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
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
03
Edible Flowers, Delicious Photographs
At Rangefinder, we like to check in with our Rising Stars of Wedding Photography throughout the year to see what they’re up to. Miana Jun, who was honored among the group in 2012, has photographed the images for a lovely book just released last month, titled Cooking with Flowers. Jun says of working on the… 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
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
18
WPPI 2013: The Movie!
Fall in love with WPPI 2013 all over again! Cinematographer, Sion Michel, whose credits include projects for Steven Spielberg, Rob Marshall, Nike and Toyota, has created a full-length, feature film about the experience of being in Las Vegas with 13,000 fellow photographers. Simply titled, WPPI 2013, the film will debut in May and includes behind-the-scenes… 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 »
Apr
05
Sneak Peek into Rangefinder’s Fine-Art Issue: Spotlight on João Carlos
As our April Digital Edition goes live today, we wanted to give you a quick glimpse into some recent video work of one of the issue’s featured photographers—João Carlos. A self-proclaimed romantic, João combines his love for fine art, folk and fairy tales with exotic locations to create stunning fashion, advertising and personal work. Here,… Continue reading »
Apr
04
Melissa Cacciola: War and Peace
United Photo Industries in Brooklyn presents an exhibition of 48 tintype portraits by Melissa Cacciola, in an exhibition titled “War and Peace.” Cacciola’s work is characterized by her use of 19th-century photographic processes to bring her subjects to life. For “War and Peace,” she documented active duty and veteran military personnel from the Army, Navy,… Continue reading »