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My Bert Stern Experience

I have so many stories about my life on the Fashion Battle Field, I don’t know which one to share first. Should I do my Kim Alexis story, Bert Stern story, Andie MacDowell story, Janice Dickinson story or… ??? Ok here goes “She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me […]

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Networking, a part of the Route to Success

There is a point in a photographers growth where their capacity to produce outstanding imagery becomes irrelevant – Networking is a very important part of the route to success

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Camera and Lens Quality Control?

Several years ago, I would pick up my camera, put on a lens, start taking photos and not think twice about the outcome. The responsibility was mine to produce the goods and if I didn’t it was usually my fault. Well, more and more, those days are over. I am so overwhelmed with complaints by […]

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I Love Polaroid

I used to love using my Polaroid Camera to do quick snaps of models before doing the actual shoot and always had to use a Polaroid Back for my Medium Format camera and even a Polaroid back for my 35mm format. But the best were those Polaroids that you watched slowly develop before your very […]

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Going Beyond Wedding Photography with Photographer Jeremy Clay

The Toronto based Photographer named Jeremy Clay has a natural sense of composition so seamlessly executed, just Another Wedding Photographer, Me Thinks NOT

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Is Advertising the new Editorial ?

by Per Zennström I have been very fortunate to be able to work with an advertising agency such as loved.de and their client Görtz17. For some time now we have been doing some pretty cool shootings that I (hands down) consider some of my best, see above… When I started out as a photographer the […]

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Amyn Nasser’s Voyeur Nocturne

Above Image by: Amyn Nasser licensing through Corbis Press Update Here Amyn Nasser’s Voyeur Nocturne is a photographic celebration of Vancouver better known as the “City of Glass”, where the Winter Olympic Games are being held. With its high population density relative to most other North American cities, urban planning in Vancouver is characterized by […]

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What Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light? Part 5

A very important aspect of choosing which part of the subject shall be hit by which type of light source is something I consider very closely when doing a selective lighting exercise in my shoots – Part 5 of the series

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Feedback from a fashion forum member

I just wanted to share this letter I received from a fashion forum member named Pierre Burnaugh… by: Pierre Burnaugh Hi Benjamin, I just want to say I really appreciate and learn a lot from your posts here on MM, your blog etc. I am so happy to have a resource for the knowledge and […]

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New Media

Exiting and fast moving “Social Media Network for Fashion, Style and Creativity” Glossom has highlighted my latest story for VanityTeen starring Cole Mohr. Just another example of how fast and profound the changes are right now in “New Media” when there are more and more ways for independent “publishers / producers” to get their work out there […]

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What Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light? Part 4

In this installment, I would like to discuss how to control your light with greater precision by mixing “Hollywood Grids” (Cookies) with either bare head flash units, snoots and honeycomb grids, for your next photo shooting. A Hollywood Grid or (Cookie) is produced by taking a sheet of cardboard or backdrop paper (usually black or […]

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Nick Knight vs. NASA

by Per Zennström … Just a “for-fun” juxtapostion of a recent, amazing editorial by master Nick Knight for British Vogue, February 2010. Stylist: Lucinda Chambers, Model: Natalia Vodianova, and all our’s NASA’s recent rendering of the stormy, wintery weather covering most of Europe. (Hint, hint, he’s british !) … as always, more here at 10horses

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What Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light? Part 3

Or how I learned to play with glass, vases, plants and other stuff… I have for years pondered how to render 3 dimensions on to 2 dimensional walls and surfaces, or how to add greater topographical richness to predictable lighted interior landscapes. Our brain through our eyes and life experience allows us to determine how […]

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The best of the best in 2009

The top 10 items and Best-of list of the year 2009 by Per Zennström

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Up Skirt…

A Different Vantage Point on an Old Theme Just wanted to see if you were watching…I can’t believe how Lucky I was on that day. Just one short block from my apartment. Had my camera with me and the little gallery on the corner suspended the skirt on a wire and here is this guy […]

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What Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light? Part 2

When attempting to control lighting, it is important to decide which part of the subject area you wish to light or which sector will have a greater amount of light to draw the eye to. Now this can also be perceived as, which part of the image will be shaded with less light. That is […]

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What Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light? Part 1

I like to look at lighting in two ways. As sculpture or as painting. As sculpture when you start with an overall wash of light and like painting when you commence in complete darkness. It is for this reason that I would like to suggest lighting systems and accessories that may assist you in attaining your final goals in lighting your subject or scenario.

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A Prelude to a Discussion about Light, Darkness, Life, Death, Reincarnation and other Notions. Stay Tuned…

Richard Avedon Parts 2 through 9 below Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark […]

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