Imagine this scenario: You’re walking down a side street in Bangkok in the late afternoon, and you pass by an old man sitting on his patio. He’s drinking a cup of tea and staring off into the distance, and he just exudes an aura of contentment. The light is perfect, and the viewfinder in your mind’s eye composes the perfect Continue Reading
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You’ve been reading their articles for months or years, have you ever wondered “Who are the photographers who write for DPS”? We thought it would be a good time to introduce them to you through a series of interviews. No worries, Darren will get his turn too.
Today meet travel, lifestyle and hospitality photographer Matt Dutile.
I’ve been shooting for just over four years now. I picked up a camera in 2008 on a whim while bored in a desk job, and it just started to click for me. I poured myself into it, advancing my technique, honing my perspective and building a business.
2. Do you have a full time job or are you a full time photographer?I’ve been a full-time photographer for a little over two years now. I’m on the commercial side of the business shooting primarily travel, lifestyle and hospitality images for various editorials, ad agencies and in-house corporations.
Travel. It’s my real passion and I’m fortunate that it takes me all over the globe to meet many amazing people, discover new landscapes and generally marvel at the world’s diversity.
I started writing for DPS in late 2009, about a year after I picked up a camera. It was all rather serendipitous. Back then I used to share some images on the forums and they would be highlighted by Darren in the newsletter as posts by members. After that happened a few times I wrote Darren a thank you note and expressed interest in adding some tips. It worked out well and as I continued to learn and refine my craft I was able to share those thoughts with DPS readers.
I rotate between the Nikon D4 and D800. I enjoy the ergonomics, color set and image quality out of those cameras – particularly the large file sizes can be great for big prints with the D800. I don’t have a favorite lens per se, but I’m often using the Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 for my travel work. It allows me the flexibility I need to make shots on the go in any space/environment. I always have packed a 70-200 and few primes as well depending on the nature of the assignment.
Be an art director for yourself. Always be working to improve your craft and hone your eye. Know what makes a good image and what doesn’t – curate your work and it will help you to improve. Be ruthless in your personal honesty.
Well I don’t want to announce it quite next, but I’ve been working on a few cool photo projects that tie together an idea from images across the globe. Aside from that I’ve got Belize, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland up on the travel schedule – and we’ll see where else my clients would like to send me. Always an adventure!
Best spot is probably my website at mattdutile.com. Other than that I keep up a frequent presence on my Facebook page and on Tumblr.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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Meet The Photographers Who Write For Digital Photography School ~ Matt Dutile
Part 1. A three-day event held by the Military Jeep Club of Queensland, from Friday 17th through to Sunday 19th October 2008. I arrived on the Saturday. In this footage you can see: Willys MB and Ford GPW jeeps Diamond T wrecker demonstrating how to lift a Studebaker US6 truck The ultra-rare australian Scout Car S1 of which about 40 were built for the americans for airfield defence. There are only two in existence and this is the only restored and driveable one.
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You’ve been reading their articles for months or years, have you ever wondered “Who are the photographers who write for DPS”? We thought it would be a good time to introduce them to you through a series of interviews. No worries, Darren will get his turn too.
Today meet Valerie Jardin, born and raised in France and currently living in Minnesota, USA.
I picked up my first DSLR about 15 years ago. It wasn’t a life-long hobby like many other photographers. It has since become a true passion, almost an obsession!
Valerie Jardin – Photographer, Instructor
I am a full time photographer. I shoot mostly interiors for commercial clients, some food as well as lifestyle portraits. Most of my time and energy is now devoted to leading international photo workshops. Sharing the passion for this beautiful craft and teaching people to see is the most gratifying experience.
I would have to pick street photography but more in the travel sense of the term. Including people in my frame to add life and a sense of place to my images. The quest for the story in a single frame is as exciting as the resulting image itself. I can spend days walking the street of any large city without tiring as long as I have my camera with me.
I started writing for DPS in 2010. I think it’s the teacher in me that drove me to writing articles to help other photographers learn from my mistakes and successes. My articles are all inspired by my own experiences. I love helping others and we are so lucky to be part of such a great global community of photographers from all walks of life.
