Dylan Patrick’s The Cinematic Headshot is a tutorial from Fstoppers. In six hours Dylan shows how he shoots and Photoshops his headshots. His signature style is a bit of Hollywood style lighting and a blurred background. He’s one of those photographers that likes to shoot outdoors with studio lighting. During one of his sample shoots I was reminded of a scene from Lust for Life where van Gogh tied his canvas to his easel in a strong wind. I would have been tempted to find someplace else to shoot or wait for another day. Dylan talks about gear and how his…
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Film Vs Digital Is this Still up for Debate?
As a photographer, I met a lot of people that want to make small talk, often enough about photography. I have been taking photos professionally for about ten years, I started off with long roll CameraZs, used Medium format Mamyias and then moved on to Digital. The names and brand of digital cameras are meaningless, and this is one of the prime reasons that people who love thier Liecas have a hard time dealing with digital photography. Just as a car used to be a Ford or Chevy or Buick, but is now nothing more than a jellybean and many…
Annie Leibovitz and The Queen of England
BBC One is a television station in Great Brittan. The Brits love tabloids, I mean, they really love them. Even the normal newspapers have regular gossip sections and nudie photos. So anything that is scandalous is what sells. Throw in the Royal Family, and whamo!, big bucks. So BBC One was running a teaser that showed an unhappy Queen Elisabeth storming out of a photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz. It seems Annie asked the Queen to remove her crown for a photo or two and the Queen was not amused. That was the tease.“The BBC would like to apologise to…