52 weeks to go PRO
Photo by John Kleb. Shoot the ingredients for a salad (your recipe) on a white background. Keep the shot very tightly framed. We need a little white space at the foreground for some type. Regional magazine wants a one page article shot for their upcoming issue. Specifics: magazine is 8×10.5″ tall full bleed image, with recipe text over image prefer to put text on the bottom area of...
read more
I believe that photography is “jazz with a camera”. Always have. The improvisational function of what we do is so similar to a jazz musician that the allegory works incredibly well. In this post I show you one of my recent “improvs” with a handfull of seashells. The point is to narrow the scope of the project to a confined area / time allocation. This increases focus....
read more
Assignment Number Seven: A photograph of someone using a cellphone for a local communications company point of purchase display and matching brochure. This is what the art director gave you for the job: Click to make larger. And yeah, this is exactly the kinds of things you can get. I have gotten layouts that looked like gorgeous illustrations and layouts on napkins. This is an example of the...
read more
This was a pretty fun book to work on. I wrote it and then illustrated it. The first book was written to the images I had. Next time a happy medium… both were not the ideal way I would like to have done them. I hope the folks who like light will take a few moments to view the book. I am hoping for some early deliveries so I can go through it myself. Hope you enjoy it if you decide to...
read more
I see where a lot of the Project 52 folks are asking about some gear ideas for the assignment work. You do not have to spend a lot of dough on this stuff, but it is always good to have a bit of gear around for the times you need it. I have posted the Speedlight Gear page and you will find it under the About button on the nav link. Full disclosure – the links include my affiliate code, so I...
read more
Chocolate: We will be doing the same as the regular Project 52 on some assignments – others will vary quite a bit. For this assignment, an art buyer has asked to see some of your best chocolate shots for a possible chance at a regional ad for chocolate importer. She is not clear about the parameters of the gig, but it will be a multi shot project meant to inspire more sales in the region...
read more
A local restaurant has decided to run a special on chocolate on their menu for the next month. They need something that says, no – SCREAMS Chocolate!!! People or still life or cute little furry animals or fish… … well… probably not fish… but you get the idea. Chocolate… and they are featuring chocolate candies, pie, cake, ice cream, and specialties....
read more
I am so glad to announce it starts today. You will be getting an email titled: “P52 Pro News and Assignments” in case you want to add it to your spam filter. After you signed up, you received an email from me with instructions on signing up for the newsletter. Most did, but a few are missing. If you did NOT receive that email from me, with a link to the MailChimp Newsletter signup,...
read more