I shoot with a Canon 5D Mark II and my favorite lens is the 24-70mm f/2.8. Yet, I find myself traveling light and shooting mostly with the 40mm pancake lens when working on self projects or shooting street photography. I love that lens, it’s sharp and inconspicuous!
Go out with your camera as often as possible, everyday if you can. Shoot with intent and make every frame count.
I am adding new photography workshops every year. I am running two workshops in Paris and two on the beautiful Normandy coast in France in 2013, those are all inclusive week-long workshops. I also offer weekend workshops in the US, San Diego in March and Minneapolis in June. I am also excited to announce a workshop in Melbourne, Australia to take place in February 2014! Ultimately for me it’s all about teaching and sharing my passion for this beautiful craft and hanging out with other photographers.
They can visit my website to see my commercial photography as well as my personal work. It also has links to everything such as my blog, my workshops, and social media platforms. I’m the most active on my Facebook page.
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I would like to thank Valerie for her contributions to the photography community through her writing on DPS and also for starting this round of interviews. We hope you come away from these short interviews with a better idea of who is writing for DPS. Please let us know how we are doing.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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Meet The Photographers Who Write For Digital Photography School ~ Valerie Jardin
You’ve been reading their articles for months or years, have you ever wondered “Who are the photographers who write for DPS”? We thought it would be a good time to introduce them to you through a series of interviews. No worries, Darren will get his turn too.
Today meet Elizabeth Halford.
I’ve been taking pictures since I was about 10 years old. I spent all my pocket money on film for my Kodak 110 instamatic. I’ve been seriously teaching myself photography since 2008.
2. Do you have a full time job or are you a full time photographer?I’m a full time photographer and blogger. I also have a hand in running a charity, Cure Rett.
If I had to choose just one genre of photography, it would be children’s portraiture
I started writing for DPS in 2009 when I first started blogging about photography to keep my own site interesting. Darren hired me and so I was writing for DPS before I really even knew what blogging was all about! Thanks to that opportunity, I’ve built a really fantastic readership on my blog where I write about photography and business in “real.plain.english”. I learned from Darren that being nice to people online is a total win-win and that we highly underestimate the power of giving!
I shoot with a Canon 5DmkIII. A 7D is my backup. My two favourite lenses are the 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II and 50mm f/1.2. I wear a ShootSac to keep my lenses accessible while shooting.
Take pictures!
Well one of my most exciting projects this year has been getting my branded car. It’s certainly made waves! I got the attention of Mini who went and branded one of their test drive models because they loved mine so much!
My biggest project in 2013 will be my first live workshop “How to sell in Plain English” in March in Southampton to teach photographers how to do in person sales so they can actually make money photographing people! It ain’t rocket science!
I’m also the key photographer on the Picture the Hope Photography Tour which is touring the UK to photograph girls with Rett Syndrome. Some of those shots can be viewed here on the blog I write about my daughter, Grace, who has Rett.
To view my photography, you can visit www.graciemayphotography.com and to visit my blog for photographers, www.elizabethhalford.com. You can connect with me and my growing community on Facebook. My full story can be found here.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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Meet The Photographers Who Write For Digital Photography School ~ Elizabeth Halford
You’ve been reading their articles for months or years, have you ever wondered “Who are the photographers who write for DPS”? We thought it would be a good time to introduce them to you through a series of interviews. No worries, Darren will get his turn too.
Today meet Pye Jirsa from Orange County, California.
I feel like I wasn’t serious about photography until around mid 2008. Before that, it was just dinking around on a point and shoot, which really doesn’t count in my book. We can all say “I have been shooting all my life” but in reality, I wasn’t serious about learning until I decided I wanted to do it professionally in early 2008.
2. Do you have a full time job or are you a full time photographer?I am a full time photographer, it is my job. I am one of the owners of Lin and Jirsa Photography out of Orange County, California.
