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So Long (for Now!) and Thank You.

01 Jul

In 2006 I started a lighting blog while working full-time as a staffer at The Baltimore Sun. By early 2007, it became obvious that I didn’t have the personal resources to give 100% to both Strobist and my job at the newspaper.

That’s exactly the position I find myself in today. For the past year I have been working on a new project. It is photography-based, and will be as unique to the photo space as Strobist was back in 2006.

But, as I found with Strobist in 2007, this project will require all of my focus. So I am shifting Strobist into archive mode to allow myself the time and mental space to do that.

If I had more available brain cells/hours in the day, I would be happy to do both. Alas, I do not. So I am choosing the one I think can make a bigger difference to photographers. When the new project launches, I’ll do my best to make sure you hear about it. So please, stay tuned!

For those of you who are interested in our in-person lighting workshops and/or our X-Peditions trips (both of which are currently on pause during the pandemic) we absolutely are planning to restart them once the coast is clear. Please make sure you are on the relevant notification list(s) by clicking through to the links above.

Finally, I want to take this moment to say thank you to the countless people I have met, and new friendships made, as a result of publishing Strobist over the past 15 years. It is impossible to express how much you all have enriched my life, and that of my family.

Thank you so much,
David
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Italian photojournalist has a Leica camera to thank for saving his life after being hit by an RPG

28 Feb

Editors note: Although no injury is shown, there is visible blood on a Leica camera in an embedded image below.

Italian photojournalist and co-founder of the Cesura Lab photographer collective, Gabriele Micalizzi, has a Leica camera to thank for saving his life.

On February 11, 2019, while covering conflict between the United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Baghuz, Syria, Micalizzi was hit with shrapnel from an IS-fired rocket propelled grenade (RPG).

In the above video, shared by YouTube channel Gli Occhi della Guerra, wherein Micalizzi recounts the attack. The interview is in Italian, but closed captions can be turned on for an auto-generated English translation.

Leica camera saved the life of an Italian photojournalist in Syria:https://t.co/iTroGwMEnO pic.twitter.com/kP6YV6Poah

— Leica Rumors (@LeicaRumors) February 27, 2019

In speaking with Italian news outlet Corriere della Sera, Micalizzi recounts the incident, saying:

I can tell you the story now, in a corridor of San Raffaele hospital, [thanks to] those who did everything for me. The Kurdish military, the American doctors, the Italian embassy. My Leica camera, too. If I hadn’t been holding it in front of my face, I wouldn’t be here to talk about it: in the impact [the Leica] damaged my eyes, but it served as a shield.

Gabriel Chaim, a CNN visual journalist who was with him at the time, also spoke on Micalizzi’s brush with death with the Committee to Protect Journalists:

Micalizzi was hit by shrapnel from the RPG in his head, his left eye and ear, and different parts of his body. I was a meter and a half away from him and got hit by the blast.

The below image and accompanying caption was shared on the Cesura Instagram page.

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Following the recent events regarding our photographer, co founder, friend and brother Gabriele Micalizzi in Syria, we would like to update you on his conditions. Gabriele is currently in Baghdad’s military hospital and is being carefully looked after by their medics for his lesion on eyes and arms. Yesterday we talked with Gabriele on the phone and he confirmed he is feeling fine, he is able to stand up and can see from both his eyes even if blurry. We are extremely happy to be able to dispute the recent news about the loss of his left eye which the media published without the necessary fact checking. Gabriele, the Micalizzi family and cesura would like to thank the people who very quickly and efficiently helped to rescue and evacuate him from the area of the accident. We would like to thank the Farnesina Crisis Unit and Italian diplomatic network for quickly jumping to action, keeping us constantly updated and for organising Gabriele’s return in italy. Furthermore, thank you to the whole medical team at the American hospital in Baghdad who took him in and with great dedication is taking care of him. We would also like to thank the journalist Fausto Biloslavo, @francesco.semprini and @gabrielchaim for the support during the evacuation operations and lawyer Alessandra Ballerini for the constant and precious help. Thank you to all the people who helped us handle this emergency situation in the best way possible. We will still have to wait a few days longer to see Gabriele in Italy again and hug him but the operations to bring him back home are already under way and the hospital ready to welcome him. We are waiting for you Never never never give up Cesura

A post shared by CESURA (@cesura_) on Feb 15, 2019 at 2:30am PST

Micalizzi’s work has been published around the world, with his credit line appearing in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and more. You can keep up with Micalizzi’s recovery on both his and Cesura’s Instagram profiles.

