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What Makes You The Photographer Of An Image?

January 19, 2010 Discussion

Is the person who clicks the shutter the photographer of an image?

I always kind of thought so, until I took this image of Shawna and I. I set up the lights. I posed us. But my wife clicked the image. I even told her how to compose it. But since I’m in it I couldn’t [...]

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Why I’m Going to Shoot For Zivity

November 23, 2009 Discussion
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We recently interviewed Cyan Banister, CEO, Founder, and Editor-in-Chief of Zivity.com and I thought I’d give my take on Zivity.
First, for those of you who don’t know what Zivity is. On one hand it is a site where you can look at serieses of images of models. The twist is people pay to subscribe and [...]

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My Last Shooting Trip To Vegas

October 21, 2009 Discussion

This is a recount of the best and worst trip I’ve made to Vegas. This is the only time I tried to shoot while there, and that ended up being cool and horrible.
The worst consequence of a model flake ever, and the only time I ever stood a model up.
Things to learn from this. You [...]

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Do My Headlines Cross The Line?

September 19, 2009 Discussion

ny blogging course or top 10 list of things you should do will tell you to make interesting blog titles. They are link bait. They are suppose to draw the reader in.
So yes, I do put words like topless and nude in the title to get people to click. But do I cross the line [...]

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Help Me Name My Podcast

May 6, 2009 Discussion

The podcast is a go. I will be doing it with a model co-host and I’m going to tell you all about it in the next few days.
We’re recording our first official interview in the next few days and it would be really great to know what we were going to call this thing. [...]

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Should I Start A Podcast?

April 15, 2009 Discussion

That’s the question that has been banging around my head for months. I go back and forth on it. In some ways it would be fun, in others a lot of work. Would the work be worth it to me and to you my listeners?
Here’s what I’m thinking. It would be an interview podcast on [...]

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Concert Photography Help?

April 6, 2009 Discussion

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve got a backlog of images to retouch, but I’ve been busy with other things.
On the 16th I’m shooting a concert here in Houston and I wondered if any of my photography friends had any tips on making the most of it.
Voltaire Concert Houston Texas.
I actually shot Voltaire [...]

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What Do You Want To Know?

March 18, 2009 Discussion

I’m having writer’s block.
Normally I write a long post on Mondays about something having to do with photographing models, but I can’t think of anything right now.
So I’m asking you….
What do you want to know about photographing models?
Post a comment and I’ll que them up for posts. Won’t guarantee I’ll answer everything, but [...]

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The Dip and Photography

February 22, 2009 Discussion

I recently listened to the audio book of Seth Godin’s The Dip from iTunes and I couldn’t help but apply what it says to photography.

Basically the dip is that part of any endeavor where the going gets tough and people quit. In business it is when the market rejects you, or you have technical hurdles, [...]

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What Genre Do Models Want to Shoot?

February 14, 2009 Discussion

I decided to try and find out what the most popular shooting genre was for models by posting the question in the Model Mayhem model forum. The results were interesting to say the least. You can find the whole thread here.
Like I said in a previous post on model photography genres. It isn’t easy [...]

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