360 degree animation is up-and-coming in the photography world. For e-commerce photographers, the need to capture the attention of consumers is increasing more important. What they have found is that online stores that feature 360 degree product animations increase consumer conversions. Customers enjoy the ability to “virtually” touch a product, and they feel their attachment [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

18 years of relentless experimentation and perseverance have made the photographer, Tarun khiwal, who has won numerous awards in photography and is the first and only recipient of the coveted Hasselblad Masters Award in India to date. Although an engineer by education he became a photographer by choice and now has become one of the [...]

We received a lot of feedback from people about our last Profoto post.  Some readers were shocked, some excited, some expressed disbelief.    So I took a look back in my emails and found an email that Shinichi Maruyama sent me after he compared the Scoro to the Pro 8a.  For the disbelievers, Shinichi is probably [...]

Visual Artist and Photographer Saria Atiye generously gives us an insight into her process and inspiration. CK: How did you become a photographer? Describe your career development? SA: Having studied at several Academies of Art all over Germany, it took me quite a while to find the passion for photography. I started with graphic design, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]