Monthly Archives: April 2009

the DIY 30 second light tent

the DIY 30 second light tent

Ever had an assignment that you needed a light-tent for, say a product shoot – but didn’t have one handy?  Yeah, me too.  I started …

 

fantastic stop-motion piece

fantastic stop-motion piece

I love stop motion animation.   Particularly when it’s done well (like this piece I posted earlier) This piece is excellent – creative, well executed and quirky/funny.  …

 

windows into worlds

windows into worlds

Thanks to the inimitable Don Giannatti for this link.  I just spend the entire morning going through these photos…  This guy collects old cameras with …

 

how to load 120 film in the holga

how to load 120 film in the holga

Seems like more and more folks are getting curious about film these days – whether it’s new photographers who started out on digital and want …

 

link roundup – more old stuff edition

link roundup – more old stuff edition

As a followup to my first “old stuff” link roundup.  Just in case you missed ‘em the first time around, here are some great links …

 

words of wisdom…

words of wisdom…

Saw this on the Flicker portrait group, was too good not to share: By Cheryl Jacobs, out of Denver These are my thoughts, nothing more and nothing …

 

this is why I shoot raw…

this is why I shoot raw…

Heh.  A bit tongue-in-cheek, but this is a cool video that illustrates the “loss” of information when you save and resave a .jpg (600 times …

 

new portfolios

new portfolios

I’ve been watching Zack Arias’ series of critiques over at zarias.com, and even though he didn’t critique my site directly, I took a lot of …

 

Makeup shoot

Makeup shoot

Had a quick shoot for a friend/makeup artist to help her get her portfolio started.  Lots of fun, our models Paige and Brittany were great! A …