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Wave to meSlowing down with Ami Vitale
1In my previous post, The Compelling Image Portfolio review with Ami Vitale , I detailed how it felt to have my portfolio reviewed by world renown photographer Ami Vitale, the process that we went through during the review and what I took away from the session. This is first in a series of posts that explore [...]
Graft and vision
0I learned the hard way this week that it really isn’t about the kit. It really is about the years of experience, the years of study at the school of hard knocks, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.
I wrote recently how through a combination of factors my 5Dmk2 and f2.8 70-200 lens and I had [...]
The Inspired Eye – latest ebook from David duChemin
0David duChemin has just released his latest eBook, The Inspired Eye, Vol.I, Notes on Creativity for Photographers. As the title suggest this is first of a two volume set about the creative process, and as such is not at all like the last 4 eBooks that David has produced. These previous eBooks have focused primalrily [...]
Youth, Wisdom and Great Photos – Eric Ryan Anderson
0Eric Ryan Anderson is a truly interesting man…..and not just because we share a name!
He is a commercial photographer base in Brookyln, NY whose work has been published in Italian Vanity Fair, Vogue Hommes, Computer Arts, Sherman’s Travel, Pollstar, ENVY, D Magazine, Dallas Observer and National Geographic Traveler. All well and good you say, but [...]
New depth of field Interview
0Matt Brandon has just released a new a great new episode of his Depth of Field series – interviewing David duChemin during their recent workshop, Lumen Dei.
This great series of audio podcasts – also available via iTunes (just search for Depth of Field) – interviews working photographers and give you a beyond the scenes look [...]
Chasing The look – 10 Ways to Improve the Aesthetics of Your Photographs
0That clever man David DuChemin has been at it again. Not content with writing a third book, doing publicity around the second, blogging daily, podcasting frequently and twittering multiple times a day – oh and celebrating his wedding anniversary – he has somehow found time to author another eBook.
“Chasing The Look, 10 Ways to Improve [...]
VisionMongers – Making a life and living in Photography
0VisionMongers is the Second of David DuChemin’s books. The first, “Within the Frame” – has quickly become one of the best ever selling photographic book on “Why” to take photographs, and deservedly has raised David’s profile, reputation and following globally hugely.
David’s passion is not the “how to ” photograph something, but the “why to”. He [...]
Creating stronger images through visual mass
0The recent release of “Drawing the Eye – Creating Stronger Images through Visual Mass” – is David DuChemin’s third part of his ebook series. This one is equally as good as the other two and continues David’s theme that “Why” rather than” How” is the question to be asking as you shoot pictures.
“Drawing the Eye” [...]
Perfection is not just a snap
0I regularly look at work of photographers that I admire and wonder how they got such an amazing image. As I read more and more, and talk with pro travel photographers so I understand more that they are using all the same tools as me, going through all the same angst (well may I have [...]
Ten more with David duChemin
0David does it again. Following on from his first eBook “Ten”, David has scored a hit with “Ten More” – an additional 10 ideas to help photographers of ll expereince levels.
In true David fashion he combines his extraordinary ability to communicate his passion and his ideas in a manner that engages and encourages, without preaching [...]
Italy within the Frame
0I have been incredibly lucky to get one of the very few places on a workshop with David duChemin and Jeffrey Chapman in Italy in April 2010.
David’s book – With the Frame (available in the eStore) – is one of the most engaging reads around photography, exploring the “Why” rather than the “How” of taking [...]
