Written by John Robert Pennington on December 5th, 2009
The Metal Clay Artist Magazine showed up on my doorstep the other day with some photo work I did for Carol Hamilton, a metal clay artist. So the hamster in my noggin dusted off his sneakers and jumped on the Dual-o-matic Hamster Memory Bank Wheel. I have been wanting to write a tutorial for a jewelry lighting setup for three months now. Life just gets busy sometimes I guess. So, this is where I put my foot down; I will not write another post until I post a jewelry lighting tutorial.
On another note, it never gets old seeing tangible work whether it be prints or publications. It gets the satisfaction bubbles flowing.
It reminds me that Ansel Adams had a three book series: The Camera, The Negative, and The Print. If republished today, Adams would have to rename his books to The Camera, The Digital Negative, and The Internet. Oh how the digital age has torn the photographer away from printing!
Here is my call to action to anyone with a camera:
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Written by John Robert Pennington on November 30th, 2009
Patricia Smith is an oil, acrylic, and mixed media artist at the Workhouse Art Center over in Lorton, Virginia. Photographing Pat’s work is like opening up Christmas present in December, I am always amazed by the content she paints. What an imagination!
On a side note, Pat has always been so kind to my fiancée Grace Kettell and I. She will include a little tip while instructing Grace and I to go on a “hot date.” How can you turn that down?
So everyone please show some love for Patricia Smith by visiting her website at www.patriciathepainter.com
Grace and Peace
-Images used by permission from the artist, copyright is solely of Patricia Smith. Please do not use images without expressed written consent of Patricia Smith, the artist.
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Written by John Robert Pennington on November 23rd, 2009
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Written by John Robert Pennington on October 22nd, 2009
[Note: Please read Part One and Two]
3) Would it be more cost effective to rent/barrow for specific occasions, or should this equipment be a mainstay in my arsenal of tools?
We read about sports photographer Bill Frakes owning 29 Nikon D3 bodies and National Geographic photographer Joe McNally lighting the X – 47A Pegasus with 12 Nikon SB-80s. Only if we all could have that many cameras and lights; imagine the variety of images we could produce. Click to continue »
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Written by John Robert Pennington on October 22nd, 2009
Image from my abstract series.
Some of you may have noticed some changes to my website and for that, you receive a high five. If you haven’t then you can check it out here. My website and portfolio have needed face-lifts for some time now and over the next few weeks I will be updating it. So without further ado, I present the current and future modification.
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Written by John Robert Pennington on October 21st, 2009
[Note: Part one can be read here]
2) Will I potentially loose at least 2-3x more if I don’t make this investment?
This can be a “gray” area question, and therefore, needs a bit critical thought. Potential future profit shouldn’t be confused with present potential loss. Click to continue »
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Written by John Robert Pennington on October 19th, 2009
[Note: Because of this posts length I decided to break this post up into three sections. This being part one.]
In two previous posts I discussed the importance for acquiring knowledge and considering technical limitation in regard to upgrading photography equipment. In this section I will discuss the role of financial gains in conjunction with equipment purchases.
Financial Gain
During the photographic journey, the potential of profiting with a camera will linger in many of the photography minded. Some photographers will garner those thoughts into a career while others will hustle enough to purchase extra equipment. Either way, this monetary notion will invoke desires to upgrade or add equipment in which to appease the money hawking or grappling clients. Click to continue »
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Written by John Robert Pennington on October 8th, 2009
Checking yahoo’s featured articles has become a daily routine for me. I get my news, entertainment, and sports fix all in the time it takes me to eat breakfast. It gives me the opportunity to impress people with my superior pop culture intellect. Just kidding. But really, it does help get small talk flowing when photographing people. “So, what do you think, A-Rod hitting more then 30 home runs and 100 RBIs for the 13th season, cool huh?” And while I can pull this statistic out of my hat, I haven’t watched more then 3 minutes of a baseball game in 8 plus years.
Anyways, so I was getting my yahoo fix today when I saw this video with the title:
“Couple sue over nightmare wedding pics” Click to continue »
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Written by John Robert Pennington on October 3rd, 2009
My wonderful fiancée, Grace, and I will be displaying select paintings and prints at the Art in the Garden show at the Walney Visitor Center on Oct. 18th. There will be fine art, a picnic, and you can even BYOB (bring your own bottle). And if you do decide to open up your wallet and buy some art (hopefully a result of art appreciation and not the wine bottle), a percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Walney Garden Guild in maintaining and resorting areas of the park. If you are in the Northern Virginia area, and have nothing to do then clear your schedules and stop by for good fun and a good cause.
So here is the leaflet with directions and hours for anyone interested.
Grace and Peace
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Written by John Robert Pennington on September 9th, 2009
Earlier I urged the importance of knowledge acquisition over photographic equipment upgrades. I would like to continue the series of “When should I upgrade?” with the next topic of technical limitations.
Technical Limitations
More expensive, higher mega-pixels, bigger sensor, quicker frames-per-second is always better, right? I will argue that when considering the best photographic “upgrades,” equipment that seems lacking technically may be the most appropriate. Click to continue »
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