Whatever you think of stock photography, what Lise Gagné has achieved can only command respect: she reached the incredible milestone of having 1,000,000 (yes, 1 million!) downloads as an exclusive contributor to the stock photography agency iStockphoto. Being exclusive means that none of her photographs are available at other stock agencies, which makes the feat every more inspiring. For the past 7 years, Lise Gagné has relentlessly pursued her calling, for which she had no formal training. She embarked on […]
A fact of photography is that pictures are nothing until they are printed! It’s great to have photographs online, in social networks, blogs or specialized websites, but these images fully reveal themselves only when they are on paper. Plus, with the multitude of screens and devices around, you have no control over what your pictures are going to look like when your viewers display them! Have you tried editing or looking at pictures on a laptop screen? Not great… Once […]
Some people have it and some don’t! Timing… Timing is everything in Photography like it is in dancing, and John Blais can definitely dance! John Blais’ photographs are beautifully composed and artfully lit, but what makes them stand out is the moments he chose to pull the trigger… His pictures are more than pretty images, they are slices of life! John Blais gives us a fresh look on portraiture, lifestyle and food! I like it!!
In case you have never seen this magazine on the stands, I suggest you look again and check if you local newsagent is carrying it. The concept of this magazine is to showcases the very best in commercial photography internationally and is a valuable reference tool for photographic and film production destinations worldwide. Select is sent (for free) to creative decision makers at advertising agencies, graphic design companies, department and retail stores, fashion houses, in-house advertising departments, magazine and book […]
I met with Daryl Benson today, as he was autographing his latest book in Langley, BC, Canada. Daryl is doing a signing tour across British Columbia right now, just in time to enjoy some of the 2010 Winter Olympics action while around Vancouver. What I like about professional photographers is that they (usually) are nice guys, passionate about their craft, ready to talk and share their experience. Daryl is no exception: a nice down-to-earth, soft-spoken gentleman, who has gone all […]
I was strolling around in my favorite bookstore the other day and stopped by the ‘heavily discounted book’ table. There usually isn’t much there, other than books nobody wants, being sold at 60% of their original price. But this time, a large book with a bright red title caught my attention… The title read ‘Shoot’. I thought it could be a book about guns, or a book about photography. Well, it was a book about photography, as I confirmed by […]
Just in time for Christmas, I received the long-awaited yearbook from the world-acclaimed (at least, by me!) 1x.com website. The book, called 1×2, gathered photographs from 210 photographers who contributed to the 1x.com community over the years. The photos in the book cover all the categories present on the website, and demonstrates the tremendous creativity of this website’s members. It is an honor for me to be part of the book and hope to make it for its next edition! […]
My first encounter with David duChemin was with his book called ‘Within the Frame, The Journey of Photographic Vision’, a great reading that I keep close to my workspace, to remind me that what I know is always smaller than what I need to know. This book is a great resource for amateurs and aspiring professional photographers alike. David duChemin shares his personal experience as a photographer, from an aesthetic rather than a technical standpoint. I guess, it is […]