Still life shooter extraordinaire Craig Cutler has the ominous text above posted when you go to his site. With all the buzz in video I’ve been really trying to figure out where I would fall into it as a still life guy. So I’m curious to see what one of the best out there has come [...]
I’m gearing up for a couple very busy weeks. I have 5 shoots on the calender in the next two and half weeks. So due to the craziness I expect my posting to be a bit scarce. Be back soon.
What have you accomplished in the past 6 months? Well photographer Chase Jarvis has used that time to create an Iphone App. Jarvis already a leader in the social media as promotion trend, as well as an avid fan and user of the Iphone camera(he has a section of his site devoted to iphone art). [...]
I get an absurd amount of photo contests promotions sent my way, from time to time there are some truly great ones. I would file this one under very much worth entering. Too Much Chocolate and Kodak have teamed up to offer 10 non represented emerging photographers film to complete a body of work as [...]
The results of the Resource Magazine + Win Initiative 10 Best 10 contest of just been announced and am pleased to report that former assistant, now good friend and amazing photographer Heather Johnson has made the cut (that’s her profile pic above). Heather was one of my very first assistants helping me transition to the [...]
I’m on set today so I don’t have much time for a blog post, however caught the news this morning the Google Fast Flip launched in Beta this morning. If you haven’t seen the headlines or are not familiar, Fast Flip basically creates a much more intuitive way to browse traditional print media online. Google [...]
The LA Times had a small but interesting column by David Lazarus on copyright infringement yesterday. While there really isn’t anything groundbreaking here I found it interesting to see how the big stock companies like Getty and Corbis are approaching and dealing with infringers, I’m especially interested because I have contracts with both companies. They [...]
Today I start teaching my fall semester commercial still life course at SVA. I like to spend day 1 of class showing a slide show of some of the best contemporary still life shooters in the industry. I just finished putting final touches on it last night and thought I would post a couple of [...]
Okay okay I realize my last two pasts were a bit of a downer. Times are tough right now! But when times are tough the best thing to do is work harder and do all you can to keep your career going the right direction. So on a more positive note I thought I’d talk [...]
Yesterday I ranted about my money issues, but at least I don’t have the stress that Annie Leibovitz must be feeling right now. Her loan to Art Capital comes due Tuesday, so I’m guessing her holiday weekend will be a tense one. This whole thing has been blogged to death and I really don’t know [...]
