Chase Jarvis

As a well known commercial photographer with a successful business, Chase Jarvis’ blog is a must for anyone looking for some inspiration.  He reviews new gear, discusses developing your creativity, lists great stuff from around the web and more.  And one of the most interesting and inspiring pieces on his blog is the collection of photos posted from his iPhone.  Check out the latest posts (updated automatically):

• Talent Imitates, Genius Steals: chasejarvisLIVE REMIX episode with MIKE RELM [coming Tues Feb 7]
• The Freshman Yearbook of Power Nerds, Washington DC Style
• Horn Toot! Study Reveals that Creativity & Culture Drive Economy
• No, But I Can Learn
• Buying Mics & Hacking Audio for Your DSLR Video Setup

This entry was written by A Photographer Who Blogs, posted on May 9, 2009 at 10:06 am, filed under Commercial Photographers, Documentary Photographers, Photographers, Travel Photographers and tagged Blogger, canon, Chase Jarvis, iphone gallery, nikon, panasonic, Reebok, United Arab Emirates. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

David Hobby

David Hobby is a 20-year career newspaper shooter. He studied photojournalism at the University of Florida and has worked for the Leesburg (FL) Commercial, the Orlando (FL) Sentinel, UPI, and lots of other publications as a freelancer/stringer/intern. He has been a staff photographer at Patuxent Publishing (Columbia, MD) from ’88-’99 and at The Baltimore (MD) Sun. He currently shoots editorial and institutional assignments.

On his blog, Hobby is simply known as the The Strobist. His posts are focused on learning how to use off-camera flash to take your photos to the next level. Or the next ten levels. There is so much great information on this site, I wouldn’t begin to be able to summarize it all here, but if you’re interested in low-budget lighting with hand-held off camera flashes, this blog is your one-stop-shop.  From sharing the inspirational work of others, to reviews of the latest flash gear, to a basic intro to lighting, you’ll only find the best advice and knowledge regarding lighting for photojournalists.

The Strobist blog could be thought of as a lighting idea bank, run by and for the most enthusiastic DSLR photographers. According to the site, there are over 250,000 regular readers, and the discussion group has more than 40,000 members, all of them sharing ideas and techniques for small-flash lighting. Check out the latest posts (updated automatically):

• Core Knowledge: Working With Remotes
• Tyler Stableford: Dispatches From the Underground
• Q&A: Dealing with Glare from Dark Wood Backgrounds
• Ono Shouichi: The Spirit of a Century
• QA: Down the Phase One Rabbit Hole

This entry was written by A Photographer Who Blogs, posted on April 4, 2009 at 1:21 am, filed under Photographers and tagged Blogger, canon, David Hobby, flash, hand-held, Leesburg Commercial, Lighting, lighting 101, Newspaper, nikon, off camera lighting, Orlando Sentinel, Patuxent Publishing, The Baltimore Sun, The Strobist, UPI. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Tewfic El-Sawy

Egyptian-born Tewfic El-Sawy is best known on the internet as The Travel Photographer. Now residing in New York, he’s a freelance photographer who specializes in documenting endangered cultures and traditional life ways of Asia, Latin America and Africa. What’s perhaps most interesting about El-Sawy is that he invites others to join his photo expeditions on a referral/friend basis. He then shares the experiences on the blog, like a recent trip to Theyyams of Malabar, going over the hotels, the route, what worked and what didn’t and how he’d do it differently next time.  El-Sawy also shares lots of great links to other work that interests him on his blog, like a WSJ photo of a burqa-clad woman walking in an old Kabul bazaar, or The Boston Globe’s Scenes From Pakistan.  He shares insight on how the shot was probably taken and any experience he’s had with that area.  It’s an amazing resource for any travel photographer, or anyone else who needs some inspiration. Check out the latest posts (updated automatically):

• 5 Weeks To 'The Oracles of Kerala' Photo Workshop
• Asia Society: Princes And Painters In Muhgal India
• Jana Asenbrennerova: Shipbreakers of Chittagong
• The Frame: The Magh Mela
• The Gizmon iCA For iPhone

This entry was written by A Photographer Who Blogs, posted on March 12, 2009 at 3:20 am, filed under Photographers, Travel Photographers and tagged africa, asia, Blogger, Boston Globe, Egypt, endangered cultures, expedition, latin america, Theyyams of Malabar, Travel Photography, Wall Street Journal. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Shawn Rocco

A photojournalist with the Raleigh News & Observer in Raleigh, NC, Shawn Rocco searches for storytelling moments amidst the grind of daily photojournalism assignments.  Never lacking in inspiration, and with the help of his camera phone he captures his personal thoughts about assignments and other random things that you get to witness as a photojournalist.  I’ve had the pleasure of hanging out with Shawn over a beer and darts at a UNC Photonight and running into him on assignments, and I can say he’s a great guy to be around.  Check out his camera phone blog called Cellular Obscura. Here are some of the most recent posts (updated automatically):

• Site redesign and migration
• Boylan Heights ArtWalk time again!
• Honorable mention at photoSpark
• Two gallery shows this month
• Nature bats last

This entry was written by A Photographer Who Blogs, posted on March 5, 2009 at 7:20 pm, filed under Photographers and tagged Blogger, camera obscura, Camera Phone, cell phone camera, Raleigh News & Observer, Shawn Rocco, Undiscovered. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.