Working on editing a quick sports porttrait portfolio for next week. These will be cut out and used to move images around to see what sequence work best. Looks pretty cool as is though. Might have to frame a few of these up.

http://www.adteachings.com/post/7610053086/you-will-hear-some-version-of-this-many-times-in?40a7c160

See some favorite selects (here) from our recent Baltimore Sun Magazine shoot with local band Celebration.

The title of the Onion article about this Nat’ Geo “How to” would read… “Nat’ Geo uses up all Descriptive Words in Print Magazine”.

“How to Take Pictures of People in Places”- National Geographic

No explanation needed.  See the pointing commence here.

Thanks to Neustadt Creative Marketing for passing this along.

If you want to see more students pointing then don’t go to my website www.jdph.com

Here’s a good argument for storing your photos, work or family vacay, on a local redundant (backed-up)  hardrive and not on some who-knows-where-server-farm i.e. Flickr, Picassa etc…  At the very least back up… and not on your laptop.  This article highlights a rare example of digital disaster but one that is always a possibility.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/flickr-accidentally-wipes-out-account-five-years-and-4000-photos-down-the-drain/

I usually try to rein in my nostalgic leanings but the photographs taken of darkrooms in this video are hard to resist.  Tell me the long haired bloke doesn’t remind you of hippy Neal from the British sit-com The Young Ones.

Wow, now this really takes it.  Who says there aren’t jobs to be had!

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/med/2182490000.html

We are a small, award-winning design agency and we are looking for a new photography partner with studio and location-lighting experience/knowledge.

An upbeat personality, reliability and the ability to work well with people is critical. You will also need to be available on weekends and/or nights for restaurant and/or club shoots. This will be YOUR department, so you need to offer the commitment, professionalism and drive to build it up from scratch.

We are NOT seeking someone that starts the conversation with us by asking about photo rights. Our clients own the shots. We are not fine art photographers…

We are also NOT seeking a photographer that is angry because photography doesn’t pay these days. Our focus will be on candidates that understand their relationship with camera is one of love/joy/infatuation. The right candidate is willing to do whatever is necessary to create a solid practice within an ad agency (like ours.)

In that light, we are not interested in discussions with established photographers that have twenty years of experience. As noted – our clients are not willing to pay for that level of experience. These are commercial jobs with small budgets.

You are a great photographer (both in-studio and on-location) and you have the work samples to prove it! Ideal candidates will also have extensive post-production experience with Adobe PhotoShop and excellent retouching skills.

Please note that this is a partner position and compensation is less than $150 per shoot (including post-production.) If you don’t have a secondary means of support (or extremely low living expenses), then this probably isn’t a good match.

QUALIFICATIONS:
•Photography or art major.
•Two years of shooting digital with a working knowledge of artificial lighting and thorough understanding of studio equipment.
•Proficiency in digital imaging systems, the use and operation of DIGITAL cameras, Internet applications, Web, FTP, image formats, Windows/PC computer systems and various software programs, including but not limited to Adobe Photoshop, Word, and Outlook.
•Strong organizational and communication skills—both written and verbal.
•SOLID retouching skills are a must!
•Individual must be organized, self-motivated, energetic and entrepreneurial
•Positive attitude, enthusiasm and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done.

Please send a link to your portfolio along with your resume.

We DO NOT OUTSOURCE! Please be located in the NYC area. THIS MEANS: MANHATTAN or the BOROUGHS.
Also note: once you join us a partner and equity holder, you will NOT be able to do outside (freelance or otherwise) print or branding work. You CAN bring it in-house and receive most of the revenue from the project, but partners may NOT compete with the agency.

Darkly intense and beaufiful. His work in the South African Boarding house reminds me of Abstract work of Aaron Siskind.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8733816&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1

Roger Ballen: Lens Culture Conversations with Photographers from Jim Casper on Vimeo.