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How to Become a Commercial Photographer
Have you ever walked by a beauty image on the shelf at ULTA or scrolled by a brilliant shot on Instagram and thought: “I want to make images like that”? Or perhaps you are a photographer who saw a picture and thought: “I could have shot that better!” You have the skills, but you don’t know how to break into the commercial market. In this article, I’ll share about how to break into the market and disclose tips and tricks to succeed in the commercial photography space.
Catching Up With Concert Photographer David Bergman
The Life And Career Of Photographer Albert Watson
Star of Nirvana Cover Sues Band Over Alleged Child Sexual Exploitation
At just four months old, Spencer Elden is the star of possibly the most iconic baby photograph of all time, as he floats on the cover of Nirvana's album Nevermind, but now in his 30s, Elden is suing the band over child sexual exploitation.
Space Shuttle Program Turns 30, Takes An Epic Picture
CreativeLIVE's Fashion Week With Matthew Jordan Smith and Yoanna House
Each week creativeLIVE has unbelievable live content that you can stream for free. Starting today through Sept 15th, creativeLIVE will host one of Fstoppers' most featured photographers Matthew Jordan Smith. Matthew is an acclaimed fashion photographer, and he has brought along America's Next Top Model winner Yoanna House to talk about everything that goes on in the fashion industry. For more information about this week's entire event, read the full post.
The Art Of Motion Mixing: BTS With V Energy Drink
Music and visual components have always been used together as a form of art, most famously in the music video. As technology expands so does the way we use it for expression. The people over at Frucor (V Energy Drinks) recently challenged Joel Little, lead singer of Goodnight Nurse, to create a single track that could be played (mixed) live using only a body's movements in this unique musical and visual journey of a marketing campaign.
Profoto Takes On Ray Allen And A Trampoline
Transformers 3 Behind The Scenes
Amazing Green Screen CGI From John Adams
Melissa Rodwell Shoots Fashion For Genlux
Red Bull's Illume Photo Exhibit Is Itself Art
Douglas Sonders Shoots In A Sunflower Field
Sunflowers & The Model Photoshoot from Douglas Sonders on Vimeo.
Scott McClellan Blows Up A Kitchen
Photographic Virtues Series: Standards
In this series, I attempt to identify the key professional virtues I have found to be the most important in building my own career, as well as identifying traits of other successful photographers that are most key to their success. Today's Word of The Week? Standards.
An Interesting Perspective On A Photoshoot I'd Never Do
Koda from Academy on Vimeo.
Photography, CGI, and AI: Can You Tell the Difference? An Interview With Steve Hansen
Which image in the banner is a photograph, and which is computer generated? Can you even tell anymore? With the addition of computer generated imagery (CGI) and artificial intelligence, the process of creating images has provided commercial photographers more tools than ever. I sat down with award-winning food photographer Steve Hansen to discuss this topic and to delve into the question: "Is it enough to just be a photographer these days?"
Photographic Virtues Series: Adaptability
In this series, I attempt to identify the key professional virtues I have found to be the most important in building my own career, as well as identifying traits of other successful photographers and business leaders that are most key to their success. Today’s virtue: adaptability.
[BTS Video] Monte Isom Puts His Camera Dangerously Close To Hockey Players
Add Special Effect And Costumes To Your Photos
Vanessa Williams In Her Natural State
Contest Entry: Keith Bradshaw Shoots A Music Video
The Making of "Mr. Wonderful" from Keith Bradshaw on Vimeo.
How to Become a DOP for Sherlock, Game of Thrones, and Justice League
As I began my interview with Fabian Wagner DOP, he sits there, totally relaxed and easygoing. Describing himself as just an ordinary guy, it quickly becomes clear that my conversation was going to be a very relaxed affair, without pretenses, and totally open to all questions I threw at him.
Letgo’s 'Commercializer' Makes You the Hollywood Producer
Move over Craigslist. Letgo wants your used camera gear and tripod. The online classifieds market is heating up fast, with the impending merger of Wallapop and Letgo, two startups whose roots are in Europe, but who are making their mark on the U.S. market. Reports in the Wall Street Journal and Techcrunch this month put the combined cash infusion for the new company at 100 million dollars.
Melissa Rodwell Shoots Harper's Bazaar Cover
Harper's Bazaar Arabia-Louis Vuitton from Melissa Rodwell on Vimeo.
Do Not Be Afraid of Using Stock in Your Creations
Being a freelance photographer and digital artist, I have resigned myself to the fact that I will not always be able to use my own photography in the images I create for clients.
Motorola Zoom Commercial BTS With Amazing Moving Sets
How To Photograph A Movie Theater By Rich Legg
How To Light Glass
Karl Taylor's Tips On Photographing Funky Hair
Country Music Trends, Photography, and Modern Sameness
Do you like country music (or music in general for that matter)? Hey, me too and here's a video that I think raises interesting questions and may serve as a great thought exercise regarding modern media trends and the problems of sameness.
Face Painting... For An Advertising Campaign
Should Famous Artists Be Working for Exposure?
Over the years, the fine art and commercial art communities have slowly wised up, learning how to run their businesses as businesses and saying no to free work. So, why are these famous artists working for free when it comes to the Super Bowl? The NFL surely isn't struggling for money, so shouldn't they get paid? Should any artist, famous or unknown, work for exposure?
The NBA Films Commercials From The Past
Gopro's Make Me Want To Get Extreme!
Gregory Heisler Lights a Time Magazine Cover
Beauty Confessional: 1950'sville
Mike Folden Shoots An Album Cover
Back In Black: Visa Black Card
AIG Insurance Can Now Cover Your Drone and the Liability That Comes with It
Not so surprisingly faster than the FAA, apparently, AIG sprung into action to allow drone operators and owners to purchase insurance that covers not only their drone and camera equipment, but also a number of other terrible things that can happen while you're piloting a UAV.
Tom Guilmette Shows How Sports Are Done
iPads, Light Painting, And A Lot Of Calculations
Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.
EA Sports NCAA Football 12 Cover Shoot
David Jackson Creates a Creepy Circus
Shear Chaos Salon Circus Shoot :: Technical Banter from David Jackson on Vimeo.
Mike Sisk Makes A Mess
Flying Papers - BTS from Fx Studios on Vimeo.
Brownie Harris Talks Shooting Film
Annie Leibovitz photographs Keith Richards
Behind The Scenes Of ESPN's TV Ratings
How They Broadcast MLB Into Your Home
Fenway HD Camera - Sony HDC-910 - Canon 75x from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.