9/11 Advertisement Pulled After Firefighter Threatens Lawsuit
Last November NYC firefighter Robert Keiley posed for a stock photograph that showed him covered with soot and holding a helmet. Despite signing a release when the image was made, he was shocked when he found an edited version of the photo in an advertisement show him holding a picture of the Twin Towers on...
Home Photo Studio Recreated with Lego
Using Lego pieces, Flickr user and Lego fan Larry Lars created an uber-accurate miniature version of his home photo studio. Maybe this could be a new method of creating lighting diagrams? To see how faithful his model is to the real thing, check out this side by side comparison: (via Photojojo) Image credit: Photographs by...
Tips for Selecting and Instructing Models
Here are a couple informative videos in which Yuri Arcurs — the best selling microstock photographer in the world — shares some advice on working with models, with everything ranging from choosing the right model to how to get the right smiles. Many of the tips (e.g. tricks for posing the head) can be helpful...
Photographer Portfolio Building: Finding Models
Building your photographer's portfolio starts with finding the right models to suit your style of photography.
Vampire Weekend Album Cover Model Sues Band and Photographer for $2 Million
The model on the cover of indie band Vampire Weekend’s album “Contra” is suing the band, its record label, and the photographer for more than $2 million. Ann Kirsten Kennis discovered that her image was on the cover of the top-selling album when her daughter purchased it and brought it home to show her. Kennis...
Amazing Photographs of Apocalyptic Miniatures by Lori Nix
Lori Nix is a photographer that works with miniatures and models for surreal scenes and landscapes. Her work reminds us of the photographs by Matthew Albanese that we featured a while back. Her project “The City” depicts eerie abandoned buildings in an apocalyptic world: Nix tells us, I’ve been obsessed with the idea of the...
Spring… a Canon Rebel T2i/550D video
We had a little discussion with James Barber the creator of this beautiful little Canon Rebel T2i/550D movie and asked him to give us a little bit of feedback on how he was liking the T2i. We got more than we thought we’d get, but it is all great information. So here’s the movie (which...
