I'm back.....

If you navigate the web long enough you usually view a web posting like this one. Well since I've been gone I have migrated my blog which took much longer than I had anticipated. This blog is hosted by Squarespace and I have just upgraded to Squarespace 6. Loved seeing them at PhotoPlus Expo. They are really helpful and I look forward to what they will have to offer in the future.

PhotoPlus Expo

Thought I would share my experiences this year at PDN’s PhotoPlus Expo. For those of you who don’t know this is the biggest photo trade show in the USA. They offer somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 seminars and 250+ exhibitors. I’ve been going to this event for many years now. This years was Expo was very well attended. There are so many things to see I usually attend all three days. However, due to the Hurricane Sandy I decided to skip Saturday and come home before the weather got worse. 

This year is best summed up by Scott Kelby. Please read his blog post about his one day at the Expo. Here is the link: www.http://scottkelby.com/2012/my-day-in-new-york-at-the-photo-plus-expo-2/

The Expo attracts the movers and shakers in the photo industry. Most if not all of the photo equipment you see in the photo magazines will be available at this show. You get to talk to the camera manufacturers and other equipment representatives. Want to put your hands on new equipment? It was at the Expo. 

Just about any photographer you hear about these days was there. I saw Sandy Puc, Sue Bryce, Jay Maisel, Matt Kloskowski, RC Concepcion, Syl Arena, Peter Hurley and Matthew Jordan Smith. I spent some time talking to Jason Odell (Luminescence of Nature) and Steve Simon (author of The Passionate Photographer). I met and talked to Jerry Ghionis and his lovely wife Melissa. They were such nice people. Very genuine and down to earth. It was great talking and sharing with them. 

That’s it. If you get a chance you should attend next year. You don’t have to sign up for the seminar/classes but you can get “free” passes to the show floor. It’s worth the trip.

Posting some iPhone photos from the trip.

Taken with my iPhone

Taken with my iPhone

Dave Black Photography

If you don't know your past, you don't know your future. The photographer I am featuring this week is Dave Black. If you go to Dave's blog it says photographer, educator and author. Dave has been a freelance photographer for the past 30 years. I have been following his work for quite awhile.

©Dave Black

 

 

Information provided by Dave Black.

“I love to make pictures.” Dave Black’s education in Commercial Graphics Design and Studio Drawing lend well to his vision of photography. “I love to make pictures that draw the audience in for a closer look.” 

 

Career Biography: As a freelance photographer for over 30 years Dave’s work has primarily centered on the sports industry for such publications as Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek and the award winning TV show Sports Century on ESPN. The list of event coverage includes the Masters, Kentucky Derby, National Football League, NASCAR and extensive work regarding the United States Olympic Committee, Olympic athletes and coverage of twelve Olympic Games. Known for his creative use of Speedlights and in particular with the artistic technique of Lightpainting, Dave’s portfolio continues to broaden into the commercial and advertising industry, and with specialized lighting projects including work for the National Geographic and their book Where Valor Rests, Arlington National Cemetery. 

 

Educator: Dave is one of Nikon’s “Legends Behind the Lens” and a SanDisk Extreme Team photographer. His long involvement as a teacher and guest lecturer at numerous photography workshops and Universities since 1986 include American PHOTO magazine’s Mentor series of national and international photo treks, and the online video education with Kelby Training. His monthly website tutorial articles, Workshop at the Ranch attracts more than 85,000 unique visitors monthly. His recently released instructional book, The Way I See It … is highly acclaimed in both the US and abroad.  

 

To see Dave’s images, learn more about photography, or purchase his books, visit his website:   www.daveblackphotography.com   

 

Educational Monthly Articles:    www.daveblackphotography.com/workshop   

 

Current Books: The Way I See It (available through daveblackphotography.com)

                             Thoroughbreds  (available through daveblackphotography.com)

 

 

Editorial Clients: Sports Illustrated, National Geographic Magazine, Time, Newsweek, ESPN, Olympian Magazine, Parade, Wall Street Journal. 

 

 Book Publishers: National Geographic, Simon and Schuster, Bantam Double Day, Pindar Press, Hyperion, Scribner, Broadway. 

 

Television shows: ESPN Sports Center, ABC Sports, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, E Entertainment, and the award winning ESPN Sports Century.


Jay Maisel

http://www.jaymaisel.com/
If you don't know your past, you don't know your future. My goal is to share with you some of the photographers that inspire and that you can learn from. This series was supposed to start on January 1, 2012 but I decided to get a head start last week on Facebook. I will try to feature one photographer a week but there are so many I may feature more than one a week. 
Jay started his photography career in 1954. He worked as a commercial photographer until sometime in the 1990's. He has shot annual reports, magazine covers, jazz albums and advertising. Jay has 5 Sports Illustrated swimsuit covers and took the "iconic" shot of blues great Miles Davis for the album "Kind of Blue". 
Jay is the master of "Light, Color and Gesture". He teaches a lecture on the subject. I have attended the lecture series on several occasions. Each time I have been inspired and in awe. A typical New Yorker Jay does not compromise. He is just as serious about his craft today as he was when he started. If you subscribe to Kelby Training you should check out his two classes. Jay also teaches a week long seminar at his home which is a bank building in New York. (shameless plug- if you have money to burn and would like to pay for me to attend I will accept) 
So what can you learn from Jay. He shoots everyday. He carries his camera everywhere he goes. I have witnessed this several times. As Jay would say…Move around, don't be satisfied with an ordinary shot. In Jay speak that's "Move your Ass". You should always look for gesture or the thing that makes the person or thing come alive. Jay says the most important thing is exposure. That's why he brackets. He prefers not to spend a lot of time looking at the back of the camera.
Here is a link to a Nikon World Article by Jay. http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Nikon-World/g473wwmy/1/NIKON-WORLD-ONLINE-EXCLUSIVE-Jay-Maisel-The-Great-Adventure.html Don't worry if you don't shoot Nikon you can still read the article.