My interview with the Lighten Up and Shoot Team

I was recently interviewed by Michael and Andy for their website, LightenUpandShoot.com. They are a great pair of guys who provide an friendly, innovative approach to shooting to street photography, with and without flash. I really enjoyed my conversation with them and I hope you do to. You can listen to our conversation by clicking here or visiting their website. Let me know what you think.

Listener Photo of the Week - February 16, 2011

Photo by Georgios Karamanis

Good design is often rooted in simplicity and that's certainly the case with this composition. With just a trio of elements, Georgios Karamanis makes an image that really stop you in your tracks and forces you to settle in. There's a lot of energy in this image even though the elements are static. Lovely capture.

The Candid Frame #107 - Gale Tattersal

Gale Tattersal is a master cinematographer who caused quite a stir when he decided to photograph last year's season finale of the popular television show, House using 5D Mark IIs. His effective use of a camera originally intended to create stills for filming a full episode of a network television showcased how this technology continues to change and evolve. His years of experience behind the lens has provided him great insight into the use of light, composition, movement and time. While many focus on the technology itself, Gale Tattersal is a big proponent for using these new capabilities to improve our ability to tell stories whether they find a home on a television, computer or even a mobile phone. He has recently been honored as a Canon Explorer of Light. You can discover more about his work by visiting his website and you can also find out more information regarding his popular HDSLR workshops.

Gale Tattersal recommends the work of Rodney Charters.

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Listener Photo of the Week - February 5, 2011

Image by Peter Amador

Having shot in my fair shares of boxing gyms, they are notoriously terrible with respect to lighting. Even if you have a camera capable of high ISO, the light is just piss poor. So, using strobe becomes essential. I love the way that Peter Amador creatively used the strobe off-camera and took advantage of the resulting shadow to create a very strong photograph.