My blog was running a little bit slow in the past few days on both the frontend and the backend. I wanted to make sure there wasn’t any problem on their end, so I visited their Dreamhost Status blog, and to my surprise, I saw this entry that was posted by a person named Brian on 7/19. As of 7/12, I’m not sure if the problem still persists, but it looks like Brian wasn’t too happy about it. I can’t tell if it’s...

(Hint: Much More Than Just Persuasion) Whether you’re busy navigating the choppy, roiling tides of the vast corporate sea or simply wanting to have things go your way a little bit more often than they presently do, the ability to communicate effectively will be one of the most important arrows in your quiver. The important thing to remember, though, is that communication isn’t only about making sure you’re understood — it’s...

So Annie Leibovitz recently had a photoshoot with Karlie Kloss and a bunch of America’s top male Olympians for Vogue US June 2012. I’m not sure about you, but these pictures look below average to me. In fact, I personally think most of Annie’s work is really mediocre. Sure she gets funded to shoot big projects for big companies, and her portfolio consists of quite a few celebs, but her final results look far behind some...

This video below done by Vi Hart was made for her Youtube audience, but I think the message could also apply for us photographers. Well, she didn’t really make the video for her audience, she made the video for herself; and by doing so, she advertently creates an audience that follows her. Confusing? Kind of. It’s only but a way of saying you should create art that you enjoy making, for yourself, not somebody else. I must admit,...

[FRAMED] Show Network is an amazing organization which consists of talented photographers and videographers. These people go out of their way to interview other inspiring, emerging and also well-established photographers and videographers, so that we all have the luxury of watching these outstanding professionals work behind the scenes, and how they got to where they are today. I used to watch every single one of their episodes on Youtube,...

Video editing is no one simple task, and I’ve been tinkering with Adobe Premiere CS6 enough to get the job done, but I’m nowhere near being efficient at using the software. What used to take me an hour or two in Windows Live Movie Maker (I know, I know, it’s cookie cutter and not exactly professional), now takes me at least twice the amount of time when I use AP. However, I’m determined to force myself to learn how...

This past weekend, I went offline and took a camping trip to Lake Tahoe, California. Before this trip, I couldn’t recall when it was the last time when I had no access to technology. By the time I got to the camp site at 10pm, it was pitch black, and I completely lost the phone signal. I’m not going to lie, going offline does feel a bit peaceful and a bit easing. Although, I was feeling a bit nervous towards the end, given how...

So you may have known I’ve been into making videos lately, and I’m going to shoot a video for a Kickstarter project in a few weeks, I finally took the plunge and decided to get a slider. After shopping around, it seems like sliders are expensive pieces of equipment. After reading and watching a bunch of reviews on camera sliders, I went with the Opteka GLD-200 23″. I was a bit skeptical by some of the reviews I found...

Brooklyn Decker is one of the most well-spoken and actress/model I’ve seen. Being a blonde that she is, I’m actually very impressed by how intelligent she sounds, and how goofy she is. Brooklyn is best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, including the cover of the 2010 issue. In addition to working for Victoria’s Secret for the 2010 “Swim” collection, I also noticed her in a TV...

Think you’re good with Photoshop? Think again. Check out some of these screen cast time-lapse videos made by a graphic designer named Alexander Koshelkov. In his spare time, Alexander finds a bunch of images online and put them all together to make a final image that is part real and part surrealism. In this first video below, the final image is a picture of a plane crash right in the middle of a free way (note the exit at the end)....