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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 [...]

We recently caught up with broncolor user and super prolific photographer Colin Andersen after he shot soem new video footage.  We continue to see more and more of our community of still photographers making the jump into video bringing new and exciting perspectives to the moving image. – CK
By Guest Contributor: Colin Andersen:
I recently made [...]

And to beat the aberration of the Buggles ’79 hit right away with one breath to death: No, definitely not! Digital didn’t kill the Photo-Star! So if you’re one of them, don’t bother reading further, your status quo is secured! Take a break and enjoy the park!
I have had several talks recently during which I [...]

From Capture to a Flash file in 120 seconds!

FOBA Turna – Photographic Turntable – Automated Flash Maker from Bron Imaging on Vimeo.
The expectations of clients booking photographers for web based products shots has changed over the last decade. Photographers are not only expected to produce traditional two dimensional images they’re also expected to produce seamlessly [...]

How did you become a photographer? Describe your career development?
My father was a photographer, a commercial photographer in fact. He did weddings as long as I can remember, but it was his portraits that interested me most. I sort of “tripped” into photography with all the photographic gear that surrounded me. What started as [...]

I started taking pictures early on, around the age of 12. For both, my father and grandfather photography was a hobby. My grandfather was actually a serious amateur-film-geek. So I grew up with Super 8 and started to film occasionally on trips and family vacations when I was eleven years old. I loved the medium [...]

What are we going to shoot today?
This is a portrait I was commissioned to do for new clients Joanne and Fred. I always want to have the final product reflect the people’s personalities and after getting to know the two of them… they like to have fun, they’re quirky and they both love to [...]

Perhaps the most common question l get asked as a photographer is “where do you get your ideas from?” Often, it’s not an easy one to answer with my usual response being locations, props and models etc. But on a recent trip
along The Great Ocean Road in Victoria Australia, a rare opportunity arose where l [...]

The new Power reflector for the Ringflash C is a light shaper with a high-gloss, slightly satined inner surface coating. With the new accessory, the typical Ringflash C light becomes harder and the light coverage angle smaller, which results in increased contrast. The new reflector is highly efficient, at 6 1/2 feet ISO 100, it [...]

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 a [...]