Famous fashion photos recreated | RobertBenson.com Here's a complete special that aired on the BBC. Seven Photographs that Changed Fashion follows photographer Rankin as he tries to recreate 7 iconic images. The series is chopped up into 8 parts, roughly one photo per...
Photography
Photos, Photos, Photos
I never thought I'd see the day, but I've finally gotten a pretty good hold of Photoshop, dare I say an expert intermediate user. But that hasn't come without pain, mainly in my shoulder from hours of sitting, coming up with a "look" for the Haiti photos. I blame it...
Esquire’s RED ONE Cover Photo and Motos (Moving Photos)
The latest cover of Esquire that's coming out, featuring Megan Fox, wasn't shot with a still camera but with the RED ONE, the super inexpensive, super high-def movie camera. Basically Megan acted for 10 minutes, which they filmed on the RED, and then pulled out the...
College on a Kodak Brownie
I like collecting old cameras. I mainly get them at antique stores. I have only three requirements: they have to be under $10, they have to look cool, and they have to work. Most cameras I come across do work. If you think about it there isn't much to go wrong. A...
A Figment of My Reality
This past week I've been in New York, catching up with a bunch of long, lost Film School peeps and making the rounds to the museums, hitting up the Model as Muse exhibit at the Met, Richard Avedon's Fashion Photography at ICP, and the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition for...
Cheesy Photos
Heading back from Vero Beach after a grilled cheese photo shoot. It's for Grilligans, this awesome resturaunt that makes a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches and delicious shakes (a perk of food photography is you get to try everything). Here's a teaser photo. I'll...
Grilled Food Photography
So here's one of the images from the food photography shoot. And here's the lighting setup: My main goal was to fill the image with as much soft light as possible. This setup is what I settled with later on. Main light behind the food, kind of low to rake across the...
How to Operate Your DSLR via Your iPhone for $4
Want to control your digital SLR camera from your iPhone (or Touch)? When I was taking pictures of grilled cheese sandwiches, there was a bit of downtime between the grillin', so I figured out how to work this totally awesome magic, all for less than $4. (While...
Coffee Meets Celluloid: Caffeine as Developer
Interesting article on using coffee, tea, or vitamin c as a developer. Caffeine apparently works really well as a developing agent - how cool is that! Yes, it will take a lot longer (25 minutes for T-Max 400) and more light (rated at ISO 100), but if you're shooting...