Play: “Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)” - Flock of Seagulls
As strange things go, this is me: a month ago I never would have considered myself a candidate to get into film photography. I was a digital guy for all the reasons digital cameras make sense. Film is tricky, unwieldy, expensive, slow, and [...]
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You really want to know what happened? I’ll tell you: Wednesday was slouching off into the sunset, and I got off work too late to do anything about it. Still, I grabbed my cam with an eye towards checking out the Santa Monica Pier with the ol’ fisheye. At the last minute, I grabbed the [...]
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Play while you read: “Hoodie” - Lady Sovereign
From my divine vantage overlooking the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica I see them all.
Tourists. Camera-toting tourists. And, more and more I see them with cheap SLRs with curious appendages:
Lens hoods!
I mean lens hoods are great accessories that prevent lensflare in relatively rare occasions. Yes, they also [...]
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Play this while you read: “New Shoes” - Paolo Nutini
Stars sing with their eyes open.
That’s what I’ve noticed as I’ve photographed a few singers here and there. The ones that are really big, or want to be really big keep their eyes open and engage with the audience, while soaking in everything around them. [...]
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SVP Content - Digital Media Job at PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, Inc.
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