Away for the Holiday

I’m furiously wrapping up post production on my last job in what turned out to be a very busy December.  Tomorrow I’ll be leaving town and not returning until January 4th, so needless to say blog posts will most likely be not existent until the New Year.  Over the last few months I’ve really enjoyed [...]

Posted in: me, update by dansaelinger Comments Off

Recently Published AARP, Behind the Scenes

Back in October I was given an assignment by AARP magazine to illustrate a story on taking control of your health.  I was handed a general image concept of having a person controlling a marionette of themselves and was given the sketch below for guidance. This shot had to be created twice with two different [...]

Almost There

I just wrapped the last shoot of my holiday rush schedule and am excited to share the results including my first real attempt at video.  Luckily images from the shoot hit newsstands next week so I’ll be able to post the project before I take off for my holiday break.  Otherwise its still crazy busy [...]

Posted in: me, update by dansaelinger Comments Off

Be Back Soon

The holiday rush is upon me, I’m shooting through the weekend until the middle of next week for a couple of clients.  Not that I’m complaining.  Anyhow I’m lacking on the quality time to do much posting let alone anything else so things may be sporadic for a least week and probably through the holiday.

Posted in: update by dansaelinger Comments Off

Recently Published in Vibe

The inaugural relaunch issue of Vibe just hit news stands and I’m pleased to say I got to be a part of it.  For those unaware Uptown Media who already publish Uptown Magazine purchased the Vibe brand with plans to resurrect the mag. The issue looked great, with fantastic attention to design and printing quality. [...]

Posted in: me, shameless self promotion, update by dansaelinger Comments Off

Getting in the Holiday Spirit

As a photographer being your own boss is great.  But when the holidays roll around and all your friends are celebrating at office parties being the only person in your business can royally suck.  Fortunately there are a couple of quality photographer friendly holiday party events on the calendar coming up if you are willing [...]

Posted in: photo industry by dansaelinger Comments Off

The House is on Fire

Below are a couple new images from a recent test shoot.  I’ve always been big on testing in my down time.  As much as assignments can be great for your book, I think showing your creative thought process without the influence of art direction and editorial concept is always a plus.  Besides that, I find [...]

Posted in: New Work, me, shameless self promotion by dansaelinger 1 Comment

Saddened by National Geographic Adventure’s Closing

I was just made aware of National Geographic Adventure’s closing via aphotoeditor.  While I’m continually saddened by the barrage of magazine closings, this one hit particularly close too home.  I had just wrapped an assignment the day before Thanksgiving for an incredibly well written and conceived article that we see far too little of these [...]

Posted in: client news, photo industry, photo news by dansaelinger 1 Comment

Time Inc Demos a Digital Tablet Magazine

Last week an announcement was made that four of the big publishing companies were forming a digital distribution company, Time Inc being one of those players.  Well Tech Crunch has an article detailing a demo shown to them of Time Inc’s foray into digital publishing using Sports Illustrated as the guinea pig.   The demo was [...]

Posted in: photo industry, photo news, tech by dansaelinger 1 Comment