Wedding photography. I know it probably isn’t what most photographers “aspire” to, but personally I love it. I have tried virtually every type of photography, from landscapes, to runway, editorial, fashion, band, headshots, product, etc. I find that I get bored very quickly with these other types of shoots. It lacks the variety that my ADD personality needs, haha! Weddings have always kept me interested and on my toes because within a single day, I get to wear many “photographic hats” if you will. I get to shoot product shots in the details, portraits, candids, landscapes, editorials with the bridal party, and so forth. I am writing this the day after my last wedding for 2012. It was an extremely technical wedding. Over the course of the day, we counted 19 different lighting setups were used! It’s that variety that keeps me always interested. But, I think best of all, weddings are very uplifting. Being able to document people on such a happy and joyous occasion is something that makes me happy in-turn. After a wedding, I am sort-of on an emotional high which I have never gotten from shooting products, fashion, headshots or any other type of photography.
I think my first article went onto DPS a year or two ago. When we first got into the industry, we had wonderful mentors. They inspired me to want to teach as well, which is why we created SLR Lounge and is why I enjoy writing for other great sites as well, such as DPS.
I shoot with a lot of cameras/lenses. If you were to ask what my all-out favorite camera is at the moment, I would say a Nikon D800. But, out of habit, I am usually shooting on my canon 5D Mark 3. I typically only use my D800 for my personal editorial/landscape work because I find the 5D Mark 3 fits better in our production workflow. My go-to lenses for my 5D Mark 3 are my 50mm 1.2 and my 70-200 F2.8 Mark II. I probably shoot 80-90 percent of my images on those two lenses.
Try out everything before deciding. From types of photography to styles of lighting. Don’t just settle on something because it is “comfortable” or familiar to you. Always push yourself to try new things and develop your own style/look over time, rather than attempting to define it right when you jump in. The biggest mistake I see new photographers making is in trying to define what type of photographer they are, or even what type of lighting they specialize in before having tried anything else. It places an immediate limitation on their technical growth and their development of a unique style.
We completed our Lightroom 4 Workshop Collection mid-way through 2012, and we are just finishing up our 3 Part HDR Photography Workshop on DVD which should be out before the end of the 2012. To be honest, I am not sure what project I want to move on to next. There are so many subjects I enjoy and would like to teach, at the moment, I am just enjoying this short break with family before we decide and kick into the next project in 2013.
Our educational tutorials and products can be seen and purchased from slrlounge.com. We also have a YouTube channel at youtube.com/slrlounge where we post free tutorials and behind the scenes videos on our photography and style. Our studio’s work under Lin and Jirsa Photography can be seen on our website and blog at linandjirsa.com.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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Meet The Photographers Who Write For Digital Photography School ~ Pye Jirsa
Preview of a drunk encounter at a Boston Pizza in Edmonton, Alberta during an Edmonton Oilers game on October 15th 2006. We met a very interesting and very drunk individual. The night was funny and later got kinda weird.
This is a nikon n60 film slr and i just got it today and im testing out the sport mode
You’ve been reading their articles for months or years, have you ever wondered “Who are the photographers who write for dPS”? We thought it would be a good time to introduce them to you through a series of interviews. No worries, Darren will get his turn too!
Today meet Peter West Carey, Seattle and LA based photographer and long time contributor for Digital Photography School.
I became addicted to photography about 22 years ago. I started shooting professionally five years ago.
I live a freelance lifestyle, which means a little of this and a little of that. I earn my wages from writing about photography on DPS and other sites, teaching photography through local and international workshops, leading photography tours to Nepal, Bhutan and Hawaii (and sometimes Alaska) as well as shooting occasional weddings, portraits and products. It’s a mix of all things photography.
I’m going to go broad on this one and call it “Outdoor”. That’s mostly landscape photography but in my mind that also includes travel photography, which some people consider a separate genre. The majority of my travel photography includes landscapes. Can I call it “Outdoor Travel” and cover it all?
I started writing for DPS in the Spring of 2008 when the blog had about 30,000 subscribers.
I shoot with a Canon 7D and 28-300mm L lens most of the time. I also use a Canon EF 10-22mm wide angle lens. Throw on top of that a Tamron 90mm Macro as a kick around lens I picked up for doing some work for them. I use f-stop bags (the Satori and Guru being two excellent bags) and have recently fallen in love with a Think Tank Aviation Navigator roller bag. That bag will help keep my back from bending out of shape. I have three flashes (580 EX II, 580 EX and 420 EX) and some gel filters and Gary Fong adapters for them. I use Singh Ray graduated filters and Hoya haze filters. I also test a variety of gear throughout the year, thanks to shops like BorrowLenses.com and often use Nikon and Pentax gear. I’m not one to be a brand snob; I’ll use whatever is handed to me as long as it produces quality results and won’t take me five hours to read the manual.
