One of my favorite wedding photographers, Jonas Peterson, has been at the center of an online maelstrom in the past few days. If you haven’t heard the story, here are the Cliffs Notes: Peterson won the Australian Institute of Professional Photography Queensland’s Photographer of the Year Competition on Monday. Tuesday, the award was revoked because AIPP… Continue reading »
May
22
Winners of the IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards
Just got back from the 15th Annual International Photographic Council (IPC) Awards Luncheon at the United Nations, where wedding photographer Cliff Mautner (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International/WPPI) was among the 8 recipients of the International Photographic Council’s (IPC) Leadership Awards. The other honorees were: -Anthony Nex, American Photographic Artists (APA) -Shawn Henry, American Society of… Continue reading »
May
16
Say Cheese! Caroll Taveras @ Underline Gallery
We all have some memory of having our portrait taken—and I’m not talking about the thousands of snapshots and selfies we’ve amassed over the years for profile pictures and social media posts. I’m talking about a real one. A professional one. At a photo studio. For an article I’m writing about the portrait studio and… Continue reading »
May
15
Touit (Sounds like “Do It”) New Zeiss Lenses
We got a sneak preview of Zeiss’ new prime 12mm f/2.8 and 32mm f/1.8 Touit lenses yesterday at a press event the lens company held at The Standard in New York. The Touit (named after the Brazilian parrot) is a family of lenses for compact cameras, specifically designed for the Sony NEX and Fujifilm X.… Continue reading »
May
14
Tech Tuesday—Adobe Creative Cloud Review
Unless you’ve been living on a deserted island for the past week, chances are you already know that Adobe has made a big, bold move with its Creative Suite products. Rebranded as Creative Cloud, Photoshop CC (as it is now known) and all other suite components will be subscription-based only. Don’t panic yet: CS6 (including… Continue reading »
May
08
The Punk Wedding?
On Tuesday, Rangefinder senior editor, Lindsay Comstock, and I had the special treat of attending the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s press preview of the exhibition, “PUNK: Chaos to Couture,” which opens in New York City tomorrow. The exhibition features designer gowns from the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Gianni Versace and Alexander McQueen—whose work was inspired… Continue reading »
Apr
30
Tech Tuesday Preview: Sigma’s f/1.8 Constant Aperture Zoom
Constant aperture zoom lenses aren’t anything new and, until now, the record holder was Olympus with two f/2.0 Four Thirds lenses (14-35mm and 35-100mm) launched more than eight years ago. But now the honor goes to Sigma, with its f/1.8, 18-35mm DC HSM Art lens. Sure, f/1.8 is only about 1/3 of a stop faster… Continue reading »
Apr
25
WPPI “On the Road” Instagram Photo contest
I can’t tell you how stoked I am for “On the Road” this year! Working to improve our fundamentals is something we routinely need to work on, and we used that as our inspiration for this year’s seminars. For the first time, we are featuring the “Hands- on Experience” where you’ll be able to watch,… Continue reading »
Apr
23
Tech Tuesday: 6 New Features in Lightroom 5
Adobe Lightroom Version 5 isn’t a major overhaul of Lightroom, but there are some very useful—and kinda cool—updates and additions. They include: Smart Previews—you can leave those external hard drives at the studio with slightly larger Smart Previews (lossy DNG) for offline editing. Update the originals quickly and easily by reconnecting your external storage device… Continue reading »
Apr
11
Free 24-hour Trial Membership with NAPP!
We love the folks at Kelby Training! So much in fact we’re partnering up quite a bit this year. I will be down in Orlando next week for PhotoShop World as one of their speakers, and they are joining us in four cities this year for our “On The Road” Workshops. They’ve sent us a great offer to… Continue reading »