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PhotoShelter’s Student Handbook: What You Didn’t Learn in School About the Photo Biz
By design, many college and university photography programs focus on theory, technique and critical thinking skills. Students emerge from school with a solid understanding of photography as a creative and storytelling medium, but many lack exposure to practical business skills…
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When Life Gives You Lemons: 5 Food Photographers Share Their Tips for Improvising on Set
We talk a lot about the business side of photography as a crucial addition to your photo skills and creativity. But what about the soft skills that are just as important? A photographer’s ability to improvise is one of those…
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The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Photography Now Works for a Brewery
Photographer Ryan M. Kelly boarded a plane in Amsterdam after receiving 2nd place in the Breaking News category for World Press Photo for his image of a car plowing into a crowd in Charlottesville. When he landed in the U.S.,…
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How Do You Photograph a Concept? Derek Brahney Illustrates the Answer
Photography has long been used to support and even enhance storytelling. In journalism, images tend towards the literal. A story about the President usually features an image of the President. But a variety of factors (e.g. budget and time constraints)…
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The Stories That Keep Them Going: 5 Photojournalists Share Their Most Powerful Moments
We usually think of first responders as medical and emergency personnel, but we forget that photojournalists are often some of the first witnesses to a crisis. From grieving with a widow to being one of the first faces a refugee…
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April 18, 2018

PhotoShelter’s Student Handbook: What You Didn’t Learn in School About the Photo Biz

By design, many college and university photography programs focus on theory, technique and critical thinking skills. Students emerge from school with a solid understanding of…

April 18, 2018

When Life Gives You Lemons: 5 Food Photographers Share Their Tips for Improvising on Set

We talk a lot about the business side of photography as a crucial addition to your photo skills and creativity. But what about the soft…

April 17, 2018

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Photography Now Works for a Brewery

Photographer Ryan M. Kelly boarded a plane in Amsterdam after receiving 2nd place in the Breaking News category for World Press Photo for his image…

April 12, 2018

How Do You Photograph a Concept? Derek Brahney Illustrates the Answer

Photography has long been used to support and even enhance storytelling. In journalism, images tend towards the literal. A story about the President usually features…

April 8, 2018

The Stories That Keep Them Going: 5 Photojournalists Share Their Most Powerful Moments

We usually think of first responders as medical and emergency personnel, but we forget that photojournalists are often some of the first witnesses to a…

April 3, 2018

Hasselblad X1D: A Medium Format MVP?

In software design, there is a concept called the Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Instead of building a fully fledged app or website that might incorrectly…

April 2, 2018

Life Beyond Photography

A deep passion for photography is only part of what it takes to succeed as a full-time photographer. Fewer staff positions combined with static or…

March 29, 2018

The Moving Portrait: From Holograms to GIFs to Boomerang

Although video dominates much of the media landscape, the simplicity of the photograph perseveres. Ironically, throughout much of the history of photography, photographers (along with…

March 27, 2018

Sigma Art 135mm f/1.8: A Classic Focal Length is New Again

The first telephoto lens I owned was a Zuiko 135mm attached to an Olympus OM-10. In the 1980s, 135mm was considered a premiere focal length…

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