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One thing: What is your digital shoebox? Do you have a legacy plan for your photos?

Before digital photography we had shoeboxes. Where is your digital shoebox? Where are your photos? Most of you can probably answer that question quickly, but take it one step further: does anybody else know where your photos are? What happens to your photos if something happens to you? What is your photo legacy? I began… Continue reading One thing: What is your digital shoebox? Do you have a legacy plan for your photos?

Nobody understands depth of field and it’s all Apple’s fault

A shallow depth of field can result in bokeh or soft, circular renderings in the out-of-focus portions of an image. Some lenses have more pleasing bokeh than others. Tang Ming Tung/Getty You’ve likely seen plenty of photos with soft, out-of-focus backgrounds. With the right setting, they can look rather dreamy with brightly colored circles (called… Continue reading Nobody understands depth of field and it’s all Apple’s fault

This Canon 5D Mark II has 2.2+ million shutter clicks

Behold, The two-million-click camera. FoxTailWhipz The official Canon-certified shutter rating of 2008’s 5D Mark II is a respectable 150,000 shots. In reality, though, this number is almost certainly on the conservative side. Cameras often surpass their listed shutter life, sometimes by tens or even hundreds of thousands of frames. But to blow past the quoted… Continue reading This Canon 5D Mark II has 2.2+ million shutter clicks

Photojournalist Susan Meiselas: How to be in the right place at the right time

“Tentful of Marks.” USA. Tunbridge, Vermont. 1974. (CARNIVAL STRIPPERS, page 82). ©Susan Meiselas/Magnum Photos In June, Susan Meiselas received the PHotoEspaña 2022 Award for her career as a documentary photographer covering cultural hotspots including Nicaragua and Kurdistan. As part of the Per Amor l’Art Collection, her series Carnival Strippers commands its own room at Círculo… Continue reading Photojournalist Susan Meiselas: How to be in the right place at the right time

David Ulrich: How to be a more mindful photographer

Swimming Pool, Cape Cod, MA. © David Ulrich David Ulrich is a photographer, writer, and teacher. He worked as an assistant to Minor White, drank with Ansel Adams, and crossed paths with many of the great photographers of the late 20th century. His life was changed when he witnessed the Kent State shootings in 1970,… Continue reading David Ulrich: How to be a more mindful photographer

Bruce Dorn on the importance of saying ‘yes’ and the joys of mentorship

© Bruce Dorn Bruce Dorn‘s big break in the photo industry was utterly unexpected. He’d submitted some work to a college competition run by Conde Nast, ended up winning, and before he knew it, he was working as a guest art director for the company. “Prior to winning that contest, I was working in a… Continue reading Bruce Dorn on the importance of saying ‘yes’ and the joys of mentorship

Walker Evans’ American Photographs, and five other photobooks worth checking out

Parked car, small town Main Street 1932. © Walker Evans This month, we look at a wide range of photobooks. Mika Horie’s cyanotypes present the world in blue; Stephen Shore’s memoir looks back on his long career; Zora J Murff explores Blackness in America; Stephen Gill’s photos of birds on a pillar present a new… Continue reading Walker Evans’ American Photographs, and five other photobooks worth checking out

45 portraits of iconic rockstars ‘flipping the bird’ now up for auction

A portrait of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler is among the portraits on auction. Neil Zlozower Julien’s Auctions has announced an online auction of 45 photos—and accompanying NFTs—shot by Neil Zlozower, aka Zloz, photographer to the rock stars. The whole situation is a little peculiar but looks like it might be more successful than the Associated Press’s… Continue reading 45 portraits of iconic rockstars ‘flipping the bird’ now up for auction

Wedding Photography: How to Stay Calm Under Pressure

A wedding is often one of the most important days in a couple’s lives, and as the wedding photographer, there’s a lot of pressure on you to capture those memories in the best way possible. Try our course, Wedding Photography for Beginners to learn about everything you’ll need. This lesson is all about staying calm under pressure!… Continue reading Wedding Photography: How to Stay Calm Under Pressure