AYP Insider : Always Be Ready To Shoot Image by Chris Louie It is every amateur photographer’s dream to have the chance to capture a memorable event while it is happening; I never imagined stumbling upon one of the largest fires Los Angeles had ever seen. Dealing about $20-30 million in damages, this
Image Provided via Google Search Yaroslav Kolchin, a 24-year-old tourist from Russia, illegally trespassed on to the Brooklyn Bridge in order to take a picture from atop of it. This act is known as rooftopping: where people dangerously scale to the top of a structure in order to capture photos of themselves and
When John Green started the Youtube Channel "Crash Course", he never expected to generate over 1.5 billion views, much less over 2 million followers. People around the globe upload videos and build online communities every day. Those who are successful in creating popular channels, become a model for other online communities to emulate in terms
This week in Advancing Your Photography, we sat down with Deanne Fitzmaurice, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer who is based in San Francisco, California. She specializes in journalism stills and motion. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Time Magazine, ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated , Men's Journal, Newsweek, The Economist, Stern, GEO and numerous
This week in Advancing Your Photography, we focused on two powerful women in photography: Bambi Cantrell and Anna Kuperberg. Research performed by Kodak a few years ago revealed that 90% of the world's photographs are purchased by women. To Bambi Cantrell, this is not only an astronomical number but it also provides insight into why
This week, Advancing Your Photography featured the SF based photographer, Jim Goldstein. As a professional photographer he specializes in outdoor and nature photography. He is in particular, passionate about the environment and is well known for infusing elements of the natural world in his commercial and editorial work. Interestingly, Jim's past consists of genetic research and being a
Capturing the Best Light Florian Shulz is an outstanding nature and wildlife photographer. He has mastered his craft and he knows the key to capturing the best light. What follows is an excerpt from our interview, but be sure to watch it too. Marc asked him for his tips for getting stunning wildlife images, to
We're revising our review, after trying to work with it, the first hitch? You can't edit your FCP 7 projects, you have to start them from scratch. That was a deal killer for us. Then we found this rave recommendation from Conan O'Brien's editors. Back to the drawing board for Apple. See Conan's Video
Watch Silber Studios behind the scenes footage of Doug Gordon Preparing for his WPPI opening Doug Gordon received the United Nations International Photographic Council Award (IPC) in leadership. As it does each year, the IPC Awards kicks off May, International Professional Photographers Month, saluting professionals around the globe. “The winners, nominated by professional photography organizations, are
Action Photo Shoot Tips From Photojournalist Neal Menschel Guest blogger and past AYP guest, photojournalist Neal Menschel talks about two methods of capturing action in these two very different images. These two skateboard photographs illustrate two different methods of photographing the same subject. They were both taken on the same hill during a competition and
