Is the April issue of French Marie Claire “throwing stones into the water? ” Their whole issue is without any retouching! Finally the readers will be exposed to the RAW truth without the artificial frills! Well, almost… We have to pass through the multiplicity of advertising pages that are as expected, heavily retouched before accessing [...]
Fashion Editorials
“I Love Candies”
Here is a Fun Theme called “I Love Candies”. I don’t want to be responsible for your Dental Bill after you get the urge to go out and eat a whole package of M&M’s! The Team Photography & Co-Creative Direction : Benjamin Kanarek Co-creative Direction: Frédérique Renaut Styling: Daphnée Delamare Models: Emily Trimble – Ford [...]
Photography
The End of the Print Portfolio?
I was recently asked to share my portfolio with a magazine and asked how would they prefer to view it. To my surprise they said “just bring your laptop, that will be fine” and they added that “more and more photographers are presenting their work using this medium”. I was pleased and disturbed at the [...]
Photography
“Why I Won’t Shoot for Free”…
I wanted to share my RANT with you via this incredible Video with Author Harlan Ellison. One of the Sci-Fi Greats. He mirrors my sentiments perfectly. The only difference is I would swear a lot MORE!!! I think I have paid my dues. Don’t insult my intelligence and ask me to do a job for [...]
Photography
Which Lens and Shooting Space is Required for a Fashion & Beauty Shoot? Part 1
Part 1: Fashion The Studio for Fashion. When preparing to embark on a Fashion or Beauty shoot, it is important to know what the environment and shooting space you will be doing your project in is like. For the sake of clarity, I will commence with a classic fashion shoot in a moderately sized studio [...]
Humor
Is Shooting for a Bad Magazine Good?
Today on a generalist Photo Forum under the Portrait Fashion category, someone from a small independent and in my opinion based on what I saw on their web site, not very good fashion magazine, placed an ad for photographers for their magazine. Now that seemed strange in the first place, which I go on to [...]
Ecclectic
“Eyes of Laura Mars”
Eyes of Laura Mars I was inspired to write this short introduction to this film from 1978 starring Faye Dunaway called “Eyes of Laura Mars” by someone on a photography forum that said that some of my imagery reminded him of the film. I had totally forgotten how affected I was by this film as [...]
Humor
You are part of an Expo, but your the Last to Find Out About It!
I was quite amused to find out that I have a major expo in Germany of my work and I wasn’t informed about it. I was just doing a search on Yahoo after being told by several people on the photo forums who discovered that I am part of another LUMAS Galleries Exhibition. The Expo [...]
Fashion and Architecture
Fashion and Architecture Two of the most enduring remnants of society that feature as an evident and omni-present mirroring of society are the towering structures and Architectural ruins of past civilizations and the clothing humanity wore throughout recorded and pre-recorded history. However what is also fascinating is that fashion like architecture and industrial design depend [...]
Ecclectic
Want to Contribute to My Blog?
I am Seeking Contributors in Fashion and in the Fashion Photography Field as well as articles related to the “BIZ”. I would love to have other contributors to my Blog and would love to see some interesting, quirky and inventive articles coming from you. If you feel so inclined to do so, please e-mail me [...]
