Finally, information about copyright and image usage from photographer Gwyneth Colleen. In a digital world, this is good solid info everyone should know. LINK.
note: images are not mine; sourced from the accompanying linked blog post.
We need some women for our jeans story. Know anyone who might be interested? I’d be glad for you to forward to friends. We’ll be looking for a range of body types, ages, etc.–you have to be over 18 (and Globe freelancers/staffers not eligible). Thanks!
So you love jeans and you’re always on the hunt for that perfect-fitting pair? For a feature story to be published in our Fall Fashion issue, the Boston Globe Magazine is looking for four Boston area women to try on new jeans for fall and model the type that best suits their body shape. Participants will visit the jeans store we designate for a fitting with a jeans expert between July 15 and July 20 and return to the store to be photographed between July 21 and 28.
If you’d like us to consider you for participation, please
Email us two full-body photos of yourself (head to toe) facing front and in profile (for our use only; not for publication)
In the same email, tell us your name, age, occupation, height, and town of residence (all for publication)
Give us an idea of when you’re available to visit the store (which weeknights/weekdays and weekends)
Tell us a little about the specific fit or figure issue you’d like the jeans expert to address (info for publication): Examples might include: Minimize my stomach, hips or thighs; flatter a full or flat behind; lengthen my legs or make me look taller; balance a top-heavy or bottom-heavy figure, etc.
The deadline to apply is July 13, and you must be able to provide your own transportation to the jeans store. Please send your information to assistant editor Veronica Chao at vchao@globe.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
I’ve got too many tabs held open in firefox, so I thought I’d share some of the interesting things I have found in the past week of browsing online, and also a little of what’s going on in my life.
CT photographer Carla ten Eyck has some fabulous floral creations featured from a recent shoot on her blog… check these out! (scroll down 1/3)
Lowell-based Ashley and Rich of Pizzuti Studios are brilliant. They have mapped out the time a wedding photographer invests into a typical wedding. It seems ridiculous when you put it on paper, but I’d agree with about 95% of their numbers. Here.
Lifehacker, one of my favorite sites to read every morning, suggests you can be more photogenic by forgetting about the camera. Here.
This is fantastic! Barry Obama, the freshman. Here.
If you’re interested in seeing the behind-the-scenes action of a great photographer, I’d recommend the book about iconic fashion and celebrity portrait photographer Richard Avedon as he photographed regular people on-location in the American west. Avedon at Work: In the American Westis a really interesting read. Check it out from your local public library system!
Awhile ago I had the pleasure of meeting up with and photographing my friend Gitonga Mbaya, a photographer in Kenya currently shooting weddings for a living. My new travel dream is to get over to Africa this December to check out their crazy wedding season firsthand. Since Kenyans are on holiday from work and school all month in December, people apparently get married on every day of the week!
I’ve been shooting a LOT of studio maternity lately… and I LOVE it. Wondering if that’s my next specialization? Womens’ bodies are amazing. More on my portrait blog, decent urban lifestyle.
We’re gearing up for some major travel in upcoming weeks. We’re headed to Phoenix, NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Maine, Dallas, and BULGARIA (!!) in the next two months.
PERSONAL, health-related.
My carpal tunnel issues are flaring up again in both wrists . This makes editing, writing, and doing anything with email even MORE time-consuming than it already is. I am headed back into Boston on Wednesday for some more acupuncture with my brilliant nonwestern practitioner – Rebecca Ong-Sutherland works her magic to balance out bodies for health (she not only helps my wrists, but also allergies! Boston Alternative Health.
Also I am very convinced that everyone my age and younger WILL suffer wrist problems in their 30s. We are so computer-focused and treat ergonomic workstation solutions like they’re uncool. Check out these carpal tunnel stretches, here.
Our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share starts this week! We’re sharing our weekly box of locally-grown produce with Anne and Alex Ruthmann who live down the street. They even have a pick-your-own flower patch I hope to utilize for some shoots this summer. WorldPEAS.
I have been asked lots of questions since I recently announced that I am no longer accepting mainland US wedding commissions. It was a complicated decision and NONE of the reasons for the change have anything to do with not loving my job, or being unhappy with the work I produce. I find immense joy in being present in the wedding environment and producing artistic and beautiful images for clients and their families to enjoy. I love my clients and look forward to fulfilling all of my 2009 contracts with spunk and enthusiasm.
Being a wedding photographer is a complex process that involves scheduling 8-12 months in advance, and yet we serve people who have come to expect a quick turnaround time for artistic product. The wedding photographer is basically committing her life for the upcoming year and does NOT necessarily have time for a flourishing family or social life. (I want my weekends back!)
As I have mentioned elsewhere, there is an unfathomable amount of front- and back-end administrative effort involved in booking each wedding. This is the most misunderstood part of our work, and as a result inexperienced wedding photographers often bend to the high quantity- high quality- low price mentality many of our prospective clients are starting to demand.
I can’t really describe this phenomenon accurately, but this video is spot-on for illustrating the only negative contribution to my impending retirement from wedding photography:
While the video seems like a caricature, it’s actually quite realistic based on conversations I and many other wedding photographers have on a disturbingly regular basis as we meet with or exchange email with potential clients.
Pretty interesting quick read — a Day in the Life of a Wedding Photographer. (People regularly ask me what the heck I do all day and do not realize how much hidden front- and back- end work booking and shooting each wedding and portrait session entails.)
Did you have a friend or family member photograph your wedding, rather than hiring an established professional wedding photographer? The Pizzuti Studios, Lowell-based wedding photographers, would love to hear your stories (good and bad).
If anyone wants to go up to Maine for their boudoir session, Tess is offering combination boudoir – swimsuit sessions in July and August. Check this out! (Obviously I’d rather have you book me for a MA or RI boudoir session, but I don’t do beach like Tess does beach!)
Many of you know that in mid-January I had $3k+ worth of photo gear stolen out of a carry-on by an American Airlines baggage handler at the Miami Airport. [more info]
This story uses the testimony of an ex-Continental Airlines employee that confirms what we already know: theft out of luggage is commonplace in the airports. By airline contracted individuals. (And yet the airlines claim no responsibility. What?)
I get more and more upset every time I hear another report of theft rings and common theft practices, and then the subsequent airline spokesperson who says “this kind of thing is extremely rare.” Who do they think they are kidding?
Here’s the Yahoo video link (it took awhile to start in my browser) and here’s the accompanying story. It makes me sick to even hear this report and know that so many people stay silent when things come up missing from their luggage — and the airlines take advantage of this.
July 20, 2009
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. This makes editing, writing, and doing anything with email even MORE time-consuming than it already is. I am headed back into Boston on Wednesday for some more acupuncture with my brilliant nonwestern practitioner – Rebecca Ong-Sutherland works her magic to balance out bodies for health (she not only helps my wrists, but also allergies! 