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SLC-2L-04: Thank You [BTS/360]

16 Nov

Today on Lighting Cookbook, something different: A BTS/360 look at a single photo.

Normally, we concentrate on the "how" part. But today we'll also be looking at the broader ecosystem— the why—and how a simple photo can serve as a catalyst to create value.

20 Gorgeous “Thank You” Card Ideas for Photographers

14 Nov

Photography business is all about working with clients and making the best impression you can. Shooting people and providing good photography is not quite enough to stay in business today. Competition is too high, and you need to give the best experience to your clients to survive in this red ocean. While delivering images to your clients, why not say Continue Reading

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Setting Photography Goals for 2012 – Thank You

17 Oct

froknowsphoto.com Before I get into talking about goals I want to thank each and every one of your for your continued support of this community. Over the last year it has grown so much and helped so many people become better photographers. It means so much to me that you guys come back day in and day out to learn, help and even teach me new things. I look forward to bigger and better things to come in 2012. As we 2011 ends and 2012 begins I wanted to share with you my photographic goals for 2012. One of my major goals is to further my photographic education, continue to learn and expand my knowledge. This could be from books, videos or other photographers I work with. If you could take a min to leave a comment about what some of your goals are for 2012 along with your fav video from 2011 that would be great.
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One More Thing… Thank You & RIP Steve Jobs

07 Oct

Back in 1983/4 my friend showed me his Apple IIe and I was blown away. In 1986 I was super stoked to get a Macintosh Plus. No more hand written reports or worse using a type writer and relying on Wite-out to correct my bad typing. The world thanks to Steve Jobs and Apple is very different now.

I have been an Apple fan as long as I’ve used computers and I’m unashamed to admit I’ve purchased a vast majority of their computers and mobile devices. When the Macintosh II came out, Apple’s first color computer, I knew the world of digital imaging would be in my future. I didn’t now how exactly, but I knew it would happen. Photoshop did not exist in September 1988 when I paid over $ 5000 for the Mac II, but as I saw software develop in the months and years after that enabled the editing of photos I was enthralled. Sadly scanners were equally expensive back then, but I relied on scanning my photos using an HP scanner in my college computer lab. It took ~15 minutes to scan a 4×6 print at a resolution of 1600×1200 (a giant file at the time) and to share it I had to use dial up at home or bike to campus to use the earliest form of the Internet. It was a super exciting time. It was so obvious things were changing in radical ways. I had no idea how it would turn out exactly, but Steve seemed to have a master vision that kept Apple users on their toes waiting for the next development.

Since that time so much has changed. Steve Jobs without any doubt has influenced my life laying the groundwork for my interests and career aspirations. Would I have been able to do the things I’ve done to date with out Apple or Steve Jobs… likely, but not with as much passion. Steve Jobs kept me on my toes always thinking about the next big evolution in computing, content creation and publishing channels.

A Crowd Photographs the First Apple iPhone – MacWorld Expo 2007

I never met Steve Jobs, but I came close while at the 2008 MacWorld Expo. It was the year following the release of the iPhone and he was on the convention floor at the Apple booth. He was busy catching up on email on his iPhone. I never had any interest in interrupting him, but I did want to get a “I saw Steve Jobs! photo”. I had my dSLR with me which stuck out like a sore thumb and every time I raised it to take his photo one of his handlers would casually move between us blocking my view. I had to eventually shoot from my hip as I walked by to get his photo. I suppose it added to the adventure of it all.

Steve Jobs Checking His iPhone at the 2008 MacWorld Convention

I will certainly miss Steve Jobs not because I ever knew him, but because of how he made me think about the next big thing with each big announcement. The computers and gadgets were a means to an end… self publishing, photo editing, podcasting, webcasting/video conferencing, app development and so on. I will also miss hearing his catch phrase delivered only as he could say it:

One More Thing…

One final note, if you have yet to see this then I highly recommend setting some time aside to watch Steve’s Stanford commencement speech from 2005

Rest in peace Steve and thank you.

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