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’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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The concept of the Omahyra Mota shoot is based on Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”. The story has been shoot in New York for the cover of the Norwegian magazine “Vixen” including 4 spreads. The editorial focuses on an article about Dominican Republic supermodel Omahyra Mota. Mota has modeled for designers such as Alexander McQueen, Fendi, [...]

Over the weekend we were lucky enough to get a few words from Ryan Enn Hughes about his latest video project for the Winter Olympics.  Here is Ryan’s input below: In late 2009 I was commissioned by The Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad to create a film project that “celebrated the human body in motion”. Experimenting [...]

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 [...]

We just happened upon a really cool new website called F-Stop. This online photo magazine currently features on article on Andrew Zuckerman, an SVA graduate. He utilized a broncolor Grafit A4 power pack, a Pulso Twin 4 bi-tube head, a pellet gun, and a microphone to stunning effect in photographing the explosion of a water [...]