John Lennon Memorial, Central Park, NYC What's your most essential tool as an artist? While the right equipment can be an enormous aide to your success, we've all seen artists who can create with very little. And who runs all that fancy gear and tells it what to do? Imagination is what gets the creative
Photograph by Jeff Johnson You remember those photographs that remain etched in your mind and leave you wondering how can you create such an image? The usual thought is, what you need to add to your work, what fancy tricks do you need to learn? Look through your favorite photographer's work and you'll find the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGhp_-_nh-M Join us for this behind the scenes interview with David Hobby,when we caught up with him on his FlashBus Tour with fellow master of light, Joe McNally.They were stopping off near Silber Studios on their 29 city, 6 week tour to teach America how to see the light! Read more about our interview with
http://youtu.be/f2S8-9pEpDc Photographer Ken Rockwell joins Marc Silber again to talk about how he captured his award winning shot "Mono Lake Under Pinatubian Light," which refers to the special quality of light that happened after Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991. The ash entered the upper atmosphere and for months we had very weird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS0zV6czunk If you've ever had a shoot with someone wearing eyeglasses then you must have had that frustrating moment when you looked at the image and saw an obnoxious reflection in the glasses. It's very simple to fix that as long as you have an off camera flash. Take a look at the video above
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJ_hdlUsZk Brian Smith is a Pulitzer prize winner who has photographed one luminary after another: Bill Gates, Anne Hathaway, Samuel L. Jackson, and the list just goes on. In our interview Brian discussed his process for getting intimate environmental portraits that truly capture the essence of his subjects. He gives down to earth tips for
Award winning Korean photo studio Indylab shot this award winning advertisement without the aid of computer generated imagery. Instead, they manually tossed and photographed photos of phones one at a time, and then composite all the images afterward. Here’s a behind-the-scenes photos that gives a glimpse into how it was done: Indylab photography BTS from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6OmOnHNE6o Joey Lawrence, only 20 years old, is one of the most sought-after commercial photographers in the business. While Joey’s commercial work consists of advertisements and work for movies, television, and musicians, his personal work focuses on fine art portraiture around the world. Today, he talks with Marc Silber about techniques for both beginning and
Keeping cables organized is not the easiest task. Especially when you have so many different cables for all your devices. Well, there is an easy way to keep your cables organized, and best of all, it's free! All you need is a few rolls of toilet paper. Simply take the center piece of
Sometimes you stumble upon an opportunity for a photo-essay right in front of you, which is what happened this afternoon right on our little street. The Kiwanis Club had restored a flag pole that had been out of repair for 25 years, at the small park at the end our street. Our local boy scout
