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
How to Break in to Fashion Photography?
As I have been asked this question on a number of occasions, I thought I could attempt to tackle it. As everyone that has broken in to this business has done so via several avenues, I will attempt to share some of the common means of doing so. There have been many stories of how [...]
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 [...]
Ecclectic
One of My First VOGUE Covers
From “1985″… For VOGUE SA. Oh yeah..real film and not manipulated in Photoshop…Obviously, there was no Photoshop in 1985. Used Fujichrome 100 iso slide film and other neat stuff. Using color gelatins, mixed light sources and cool light modifiers can help when you know that what you shoot is what you get.
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 [...]
Photography
The End of the Pro Photographer? Or perhaps a New Business Model?
Selling Out and the Stock Photography Dilemma! Someone on a photography forum called Fred Miranda Forum, stated that a photographer sold their image for a cover of TIME Magazine for $30. It was sold through a stock photography agency called iStockPhoto. That is sadly unfortunate. It also represents the present state of affairs for many [...]
Ideas
Writing Fashion-Beauty Photo Shoot Themes
Writing Fashion-Beauty Photo Shoot Themes Here is what I generally try to do before doing a shoot for a magazine. I will do a brain storming session and start to compile idea’s for the shoot. Once the idea’s are honed down, I will choose perhaps two or three of them and share them with the [...]
