Chase Jarvis on Commercial Photography...

I'm a big fan of this guys photography and its good to see a top professional sharing his idea's and giving us a glimpse into the hectic world of the Advertising/Commercial Photographer...

He has a number of online videos that show us what he gets upto on his photo shoots... he always looks like he has a good time (and just like a few members of our club he gets to go to windswept and exotic destinations rather often as well :-D...).. You can find them here if your interested :

New Zealand Shoot
Hasselblad Masters
Ninja Shoot

He's also a bit of a techy and DIY man, check out what he did to create a Photographers Laptop Case...

Anyway, back to the video above, which is his presentation at a 'do' for Photoshelter (an online image library) where he explains what it takes to be a Commercial Photographer, its almost an hour long so you should probably order a pizza before hand, but its packed full of spectacular images and idea's if you have the time to sit down and watch...

"Ocultos"

Hi all.

The "Círculo de Bellas Artes" opened yesterday an exhibition called "Stellar moments of the 20th century photography" (free translation from the spanish title :) ), including pictures by Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Riefenstahl, Man Ray, Andy Warhol, Marina Abramovic and many others. I haven't visited it yet, but sounds interesting. Just for you to know.

For more info (sorry, in Spanish) : http://www.circulobellasartes.com/ag_expo.php?ele=38

El Círculo de Bellas Artes is in C/ ALCALÁ, 42, Madrid.

(The picture is 'Rituales en Haití' (2001), by Cristina Garcia Rodero.)

keeping track of new posts more easily...

Hi, In reply to an earlier question (on the mail). It is possible to subscribe (with your favourite rss-feed reader; e.g. google reader) to the ATOM (RSS) feed (there is a tiny link at the bottom of the blog page) for the ESAC Photo Club and then you can keep up (more easily?) with the new items posted. Good luck, Nick

Travel Photography Inspiration...

The 'Canon Digital Learning Centre' is currently hosting a series from the well know travel and nature photographer, Art Wolfe, here on its website.

As I know a lot of you enjoy this type of photography, I thought you maybe interested.. There's lots of info and advice mixed with a fair amount of Arts' stunning imagery..

P.S How many of you spotted the seagull in the image above ?

Mark Tucker...

I have long been a fan of the imagery of Mark Tucker, a prominent portrait and lifestyle photographer.

His use of tilt-shift lenses , overlaying of textures, compositional techniques and humour never cease to amaze me..

His website has recently been updated so if you have a few minutes to spare mosey on over and take a look...

Latest Flipbook from George Lange...

We've seen the work of George Lange in the past (see March entry), and I admit I'm quite partial to this type of presentation.

This time the images are from Israel and he promises that he has more in the pipeline. Anyway, check out the movie here if you feel so inclined.

Maybe I'll try this for the next Photoclub presentation, at least people can't complain about the amount of time it takes to show all the images..! ;-)

HDRI Updates....

Remember in the past we have talked about High Dynamic Range Imaging, which had its origins in CGI Graphic artist industry and is now finding its way more and more into photography.?

I just discovered a new website "HDRI News" which is dedicated to the theme, and that also offers software, news, an online community and lots of inspirational images...


You might also want to take a look at "Digital Outback Photo" as well, which is pioneering new HDRI techniques using DSLRs with fast frame rates (> 5fps), thereby eliminating the need for a tripod and opening up the opportunity for using HDRI without limitations...

Adventures in Greenland...

It would seem that the list of 'windswept and exotic' locations to which our photoclub members travel continues to grow, the latest being to Greenland.......

Benjamin tells us about his latest adventure :

"I would like to share with you an image of one of the most impressive and powerful landscapes I have ever seen. This is a glacier at the south of Greenland. Its name is Eqalurissit. It is about 2.5 km wide and the ice walls are about 100 meters tall. The ice tongue enters towards the interior of the island in what it is called the 'indlansis', a word of scandinavian origin that means any glacier field of the type 'continental ice' with extensions of more than 50.000 squared km. In this case, the tongue merges with the ice platform that covers around 85% of the surface of Greenland"

We're back.........

The blog entries have been a bit sparse recently, but the summer is almost over and we have had our latest presentation of Photojournalistic and Holiday images..

Head on over to our galleries page and take a look. I know writing comments can be difficult but if you feel inspired I do urge you to do so as they are very motivational.

Also, if comments aren't your thing, hover your mouse pointer over the images you like and click the green thumbs up that will appear.... Why you ask.?????.... Because smugmug will then tell me what are the favorite images (I can't see who clicked on what by the way), and I thought it might be a good excuse to hand out some prizes at the end of the year... (Don't forget to give your 'thumbs up' in the other galleries as well...)

Anyway, here are a few of the images that got the most wow's during the presentation...... Go to the gallery page to find out who the culprits are...