA Convention on Friday. It was kind of nice to come back to all the Christmas decorations still decorating...
Technique Tuesday: PhotoPro Expo Only 4 Weeks Away! & No Flash Pizzazz
Good Morning Everybody, Welcome to a brand new year at DigitalProTalk. Today I’m hailing to you from sunny, yet a bit chilly, Orlando, Florida. That’s right, after the holidays LaDawn and I head south for a little recharge before we launch b...
What is Most Important for a Photographer? [Vision Wins--Over Pork Bellies--Everytime...]
I get more questions via email and social channels than I could answer in a lifetime, but occasionally one jumps out at me as incredibly worthwhile to share. The answer to this question is important, and my response is below. Chime in and let me know what you think: “What’s more important as a photographer…...
The Most Important Tool In Your Gear Bag
Good Morning Everybody, Can you believe we are almost at the end of 2011? Time flies when you're having fun. We've got some personal items, Christmas with LaDawn’s family, on our plate today so let's get on with today's post. The Most I...
How To Make a Kickass Portfolio: chasejarvis LIVE Re-Watch with Allegra Wilde
In case you missed our December 6th episode of Chase Jarvis LIVE, it was all about the portfolio. We had Allegra Wilde, visual strategist and co-founder of eyeist.com on the show, talking about common mis-steps and some of the best ways for your work to get noticed. She even gave us a quick portfolio review...
When The Music Matters–Interview with Commercial Composer McKenzie Stubbert
Erik here…As the resident video editor here at Chase Jarvis Inc, I’m on a never ending search for music. Often times the music drives the edit. The rhythm of the music can have a huge influence on the pace for the cuts and the mood can make a hilarious moment tragic. In other instances I...
"Wrong Side Of The Bars"
"Wrong Side Of The Bars" ©David A. Ziser This image was captured during another down-the-street photo walk yesterday. I had given myself an assignment to shoot with Sigma’s 85mm F1.4 lens exposing the images at only F1.4. As I pa...
Doing Image Competition Right!
Good Afternoon Everybody, I spent a good bit of the morning readying our Help-Portrait images. Sarah is taking over and will complete the final retouching on them. The plan is to get them down to Costco tomorrow for printing. Thank...
"Line Of Sight"
"Line Of Sight" ©David A. Ziser Here is another abstract I made during one of our walks down Finestera street this past week. I saw the sunlight reflecting off the wall and carefully positioned the camera to just have the front wall...
