If you follow Chase Jarvis, you might have heard that he will be kicking off PhotoPlus and Shoot-NYC with a special October 26th chasejarvisLIVE broadcast. This broadcast will feature soon to be announced special guests, a first time ever CJL in studio audience, and some spectacular gear giveaways. We happen to know one of his [...]

I’ve been a photographer now for about 7 years. With the advent of digital photography and computer applications such as Photoshop, I gained precise pixel control I could never find in film photography. About 6 years ago I read an article about the first digital rangefinder, the Epson RD-1. I loved the compact size and [...]

I came to photography from the other side of the lens. I was a professional freestyle skier and skied in movies and worked as a ski model for many of the top photographers of the time. I always had an interest in photography, and after watching professional photographers in action, I decided that this was [...]

I first picked up a camera at the age of fourteen – photography was very exciting to me, I had no technical skill but with a very good eye for detail and due to an early encouragement to painting and drawing from my parents I was able to put my creativity into play. My mother [...]

Foto Care and Bron Imaging would like to welcome Dan Saelinger, a New York City based commercial photographer, as he shares his point of view and ideas on photography and making it in the industry. The first of a series of educational classes with Dan, learn it all while he discusses such points as portfolios, [...]

A master at depicting unique and captivating subject matter, Caesar’s inspiration is derived from a singular drive to push the limits and evoke emotion through innovative photography. “I feel exactly the same way when I’ve started my career always researching and experimenting to create something different, doing it from the heart.” With a Bachelors of [...]

How did you become a photographer? Describe your career development? Around the age of sixteen I finagled an internship at my local newspaper’s photo department for a school program that allowed you to spend part of your day outside the classroom.  I had always been an art room kid, and this was a way to [...]

o   How did you become a photographer? I first picked up an SLR camera when I was 17 and it was for a high school project. I loaded the film incorrectly and nothing came out of my first shoot but it didn’t matter, it was love at first sight. As soon as I graduated I [...]

One job that I shot last summer appeared to be a “no-brainer”: Portraits of the editorial staff and the two co-founders, Ben Lerer and Adam Rich, of the very successful male-oriented e-mail newsletter and Web site Thrillist.com . These photographs are now being used for Thrillist’s PR outreach. They were featured in magazines, including Gotham, [...]

o   How did you become a photographer? Describe your career development? On my eighth birthday, I got a Kodak Instamatic X-15, a starter roll of 126 film and a pack of Magicubes, (which were more fun to stomp than fireflies). Serendipitously, my father rented some office space at the 325 W. Huron building in [...]