My number one tip to a new photographer is to look at light all the time, not just when you have a camera. Start asking questions about how light is falling on the street where you walk to work, the trees above you or the buildings. How does it reflect off surfaces and what is the quality of the light at different times of day. Also, how does the same subject (building, for instance) look in different light? Photography is about capturing light and the sooner you start thinking critically about the light around you every day, the sooner you can improve on capturing that light.
I am hell bent on finishing a series I started on my blog in October called 31+ Days Of Photography Experiments and then turning it into an ebook for those taking my photography classes. The best way to learn photography is to do it, all the time. And to keep learning by experimenting. I am halfway through the series with 20 days of free photography experiments already listed, but I need to hammer out the remaining 15 or so.
I am on the normal slew of sites: Facebook, Twitter, 500px, Google+, Flickr, Etsy, Pinterest. I have a blog and a professional site where people can learn more about the photo tours I lead. I love to help people learn more about photography and that is the main reason I write for DPS. If you have a specific photography question, drop me a line and I’ll do my best to answer it either here or on my blog. And lastly, a link to the 31+ Days Of Photography Experiments previously mentioned. http://thecareyadventures.com/blog/2012/31-days-of-photography-experiments/
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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Meet The Photographers Who Write For Digital Photography School ~ Peter West Carey
Photo from Nicole S. Young’s G+ stream.
One way you can judge the health of a social network is by the relationships that come out of it. There has probably been no more vibrant social network for photographers this past year than Google+. Google+ attracted the most social of photographers early on last year when they launched and they’ve succeed in capturing the soul of social networking for photographers since. There are many sites where you can post photos, Flickr, Facebook, Instagram, 500px, but none have quite the social magic that Google+ has in quite the same way right now.
I remember when Flickr first launched back in the day, back when they seemed to have a simliar magic. One of the first things you saw coming out of Flickr were romantic relationships — many people were meeting on Flickr, getting involved and in some cases even getting married. Google+ is only a year and a half old at this point, but today I saw the first photographer marriage coming out of the network that I’ve noticed so far, photographers Nicole S. Young and Brian Matiash announced that they tied the knot.
For those of you who don’t know Nicole and Brian, they are wonderful photographers and contributors to G+. Nicole is a photographer and author who specializes in stock and food photography and Brian works for photo processing company onOne Software and like me loves to shoot abandoned and urbex type photography.
From Nicole:
“Every once in a while something that is seemingly small comes along that makes a difference in your life, and other times it changes your life completely. In the summer of 2011 Google+ was brought to life, and with that the beginning of Hangouts and a swarm of amazing people from all over the world. This community here on Google+ has impacted my life so wonderfully and drastically, and in the process I’ve made many life-long friends and connected with people I barely knew before, but through the popularity of Hangouts I was able to actually interact with.
One of those people was +Brian Matiash, and just a few months ago we officially tied the knot!
Yes, it’s true. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him, and I said YES!!! We had a simple ceremony on what we call “Marriage Day”
My good Pal Trey Ratcliff got the assist for helping to introduce them to each other on, yep, you guessed it, a Google+ hangout.
Congratulations to Brian and Nicole both on this excellent news! I’m curious as to whether or not they’ll be registering at B&H or Adorama.
And for the rest of you, before you pony up for that match.com or eHarmony account next month, you just might want to reconsider and head on over and check out Google+ instead. My money’s on Scott Jarvie being next, btw. 
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JR exhibits his photographs in the biggest art gallery on the planet. His work is presented freely in the streets of the world, catching the attention of people who are not museum visitors. His work mixes Art and Action; it talks about commitment, freedom, identity and limit. Lear more at www.tedprize.org VIDEO CREDITS Post Prod Company: OTRA Art director: Guillaume Cagniard Editor: Hugo Caruana Post producer: Cyril Bordesoulle Music by Massive Attack Sound mix by les Kouz
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