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Art Buyer’s Bible
13
May
What started as a personal blog in 2008, a list of retouching and 3D animation studios that was used as an archive for personal learning and inspiration, has become an impressive collection of retouchers, illustrators and 3D artists and studios from across the globe. In 2013, Art Buyer’s Bible emerged when its owner and creator, Chris, decided to make something out of his list.
Today, ArtBuyersBible.com assists professionals and businesses to connect and network with advertising agencies and photographers to collaborate and serve as a pool of inspiration for young artists. FashionPhotographyBlog.com caught up with Chris from Art Buyer’s Bible to talk about his experience as a former freelance retoucher and his brainchild website.
When I asked Chris about his take on the appeal of retouching as a creative art form he replied that “There are a lot of different things that are good with retouching. For starters, it’s often a very fun and creative process to retouch images. People tell you what they are after but it’s up to you to get there. It is really rewarding when you manage to visualize what the client is looking for – when you can help get an image to go all the way; but I also have to say that Photoshop is 90% of what makes it so great. It’s such a fantastic application – maybe needless to say, but still.”
I was intrigued about how the self-starting freelance retoucher first got involved and what led him on to choose a career in photo retouching, he answered “My dad worked as an art director, so when I was growing up we always had the latest Apple computer at home, with the latest applications. Nowadays, everyone has the latest stuff, but back then (1994-96) it was not same. Many families had computers, but they were mostly used for games or word processors. I learned the overall basics at that time, but most of all I got a head start which drew me to go to a media program in high school.
After school, my cousin got me into a market department of a large fashion company and after working there for a while as an art director’s assistant, I met a fashion photographer who took a lot of pictures for the fashion company. He had a quite small company at that time, but he was hiring several photographers and retouchers as they were growing. And that sounded very fun, so I started working for him. I worked there for about 4 years and it was then I really started my retouching career. Some of the senior retouchers at the company believed in me and helped me develop. They were a big inspiration. After that, I started my own company, together with another retoucher and a photographer.”
From professional retoucher to website creator, I asked Chris how did the origins of Art Buyer’s Bible came to be, he explained “I have gotten all my inspiration from looking at other artists’ and studios’ work. Keeping watch on the big studios around the world always drew me in to create the same great work as they did. And while looking around to find other retouchers and great images I found a lot of studios. So I started collecting all of them on a blog. After a while, the list of studios was over a 100. So I decided to do something more of it and created the site. There are now over 200 studios and artist listed on Art Buyer´s Bible.”
The website offers something unique to the industry, according to Chris, “Art Buyer´s Bible has the best list of post-production studios on the web. There are endless of inspiration for both newbies and professionals. I also think we have done a really good job creating the directory overview. You can easily see what and where the great work is coming from.”
When asked about what’s on the horizon for the site and if there are any future plans to include photographers, Chris gave this answer “My future plan is to give advertising agencies personal help with finding collaborators… Since it all started with me looking for inspiration for my own work, I mainly searched for retouch studios. I’ve been thinking about if I should add photographers too. Maybe, but not in any near future. There are also so many, so then I have to think of a good way of sorting them. We’ll see.”
For people who are looking to do their own retouching, Chris recommends the following: “You need a computer with Photoshop and a big bunch of inspiration, which you can find at ArtBuyersBible.com :). Pretty soon you will also need a Wacom tablet.”
If you would like more information about Art Buyer’s Bible you can visit the website at ArtBuyersBible.com or email info@artbuyersbible.com
PHOTO CREDITS:
Picture 1: Monica Chamorro, Photo: Jenny Brough
Picture 2: Fernando Arrais, Photo: Valerio Trabanco
Picture 3: BlutsBrueder, Photographer: Matthias Zenter, Retoucher: Franz Steiner
Picture 4: Glowfrog, 100%CGI except model
Picture 5 – The Livingroom, Photo: Frieke Janssens
The Photography Bible [BOOK REVIEW]
13
Apr
Confession: I’m a sucker for books like this!
‘The Photography Bible brings you up-to-the-minute information on the rapidly changing world of photography, including the latest digital cameras … [and] offers expert photographic advice to help improve your photography ….’
I absolutely love a single book that has the full story. The trouble is that, at the immediate moment the author hands his text file to the book’s publisher, the whole game changes! Camera models change almost overnight and the whole tech story is a very mobile feast!
But, in spite of those cautions, Daniel Lezano’s book does a fine job of packaging most of the data into a single publication.
The opening chapter does a thorough job of describing the current camera types, including generous illustrations and detailed text: from DSLR to Compact System Cameras (MILC) or digi compacts, bridge models, waterproof models … plus a brief rundown on medium format DSLRs, camcorders, the weird Lytro camera and even smart phones with camera capabilities. It should help prospective buyers to narrow down their choices before spending the hard-earned.
Then follows details on camera components: sensors, stabilisers, sensor cleaning systems, LCD screens, Live View, HD video etc.
For the more curious there is some excellent info on the different AF systems which surely, is one of the most misunderstood of camera functions.
Similarly, with such matters as exposure: the role of the lens aperture in exposure and the ‘look’ of an image; differing modes such as auto, Program AE etc; metering systems such as multi zone and spot; how to deal with excessively dark or bright scenes.
My congrats to the author for opening up the subject of resolution and the tricky subject of the ‘megapixel myth’. May I quote? ‘There is a very common misconception that you can determine the quality of a camera simply by judging it on the number of pixels.’ Bravo!
An area that may confuse even the more digitally-educated reader is the subject of sensor types: CMOS and CCD are discussed, along with useful detail on Fujifilm’s X-Trans CMOS and Foveon’s X3 CCD … but I have a disconcerting feeling that tech change is proceeding at such a velocity that there are already sensor types out there that scream for attention.
The book then moves on to subjects that are more in the realm of photo handy hints, such as dealing with white balance, types of memory cards and a useful discussion of how cards are speed rated.
More: file formats; flash and studio lighting; filters; lenses, along with the role of wide and tele focal lengths; printers and scanners; image software and the mysteries of Photoshop; basic composition.
Overall, I found the book to be useful for the newbie to digital photography. I felt, however, it could have gained by including more technical detail on digital hardware, why sensors do what they do along with their foibles, etc.
A good starter. Well illustrated. Clear text.
The book could have benefitted from a chapter on video shooting with digicams, especially now that digi still cameras have developed such enormous capabilities in this area!
Author: Delezano.
Publisher: D&C.
Size: 25x19x1.5cm. 176 pages.
ISBN: 1 4463 0217 0.
Price: Get a price on the Photography Bible at Amazon.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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The Photography Bible [BOOK REVIEW]
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