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 [...]

Photographer and director Amber Gray, and cinematographer and lighting designer Julian Bernstein are featured in a new series of lighting videos on the Bron Video Group on Vimeo.  broncolor: The Light videos are designed to help photographers define their toolbox.  Each light shaper has a specific light characteristic; this series will explain the light quality produced by [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I was lucky enough to steal a couple minutes of Elias Wessel’s time this past week over a cup of coffee in Midtown.  It had been a couple weeks and I wanted to see the images from his recent project. “We just created a color exploding dreamy rainbow-like eye candy of grandiose surrealism with supermodel [...]

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. [...]

Today, we’re interviewing Fred Blake, Business Partner and Manager of Foto care Rentals. Fred, having been in the photo industry for many years, has a particularly broad knowledge base incorporating both the shooting, manufacturing and retail sides of the photo industry. Fred has been with Foto Care for fifteen years. First off, why would a [...]

When did I know I was going to be a photographer?  I guess the better question would be, when did I know I wanted to be an artist?  You frequently hear the old cliché, “It’s in the blood,” but for me, I really think it is.  My Mum and siblings are all artists of various [...]