I could not ask these questions in good conscience without sharing how I started as a photographer. I remember the first time that I picked up a camera. I was ten years old, and I was standing in the driveway of my childhood home.
I've been quietly contemplating the idea of whether someone is a photographer or a photo editor; and at the same time whether or not they have the right to say that they're a photographer or if they're indeed a photo editor.
I’ve been studying the work of master portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz lately and something finally caught my eye. Not about her pictures, which are consistently great for going on five decades now, but about her process.
I’ve been studying the work of master portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz lately and something finally caught my eye. Not about her pictures, which are consistently great for going on five decades now, but about her process.
Back in September, Ohio photojournalist Andy Grimm was shot by a sheriff’s deputy while photographing a traffic stop — it turned out that the cop had mistaken Grimm’s camera and tripod for a gun and decided to shoot first and look more closely later.
The lead photo of this blog post is surely not the way to take a photo when using the LCD screen of your camera. Instead, it's actually the worst way; but lots of people do it when they shoot with their phone or even with a camera that has an LCD screen.
While Kodak Portra 400 has forever enjoyed the spotlight, Fujifilm Pro 400H has in some ways lived in the shadow of what's often marketed with Kodak's option. But in truth, Fujifilm Pro 400H has a character that is all its own--and like Portra, you either love it or you despise it.
Three teens have been arrested in Phoenix for allegedly shooting a photographer 9 times earlier this month after asking him to take their photo, and it was the photos the victim took that led police straight to the suspects.