D.A.Wagner talks about changes in his approach to digital photography, his new Nikon D800 and traveling
Tag Archives: Photography
Dolls with Attitude
So to speak, it doesn’t take much to breathe life into dolls after they’ve been undressed. They get strange. Take the clothes off the doll and they take on a life of their own. (And, yes, I know, the color of the heads don’t match their bodies — I’ll fix that in post). These are [...]
Commercial Photography, Food Photography, Greenmarket in the Studio, Lighting, Portfolio, Vegetables
Splash!
A behind the scenes video of a recent high-speed digital photography food shoot with D.A.Wagner that yields some interesting images.
Reach Out and Touch Someone.
Last month I stopped waiting for phone calls and initiated a digital photography assignment by going directly to a potential client. It worked.
Pairing Photographs
I’ve been trying to match a hundred or so photographs from my Shooting from the Hip series into complimentary pairs. A lot of questions came up regarding color, texture, light, camera angle, and a myriad of other qualities. But the one overarching question was, what makes two photographs viewed together, side by side, visually more [...]
What Do You Sell?
I don’t know if there are any formulas, books or websites for quitting, like there are for starting businesses. I didn’t see, “When to Quit Investing in Your Losing Business Venture,” on Amazon. But I did a search for those words and what did I get? Mostly I found links to information on starting a [...]
Food, NYC, Organic, Personal Photography, Photography, Shooting from the Hip, Slow Food, slow food, Uncategorized, Union Square, Vegetables
Shooting from the Hip #16
Union Square Market, NYC – 9/5/2009, 10:50 AM I’ve most likely walked through the Union Square market a thousand times, yet it wasn’t until I started shooting for this blog that I discovered a market rarely seen. It’s the vendors who, unknowingly, set up my photos, so it’s a wonder that anything works at all. [...]
Food, Fruit, NYC, Organic, Personal Photography, Photography, Shooting from the Hip, Union Square, Vegetables
Shooting from the Hip #5
Red Onions as Fireworks, Union Square Market, NYC – 3:09PM Wednesday, June 24, 2009 I couldn’t help but think of the 4th of July, post processing these puppies. It wasn’t until a “root mask” was made and the contrast boosted that these absolutely incredible roots revealed themselves, metaphorically, as a trajectory of sparks. Later in [...]
Seeking Out Master Craftsmen (Women, Really. No Joke.)
A lot of advertising photographers invest in hand-made portfolio housings. They are the finishing touch to a lot of hard work and make for an impressive presentation. I hand-made my own portfolios and slipcases because it seems like a really important part of the process. How could I entrust anyone to the task of making [...]
