Archive for September, 2011

Fight Flash Phobia

Fight Flash Phobia

Flash is some kind of monster to most aspiring photographers and beginners. For some it is more frustrating than doing a tax declaration, visiting the dentist or having a discussion with your girlfriend about how "you spend too much money on camera stuff". There is so much to know, the technical stuff, the maths - it´s easy to get lost in this chapter of photography. Nevertheless, it is one VERY important section if you really want to be a photographer. It is LIGHT. And photography is WORKING with light. So, if you are one of those people that say "I love available light, I love ambient light, I don´t really need ...

September 22nd, 2011 | 3 Comments | Trackback | Tags: , , , ,

Lightroom Preset Series

Lightroom Preset Series

As i hear more and more questions about post processing, colors, and how to do it in Lightroom - which by the way is a fantastic, powerful tool - i decided to bring up my own Lightroom-Preset-Post. I will update this set from time to time and bring up new styles from my libary to make this collection grow. Please make sure you really understand what a preset does befor you download it. I already had people asking me for Lightroom settings on a specific picture, and after i sent the preset (which i do from time to time) i got answers like "this looks totally shitty on my picture". Well, ...

September 17th, 2011 | 2 Comments | Trackback | Tags: , , , , ,

The COLOR of FOOD

The COLOR of FOOD

A photographic documentary by Tasha Bowens. My friend Tasha Bowens is about to start a very ambitious documentary project on her own. Well, not ALL on her own, she really could need our help. And helping is really easy for you. Here´s the project: Photo credit to Hugues Anhes The Color of Food tells the stories of our Black, Latino, Asian and Indigenous farmers and the history, fight for survival and beautiful culture that makes up our agriculture. While revealing the intersection of race and food through the personal stories of farmers of color, this project will also explore the agricultural history and traditional food and farming knowledge passed down within in each community. This ...

September 16th, 2011 | 3 Comments | Trackback