Workshops can be better than new equipment
If you are still looking for a present for the photographer's friend, consider a gift certificate for a workshop. If they don't have one, give a VISA or AMEX gift card with a printout of…
Year: 2012
Photography: Assignment Details
Photographers can learn a thing or two from other businesses. You go to just about any business and if you are receiving any services they are going to fill out some forms. When you go…
Covering Tragedy
Jesus & Gloria say good-bye before the funeral service for their son Jesus Fonseca, Jr. The recent events in Newtown, Connecticut have lit up social media and forums about how will we go forward and change.…
How I covered Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief
This is just some of the damage to homes by Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach, New Jersey that I saw last week while covering a companies work there. Ken is one of my mentors helping…
300 PPI and Output sizes
The magazine publishing my pictures requires images to be at least 300 ppi. How do I change the resolution to 300 ppi? Editorial Note: DPI (or dots per inch) is commonly accepted but not technically…
Sports Photography: High-Speed Flash vs No Flash
Caption: Nikon D4, 28-300mm, ISO 12,800, ƒ/5.6, 1/400 -- Flashes used (4) Alienbees B1600 with 11" long throw reflectors with PocketWizard Plus II receivers and being triggered by the PocketWizard Mini TT1. with DXO Pure RAW 4…
Faith and Photography
Kiplinger just "...analyzed the jobless rates and salaries for graduates with the 100 most popular majors to come up with our list of the ten worst values in college majors." The research they did was…
The client is the one paying you.
A person, not a company, hires you. One of the most important things to understand is this: a person hires you—not a company. If John Smith hires you to photograph a project while working at…
Camera Insurance for College Students
A few days ago, I posted a blog about camera insurance. It was inspired by what happened to some of my friends covering the Olympics in London. A few days later, I realized that there…
Camera Insurance
I woke up to sad news this morning, that two of my friends were robbed in London in the basement of a church behind two locked doors. All of their camera gear was stolen. Dennis…
Butterfly Lighting and Foot Lights
Available Light First, always start with no lights before adding lights. This photo at the top shows you the excellent diffused lighting of the open shade on our deck. Foot Lights One of the lights…
Cable Management and being prepared
When I travel, I need many different cords. I need power cords for my computer, cellphone, iPad, and card readers. Thinktank has designed several different Cable management bags. I use two of them. To hold…