February 2012
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Experimenting Night Shots in Chinatown
I stood near the Peking Duck vendor on Main St for an unusual amount of time although hopefully not to the point where I made my presence too noticeable amidst that bustling crowd the never seemed to dwindle despite how late it was getting.
This is what’s great about Chinatown or least the one located in Flushing, Queens. The excitement and workers never seem to stop, neither does the...
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Olloclip vs iPro Lens Review →
Leaving the price point of the iPro Lens aside ($199), the reason I would gravitate towards it more rather than the Olloclip is for the same reason Ben Brooks doesn’t like it which is the fact that it makes use of a case for you to be able to utilize any of it lenses. I’m not a fan of carrying around my iPhone bare. I never have been. The Olloclip is nice and it’s certainly more...
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Photographer Spotlight: Daniel Milnor
Daniel Milnor is a New Mexico based photographer who specializes in long-term, black and white documentary work relating to a variety of topics that he feels most likely to produce images that go beyond the temporary. Milnor is also a “Photographer at Large” for Blurb, a print-on-demand book publishing company. He has created over 120 unique titles using Blurb publishing system and...
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1 Camera + 1 Memory Card = Super Happy Kids →
The One-Shot Project is aimed at supporting organizations, groups and schools that are already working with children in need. The projects looks for talented children and provides them with education and vocational opportunities through the teaching of photographic, documentary and storytelling skills.
This week they’ve launch a campaign with the purpose to gather the cameras the would...
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What I Wish For Series: Bushwick, Brooklyn
The one associated element I acquired between having been a retail manager and spending time photographing on the streets was that I learned a lot more about human behavior than I would have anticipated. I’ll assume bartenders and waiters would attest to receiving similar unrequested interest but to me it eventually became the the type of curiosity that was difficult to ignore.
I’m a sociable...
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Street Portrait in Penang, Malaysia →
Shooting street portraits is probably one of the most intimidating assignment for a photographer to do because it requires self-confidence and the personality to be able to walk up to complete strangers without being too fixated on the possibility of being rejected. You can instantly tell whether a photographer has these traits based on their street work and Chris Sorensen’s portraits from his...
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The Curse of Idle Thoughts
One of the difficult parts about being a photographer is that you can’t fake what you do. One can fabricate all these ideas of what they hope to photograph or how far they wish to travel to create the work they feel best illustrates their talent but if all we do is talk and write about it without having photographs to coexist with our statements, then people will surely see through that.
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Instagram Favorites for January 2012
As addicting as photographing with your iPhone may be, the downside to the habit is seeing how quickly the battery is afflicted with the constant motion of snapping away consistently.
To alleviate that a bit, I’ve been researching some battery-packed cases and regardless of how high of a rating any of them may have, the consensus seems to be that the case itself is far from comfortable...
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Why Instagram Is So Popular: Quality, Audience, &... →
I’ve been wanting to piece together some thoughts about Instagram for some time now, largely because it’s the one app I use extensively and if the ability to distinguish severe indentations on the icon were possible at all, you would unquestionably notice them. As far as content, I had no intentions to add to the litany of published articles trying to explain what the app is and how do...
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“Before adding new images to a world which is drowning in images, one has to...”
– Inspiring words by documentary photographer Paolo Woods. Prime example of the type of advice that completely revamps your approach to whatever type of photography your doing. He’s not implying you stop and change what you shoot but to highlight the purpose as to why you’re doing it.
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The Past 5 Days
Moving is not like a 1-day holiday that you can easily mark off your calendar with a pen as if it’s something you no longer have to deal with once you’ve settled at your destination.
We were told by close friend that depending on the size of the house, we’re unlikely to see and enjoy our new home for what it is for at least 2 weeks after because the unpacking is just as brutal as seeing stacks...
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On Self-Promotion & Being Uncomfortable as a...
A New York photographer by the name of James Maher once wrote a guest post on the popular Digital Photography School website where he shared a few pointers on how to be a successful freelance photographer. The tip that stuck out to me the most was when he said that “The jobs that scare you s***less are the most important ones” and I’ve held on to this true statement.
After reading the article, I...
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