video2zero

Platon fever has gripped the photography world. Reports of grown (camera)men swooning in the presence of the wickedly talented New York based Brit.

Some months back I sold a series of photos to a national news organization. The photos covered a large festival in a local resort town. I sold around 40 photos and 3 or 4 were used in print and all made available in an online gallery.
Last week I received an email from a journalist informing [...]

In the late nineteenth century after 400 years characterized by the relentless pursuit of optical accuracy European painters turned their backs on realism almost overnight. Why? Because the Holy Grail of capturing likeness had been made available to all with the advent of chemical photography. Are the current slew of technological advances about to wreak similar changes in the way we document the world with video?

As mentioned before: “The secret to success is not being committed to success. The secret to success is being committed to preparing for success” - Tony Robbins.
Annie Leibowitz and her 11 assistants spent 3 weeks preparing for her 30 minute photo shoot with H.M Queen Elizabeth II. Despite the controversy the results confirmed [...]

Lily Allen thinks it’s an ash-tray - but I’m pretty sure that shiny object this photographer has bolted on top of his DSLR is a video camera.

From Tony Robbins: “The secret to success is not being committed to success. The secret to success is being committed to preparing for success”.
Knowing your equipment, having back-up plans, developing expertise and talent all count. But so does having the time/resources/personnel to set-up th shoot. Michael Grecco shooting Martin Scorsese for DirecTV shows how it’s [...]

Rule One - Don’t suggest to a ruling monarch that they appear in ceremonial robes but lose the crown because “its too dressy”.

Moving from photo to video is similar to going from first class to coach.
You find you have a lot less wriggle room.
The video box is a much tighter fit. Photoshop puts cropping and scaling tools into the hands of every photographer, and most use them freely. Very few photographs reach the client without some finessing [...]