Composition – Rule of Thirds
It’s important to be very knowledgeable about the technical aspects of your camera. Otherwise you won’t know the best way to maximize your camera’s capabilities to capture the best images you can. This is true regardless of the make or model of your camera. Unfortunately, being an expert in all of the camera’s features and...
chasejarvisLIVE: Zoë Keating – Artist as Entrepreneur + Mind Blowing Cellist [Re-Watch]
Posted for your enjoyment. If you missed this LIVE show with Zoe Keating (or if you didn’t…!) you’ll want to take a peek. For one, IMHO it’s some of our most beautiful footage and one of the best sounding of any chasejarvisLIVE to date – we’re getting pretty tight on our capture because we’re having...
Best Photo Locations: Abandoned Six Flags In New Orleans
If you’re primarily an on-location photographer or filmmaker, then you know how much value a great location can add to the shoot. So today I’m introducing another Series (ala the ‘Emerging Talent’ and others…) where I feature supercool locations around the world. Stuff I discover, stuff that other send me, places I’d love to shoot....
Quick Hit Monday: Wedding Photography & More; Photoshop Layers: & Shootout In Central Park
Good Morning Everybody, LaDawn and I spent a somewhat relaxing weekend back in good Ol' Kentucky. The weather was perfect and we both got a chance to relax. This week we regroup, meet with a few clients, plan for the latter part of May and June's upcom...
Greetings From the Streets of Paris!
Bonjour mon amie! :) Our crew landed here in Paris yesterday morning for our taping of a new class for Kelby Training Online called, “A Week in Paris with Jay Maisel.”‚ Although we hadn’t planned on shooting on our first day, Jay was rev’d up and ready to go so we hit the streets of
Is It Photography?
Today I’m going to take a somewhat different approach than what Tiffany and I usually feature in our articles. I’m going to showcase the work of a single photographer. Then I’m going to ask a question about the work. The question will admittedly be a value judgment kind of question and I recognize there isn’t...
Sol: Sun Clock 1.2 for iPad and iPhone – Great for photogs and location scouting
Tweet The other day, we got an email from Alec Vance (designer/programmer/etc Juggleware LLC) about this new iPhone/iPad app “Sol: Sun Clock” and a promo code to try it out. After just a few minutes with it we decided to share it with you as you will probably be interested in it. It will work...
Super Moon!
In honor of tomorrow’s anticipated “Super Moon” event (Saturday May 5th), here is a rerun of Steve’s article on photographing the moon from last year. ———- Whether you’ve photographed the moon numerous times or have just thought about doing it, Saturday evening, March 19, 2011 May 5th, 2012, is a must do evening. On that...
Thank you London — What a Wonderful Way to Wrap Up My Live Tour!
(Above: iPhone shot before the day got started). It couldn’t have been a better crowd or location to wrap up my “Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it”‚ live tour than what we had last week in London, England. What a great group of photographers — totally engaged, very responsive, lots of great questions, and some of
My Favorite CameraBag of Tricks
Hey photo friends. Erik here with a quick recommendation for an inexpensive photo editing solution. I’ve been playing around with the CameraBag 2desktop software for the last couple months and I’m blown away at the capabilities packed into this affordable editing tool. If you’re new to photo editing and wanna save a few bucks, or you’re...
Man vs. Wild: Pieter Hugo’s Incredible Photos of Hyena’s with Men
Sometimes, however, what starts with a cool cellphone picture sent from a friend becomes an amazing, thought-provoking piece of photojournalism that probes the relationships between humans at the wild, humans and animals, and humans and each other. And I’m rarely stopped dead in my tracks when a photo crosses my field of view – but...
Yes, you can shoot at midday!
We’ve all had the “golden hour” concept drilled into our heads – those times around sunrise and sunset when the light is long and lovely, creating beautiful conditions in which to capture our photographs. So does that mean your camera has to languish in its bag during the midday hours? No, it does not! All...
