CreativeLive.com RULEZ.

Ive watched 3 online programs now with them and they have all been very different, of incredible value and soooo worth the time difference to get up early (or watch on re-runs). Topics covered have been on creative posing witht the enigmatic Bambie Cantrell, Building Wedding Business with Jasmine Star (not particularly interested in weddings but there were some GREAT selling YOURSELF points in there) and Introduction to Final Cut with Ric Kasnoff the self professed Adobe genius.
Next up on my calendar are FOundations of a working Photographer with Zach Arias,  Food Photography with Penny De Los Santos, and Lighten Up and SHoot Street Photography with Mike and Andy (and thier website with oodles of tipsnthings to check out.
Join the site. Rewatch the next day. Support CreativeLive as they are doing a incredible job amd buy the workshops at the early bird prices and have them forever!
 

Inspirational Images - Psc Visual Diary - Assorted Images

Elinor Carucci

Loretta Lux

FC Fundlach

Eggleston

Tom Chambers

Helmut Newton

Lori Nix

Janieta Eyre

In-camera tilting

Use of creative tilting. When TO and when NOT. 
Horizontal lines dont always create movement. They can create chaos and disorientation. Leans a little to left around wedding photography and portraiture but transferable at any rate. Good read.

BEN TROVATO FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Ben Travato Fashion Blog
"Ben Trovato first saw the light of day in July 2009. Through passion and dedication, creator Marius Troy has created a platform where his vision to help aspiring fashion photographers become discovered, as well as generating inspiration to all interested in the art form, can be accomplished.
Since its creation, Ben Trovato has had almost 100 million hits, and millions of visits. It has been featured in fashion magazines all over the world, and has quickly grown to be the place the business turns to for inspiration and new, raw talent.
BT has opened doors for hundreds of photographers, made careers, and been a portal where not only the successful photographers had their work featured, but a place where the up and coming talents are selected to showcase their work.
The site has grown not only in status and popularity, but in size as well. Fall 2010, Founder and Editor in Chief Marius Troy invited Belgian art and fashion enthusiast Bjørn Van Poucke as part of the team, responsible as Assistant Editor and Marketing Manager. The most recent addition as Communications Manager, Michelle Lanning, finalizes the Holy Trinity Ben Trovato stands for."

Interestings docos

Some fabulous documentaries unearthed this week. Julius Shulman, frank
Lloyd wright, black white and grey, Joe Satori, exit through the gift shop, vogue September issue, and a few other interelated docs. Netflix is awesome for Nat Geo!


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Julius Shulman doco on Netflix...

If you have Netflix and you love modernism - go check it out.  Its an amazing retrospective on his work as well as a biography just before he passed in 2009...

Creativelive.com

Rewatched jasmine star this weekend. Building wedding business. Even though I'm not contemplating this line of business i think she has a great way of communicating and passed along some great universal ideas of building your business by starting with yourself. You sell you. Best your own best product!!


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