© art streiber
November 19, 2009 - When we asked celebrity photographers for their advice, we heard lots of stories about great portrait concepts that never came to fruition because a skeptical star or an anxious publicist nixed the idea. So, we asked: What was the most startling thing you ever got a star to do, and what did you have to do to convince them to give it a try? The answer was, often, not very complicated. More »
Photo © John Michael Cooper
November 02, 2009 - The Lighting Issue More »
© corey rich / aurora photos
November 02, 2009 - Knowing how to light a still-production set is not enough; motion requires bigger, more expensive lights. More »
© david hobby
November 02, 2009 - David Hobby—aka “The Strobist”—shares some of his favorite tips for lighting with little to no gear. More »
© john michael cooper
November 02, 2009 - Three wedding and commercial photographers share their secrets for handling lighting challenges. More »
© Aperture / Henry Art Gallery / Photo by Eirik Johnson
November 02, 2009 - Our baker’s dozen of exceptional books published in 2009. More »
© the Blackstone Group / Photo by Edward Keating
November 02, 2009 - New York-based design firm Addison utilizes a wide range of photography to create concept-driven communication materials. More »
© John Harrington
November 02, 2009 - A new, revised edition of John Harrington's book, Best Business Practices for Photographers (Course Technology PTR) was just released. We asked him about Chapter 6: Setting Your Photographer's Fee. More »
© mel melcon / los angeles times
November 02, 2009 - Photographer Mel Melcon envisioned an open, friendly neighborhood at an RV park for airport employees in an L.A. Airport parking lot. But closed doors and drawn shades told a different, more difficult story. More »
© diner's club / photo by andy anderson
November 02, 2009 - After several years using the same print campaign, Diner's Club turned to DraftFCB in Chicago a year ago to reinvigorate its advertising. Rather than changing the brand identity, DraftFCB sought to reveal it. More »
© ford mustang / photo by roy ritchie
November 02, 2009 - For the 2010 Ford Mustang campaign, the creatives at Team Detroit set out to capture the emotional connection drivers feel with the car. So when it came to hiring a photographer for the campaign, Team Detroit went with an editorial photographer. More »
© carhartt / photo by jason lindsey
November 02, 2009 - Take one photographer, four shoot days, five homeowners, 11 crew members, 12 production days, 14 models, two broken taillights, 16 cans of bug spray, and one crazy stylist, and you'll have the shoot for the new Carhartt campaign, says photographer Jason Lindsey. Carhartt, a 120-year-old company that makes sturdy work clothes, hired Lindsey to help broaden its look. More »
© gold's gym / photo by justen lacoursiere
November 02, 2009 - To keep everyone engaged and inspired at Calgary-based ad agency TAXI, creative staff will conceive of and pitch unsolicited ideas to clients with the hope of getting the chance to execute the concept. Using this agency-originated process, TAXI recently landed the opportunity to create a pair of ads for Gold's Gym. More »
© Stacia Spragg-Braude
November 02, 2009 - A newspaper assignment turns into a ten-year project documenting a Navajo family’s struggle. More »
© david lachapelle
November 02, 2009 - 50 leading photographers talk technique and vision in a new book by Lewis Blackwell. More »
© condé nast publications, Inc. / photo by Irving Penn
November 02, 2009 - In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Irving Penn transformed every genre of photography. For every commercial photographer who aspired to make art, Penn's working life represented the ideal. When Penn died October 7 at the age of 92, his colleagues and fellow photographers paid tribute to his extraordinary legacy and character. More »
Photo © Joni Sternbach
October 02, 2009 - The Tools & Technique Issue More »
© 2007 lara kastner
October 02, 2009 - Food photography minus the yum factor in a new crop of cookbooks on molecular gastronomy. More »
© joni sternbach
October 02, 2009 - Four photographers discuss projects using 19th-century processes, including wet-plate collodion ambrotypes and tintypes. More »
© stewart cohen
October 02, 2009 - Still photographers share their tips on how to approach video production while avoiding costly mistakes. More »
© nigel parry / CPi www.nigelparryphoto.com
October 02, 2009 - The editorial and advertising photographer talks about the preparation—and perspiration—behind his favorite photographic challenges. More »
© 2009 chris hamilton
October 02, 2009 - As the Atlanta Celebrates Photography festival gets into full swing, we provide you with a key to the city’s vibrant fine-art and commercial photo community. More »
© sean kennedy santos
October 02, 2009 - Hybrid communications firm Liska + Associates turns to photography to create multi-channel branding programs for its clients. More »
Courtesy of Michael Foley
October 02, 2009 - Foley is one of five New York gallerists behind Project 5, which will launch a series of collaborative projects in the coming months. Other members include Amador Gallery, ClampArt, Daniel Cooney Fine Art and Sasha Wolf Gallery. More »
© Alan Spearman / The commercial appeal
October 02, 2009 - Newspapers have jumped headlong into video to broaden their appeal and remake themselves on the Web, but few have gone as far into new territory as the Commercial Appeal in Memphis did earlier this year in a joint project with MTV. More »
© the peninsula hotel / photo by annie leibovitz
October 02, 2009 - High-end hotel advertising often plays to a traveler's appetite for fantasy—models in big sunglasses sipping drinks in the poolside cabana, surrounded by beautiful people; a day of pampering in the spa; a romantic dinner in a chic restaurant. The Peninsula Hotels chose a different tack for their "Portraits of the Peninsula" campaign, a Leibovitz-photographed homage to the standard-bearers for their hotels: the employees. More »
© encore Condominiums / pursuit group / photos by sean busher
October 02, 2009 - Photographer Sean Busher was assigned to create an unusual picture for a large billboard in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina: A photographic rendering of an apartment floor plan. More »
© bmw / photos by anton watts
October 02, 2009 - In the hopes of changing the public's antiquated view of diesel cars, BMW and its ad agency, GSD&M's Idea City, partnered with Mad Men and Vanity Fair magazine to create a five-page pictorial as part of the automaker's Diesel Initiative. More »
© banana republic / photos by garry mcleod
October 02, 2009 - Forget about the sex, the drinking, the office politics. What makes the TV show so fascinating is the clothing. This fall, Banana Republic promoted its tie-in to the show and gave customers tips on looking like your favorite Mad Men character through a handy style guide. More »
© mitch epstein / American Power by mitch epstein published by steidl
October 02, 2009 - Mitch Epstein used large-format cameras and wall-size prints to examine America’s production and consumption of energy. More »
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