While he was in NYC for our Shoot NYC event three weeks ago (where he presented), our friend, LA-based photographer and filmmaker August Bradley, did a portrait series of the Occupy Wall Street protesters that has been featured in the Washington Post and the New York Times: Lens blog. If you aren’t familiar with what’s [...]

Shoot-NYC has become know as the event to attend during the busy October photo season in the city. Only in its third year, the event continues to grow hosting three times the numbers from the previous year. Shoot-NYC is based on the premise of educating the photographic community, raising the technical level of photographers, so [...]

Shoot-NYC, the annual professional forum held by industry leaders broncolor and Hasselblad is back, with exciting new photographic forums and live shooting sets that incorporate the latest photographic technology. By attending Shoot-NYC, you will learn from top industry professionals. Educational seminars will cover topics that range from reproduction, fashion and commercial photography, to the ever-changing [...]

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 [...]

Lighting a Set or Scene Every photographer has their own preferences as to where to place their strobe(s) when setting up a shot. Now although there are no firm rules to this, I would like to introduce you to a simple theory in which “you” can choose what is best for you in every situation. [...]

I have always been passionate about The Arts and my first artistic endeavor was the constant painting of this hallway in my parents home; it was a massive canvas to me. I must have drawn, scribbled and painted it two or three times and everytime my father and mother would scold me and paint over [...]

We caught up with Elias Wessel on a shoot this week.  Here’s what he had to say: CK: How did you become a photographer?  Describe your career development? EW: I would have to say that graffiti was the catalyst for my love of art. At the age of 16 meeting Sigmar Polke at his huge [...]

Contributor: August Bradley: After running across a long-time collector of costumes from the Carnevale di Venezia (Carnival of Venice), I discovered the incredible range of hand-crafted masks.  There was such emotion and personality to them, and the ornate décor conjured images of the masquerade parties they were designed for.  When Hasselblad approached me to do [...]