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Saturday, 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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Tags: ansel adams, carol hamilton designs, jewelry, john robert pennington, John Robert Pennington Photography of Northern Virginia, light, lighting, magazine, Pennington, prints, publication
Thursday, 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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Tags: body, camera, Equipment, financial gain, upgrade, upgrades, when should I upgrade?
Wednesday, 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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Tags: camera, Equipment, financial gain, upgrade, upgrades, when should I upgrade?
Monday, 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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Tags: Equipment, financial gain, upgrade, when should I upgrade?
Thursday, 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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Tags: Business, insurance, Photography, video, wedding, yahoo
Wednesday, 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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Tags: ansel adams, camera, cameras, Equipment, henri cartier-bresson, limitation, limitations, Photography, richard avedon, technical, technical limitations, tool, tools, upgrade, upgrades, when should I upgrade?
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
In an earlier post, I discussed my decision to upgrade my camera body to that of the Canon 5d Mark II. So I pondered, when should someone upgrade their camera body or any photography equipment for that matter? I have concluded there are three basic criteria (knowledge, technical limitation, and financial gain) that should be considered before one makes an investment in any photography equipment. The attribute of knowledge is the first of these criteria that I will discuss. Click to continue »
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Tags: ansel adams, camera, Equipment, knowledge, Photography, upgrade, upgrades, when should I upgrade?
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