This “food pin-up” concept had been rolling around in Liana’s head for a while, but various roadblocks and time constraints kept us from executing it until the other night. She grabbed a cake and some twinkies, and I picked up thirty plain burgers from a certain fast food hamburger franchise which shall remain nameless. Heh heh heh. No free advertising for you! (more…)
Archive for March, 2009
Mar
11
2009
Flickr Partners With Getty Images For Stock Photography
In an agreement that started sometime last July, many of the images we photographers have uploaded to the online photo sharing/hosting service Flickr will be available starting March 11th as stock photography through Getty Images.
Mar
10
2009
Adobe Lightroom Updated
Since my previous rant about Lightroom slowing down considerably during the local adjustments in the Develop module, Adobe Labs has released update 2.3 which among other things fixes a memory leak that was causing my issues. If you don’t have Lightroom automatically checking for updates for you, go get this one now – it’s definitely worth your bandwidth. (more…)
Mar
06
2009
The Orbis Ring Flash
Alright, I’d been itching to get a ring flash for some time now, but until recently the expense was just too steep for my skinny wallet. My interest started a year ago when I really began examining lighting techniques and looking at what the industry was doing in general. The ring flash effect of eliminating indirect shadows is wonderful, and it’s application outside the fashion industry could be very cool. The clincher was during a recent Muse Project when a fellow photographer had loaned me his Alien Bees ring flash to use. Though the unit was very heavy, I really liked the effect. (more…)
Mar
05
2009
Full Speed Ahead
Since my previous post about the having let my guard down on TFT shoots, I have presented my question to other industry professionals and semi-professionals through a forum post summarizing my experience. The response was enthusiastic and generally encouraging. Although many rightly chastised me for not taking care of business and obtaining a model release, some actually dismissed the necessity of a release for all but commercial use of my images. (more…)
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