The Essentials of Shooting Fashion & Beauty Photography Workshop (New York City) November 1 – 4, 2010, 10AM to 9PM each day CaptureRoom Studios, NYC Tuition: $1,499, lunches are included in the tuition. ($1,250 before September 15, 2010) By popular demand, the 4-Day Fashion & Beauty Studio Workshop is BACK! Lead by award winning, Fashion [...]
The most important thing that any photographer must understand is that photography is a business! If you wish to survive from your art, you must run and treat your business as any large corporation would and you are your company’s CEO.
Thus far I can say this much about what I’ve learned about fashion photography, it is nothing like it looks. You have no idea what it requires just to put together one shoot, or maybe that’s just me. There are so many small details involved in the whole process and if one goes wrong it’s [...]
I find it absolutely amazing how many photography programs at well respected colleges and universities throughout the country fail to teach the real essentials of photography. Even at F.I.T. where I attended, we had one course that focused on the “business of photography”. Being a successful commercial photographer is not just about f-stops and shutter [...]
There is a story in Greek Mythology of a young man named, Sisyphus, who spends his time pushing a giant boulder up a steep mountain. For Sisyphus, it is a continuous struggle to make it over the mountain’s peak. His tenacity and personal ambition is the only driving force that helps him cope with the [...]