Tuesday evening I was asked to judge another “projected image competition” for the Harrisburg Camera Club. This is the digital extension of their slide/print competitions of days of film. Actually doing the judging is a quite an experience. You are seated in the front row of a room of about 40 people behind you. The […]

It seems like everybody and their brother loves to quote about photography. Why not me? Saw this one and loved it.
“A good photographer is one that makes the viewer so aware of the subject, that they are unaware of the print”
- Kodak Brochure from 70s

I was talking the other day with a friend about how it’s funny how impulse buys have changed over the years. It used to be $19.95 was the magic price point. Anything over that was “hmmm… I need to think about that… maybe next week”. Now it seems like the latest gadgets are $50 or […]

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Bill and I posted a full review of the Alien Bee Ringflash at Studiolighting.net as a compliment to our recent interview with Paul Buff on the LightSource Podcast.
What do I think of it? You’ll have to read the article to find out… but here are a few samples to whet your apetite.

Maxim photographers get some really interesting looks in their images. Have you ever wondered how to get them youself? I have kept this article as a reference and use many of the techniques learned in here to enhance images from a shoot.
How to shoot Maxim-Style
Behind The Scenes with Mike Brochu (available at OneModelPlace.com)
At one time […]

Found on ModelMayhem: Jeff Cohn of x-pose.net had this to say to a friend who was grumbling about what digital photography was doing to film…

“Dinosaurs don’t like the idea that they’re about to become extinct, that’s why they always look so pissed off on tv”