Guy Tal (www.guytal.com) is a photographer, writer, instructor, and philosopher who splits his time between all of these things and just living. He has been rather prolific in producing eBooks, and this one, Intimate Portraits of the Colorado Plateau, is a mix of philosophy, memories, and of course, images. His style and philosophy are refreshing in a world of highly...
Sean Hagwell (seanhagwell.com) is a celebrity and entertainment photographer who at a young age has started collecting a strong portfolio in the record and related industries. His work has appeared in Boston Magazine, Huffington Post's magazine "Olympic Issue," and for many companies including Sony Records and soon-to-be-released content for Warner Entertainment/Word Records. CONCEIVING THE PARACHUTE SHOOT "The Parachute image was...
Jacom Stephens (jacomstephens.com) is an award-winning commercial photographer based out of Salt Lake City with nearly twenty years of experience in the advertising industry. He has worked for many local and national brands and has built a reputation of creating stunning, impeccably lit images. Jacom specializes in on-location lifestyle photography, typically of people using products in various situations, but does...
Laura Siebert (www.laura-siebert.com) is a premier children's photographer, with two studios in Denver and St. Louis, Eyesmiles Photography (TM). As a former pediatric intensive care nurse, she is known for her special rapport with children and their families. She is sought after for images that showcase the connections between people and for her ability to make every child look and...
Consider this a fall 2012 cornucopia of workshops coming up: some are the classic fall landscape 'shops and some are the high end artistic stuff. We do enjoy pulling out some really interesting ones from time to time, like Maine Media Workshop's photographic journey on a boat, which (though pricey) may be a great way to travel and photograph the...
When Canon announced its release of the new 40 mm f/2.8 STM Pancake lens, the photographic community sat up and noticed. A lens that was flatter than a Canon 1.4 x Extender? And only $199? This I gotta see. I am very interested in high quality equipment and when that equipment is simplified and lightened in weight for my travels,...
Mirrorless cameras offer the compact size of a point and shoot with the professional interchangeable lenses found on professional digital SLR cameras. With many manufacturers such as Fuji, Nikon, and Panasonic, entering the mirrorless camera market it was no surprise that Canon would release it's own version of the popular format. The new EOS M features an 18 megapixel APS-C...
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO Morocco historically has been one of the United States' long-time allies, with Morocco being the first country to recognize the United States as a sovereign nation in 1777. It also happens to be one of the safer countries in the Middle East for travel. Europeans flock to the country, both for its proximity with cheap flights and as...
With photos published everywhere from Powder and Bike Magazine to commercial shoots for companies such as Karhu and Black Diamond, Steven Lloyd (www.stevelloydphoto.com) has positioned himself as one of today’s leading action sports photographers. A Utah native, Steve Lloyd’s talent for photography has grown alongside his passion for the outdoors. He continually strives to capture the raw essence and emotion...
I have to be honest here. I have never been prone to use an on-camera flash. I do use continuous lights for video and portrait work, but I have always tried to keep it simple. In the landscape, I am used to natural light and positioning subjects in my travel photography in available light so as to maximize the...
Photographer Michael Kenna Critics and viewers and writers have all described Michael Kenna's (www.michaelkenna.net) work in similar terms: "serene" "mysterious" "intimate" "humane" and "powerful." Michael Kenna's black and white medium format work has changed little in terms of format through his career, but his subject matter has moved, as he has said, from the obviously "beautiful" things such as Venetian...
Kah Kit Yoong (www.magichourtravelscapes.com) is an Australian-based travel photographer who inadvertently picked up an SLR camera seven years ago. He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious international photography awards such as Veolia / BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Windland Smith Rice contest. His articles and photos have appeared in many publications such as Popular Photography, National Geographic, and...
Joshua Caldwell (www.joshuacaldwell.com) was born in Colorado in 1975. He studied art and architecture at the University of Utah, being awarded a BFA in 2003. Joshua attended graduate school at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. In 2008, Joshua completed his thesis on the Polaroid SX-70 camera and its influence on fine art photographers. He graduated in 2008...
Wayson Wight (waysonwight.com) creates dramatic imagery across the Western United States, in a fine art tradition. Based out of Salt Lake City, Utah, he has taken images from the towering peaks of the Rocky Mountains to the stretching coastlines of the Pacific Ocean. Wayson’s goal is to create photographs that inspire the viewer to take the time to get out...
Tailored around the increasing demands of creative professionals, Wacom announced two new members of the Cintiq family, the Cintiq 24HD touch and Cintiq 22HD. As with the Cintiq 24HD, Wacom’s latest Cintiqs feature best-in-class widescreen HD displays, ultra- wide viewing angles and premium color performance. To give professional artists and designers enhanced focus on their work and creativity, Wacom introduces...
There are two types of "teaching" professionals in my estimation. Those who teach to teach, being compensated because they teach well, and those who teach to be compensated. This can further be broken down into those who are "good" at teaching and those who are mediocre. I make these generalizations (and I realize that they are gross generalizations) because I...
Earlier this month, Canon introduced its new STM lenses, including the EF 40mm f/2.8 STM lens. STM lenses include Canon's new Stepping Motor technology, which allows the lenses to smoothly and silently focus, and when used in combination with the new Movie Servo AF feature (found in Canon's Rebel T4i), achieve continuous AF while recording video. The new stepping motor...
Nick Didlick's (www.nickdidlick.com) extensive career in photojournalism has spanned over three decades, two continents, and photographer positions at United Press Canada, Reuters, the Vancouver Sun, and the National Post. He has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and is a National Newspaper Award-winning photographer. He is now widely sought after as a speaker on digital imaging workflow, counting Nikon,...
Photographer Yun-Fei Tou Born in 1975, Yun-Fei Tou first encountered the art of photography in 1991, as a student at The American School in Switzerland. In 1998, he graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a major in photography. In 2007 and 2008, Yun-Fei Tou received the Golden Tripod Award for Photography, presented by the Government Information Office, Executive...
The photography world is a complex jungle of genres, galleries, awards, and workshops. The amount of information that we sift through can be overwhelming, and yet sometimes we come across something that seems so interesting, we just have to show it around. Foundry Photoworkshops offers a photojournalism course this July 29-August 4, 2012. Some of the top photojournalists around will...
Photographers are an opinionated lot, and those who are relatively new to the game may not see the reason one might want a fixed focal length lens (a "prime" lens) over a zoom lens. After all, shouldn't a zoom lens always be better in that it can cover more focal lengths? As with many things, tradeoffs exists between flexibility, contrast,...
With enough time in photography, most photographers begin to gravitate towards genres and subject matters that mean the most to them. Utah-based photographer Steve Proctor began to move towards the stories of WWII soon after his passion for photography increased. He has photographed the Normandy beaches multiple times, revisiting the now-quiet battlefields that changed history. True to the holiday today...
Based in Anchorage, Alaska Matt and Agnes Hage (www.hagephoto.com) work together to produce high-caliber active lifestyle and adventure travel photography for clients worldwide. While they shoot plenty of work in the Chugach Mountains out their back door, they have been known to haul an obscene amount of gear to far away places. The couple looks forward to collaborating with clients...
