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Professional photographer, author, instructor, speaker and philosoblogger™. Rolando has conducted hundreds of photography workshops across the globe. (photo workshop info) Gomez is also the "master photographer" star in the upcoming television reality show about models, photographers and photographer's assistants called, "Centerfold" (Fall 2012). Read his complete biography and view his publishing credits here. Photos From Our Diaries
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Social Photographers Are The Most Creative—And Facebook Knows This
Prediction: Apple(Face)Book Will Rule Social Creativity I’ve often said and written about how the greatest photographers in the world are those that understand the three C’s, comprehension, communication and creativity. Though I borrowed some of that ideology from the late, great photographer Dean Collins, I don’t think either one of us were referring to “smartphones” when it came to the...
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The Million Dollar Question In Photography
What Should I Charge? I’m constantly asked by photographers at my photography workshops, “What should I charge?” This seems like a million dollar question, especially in today’s economic times where some photographers have reduced prices just to secure paid shoots. The sad part of it all, photographers are undercutting, or as they say in the business, “low-balling” and it’s done nothing but impact...
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Pinterest, Inspiration And Marketing For Photographers
Get Inspired While Getting Noticed In a previous blog article, I talked about how Instagram combined with Tumblr are not only free, but amazing marketing multipliers in showcasing your photographic talents—especially when combined with Facebook and Twitter. Well I finally took...
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Folklore Photography, The Grim Reaper Concept
Out of Ideas, Recreate A Myth The Story Behind The Image: I’m a bit behind after conducting, back-to-back photography workshops in Las Vegas, Seattle, Nashville and San Antonio, plus preparing for my upcoming lectures at the University of Calgary, but I wanted to share with...
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My Digital Camera Is Better Than Yours
Yep, But My Lens Is Better Than Yours There’s been a lot of chatter lately on the Internet about mirror-less vs. mirror cameras, the new Nikon D4 vs. the latest Canon 5D Mark III, iPhones vs. other smart phones, the new technology of the Lytros camera and more. Basically,...
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Fast WordPress Photography Websites Without Blogging
Practically Free, But Professional Having a website is paramount for photographers today and the easiest form is using the WordPress blogging software as it’s not only free, but battle-hardened by an amazing developer community and deployed by over 71 million websites. Some of...
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Size Does Matter In Photography
The Smaller The Harder, The Larger The Softer When it comes to size in photography, one often thinks of lenses, and while proper lens selection makes sense, it’s often dictated by a photographer’s shooting style, not necessarily hard rules. The same applies to photographic...
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The 90-Percent Rule Of Lighting In Photography
It’s About Absorption And Reflection You often hear about percentages, sometimes in statistics, like 75-percent of all statistics are made up, which often leaves you wondering about the accuracy of such numbers, but when it comes to photography, one percentage that is accurate...
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The Process Of Taking A Great Photograph
Mirror vs. Mirror-less Cameras Is Just The Beginning With today’s advancement in portable digital cameras, from iPhones to mirror-less SLRs, DSLRs have been catching negative buzz from well-known photographer personalities like Trey Ratcliff (see: DSLRS ARE A DYING BREED –...
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New Year’s Resolutions To Improve Your Photography
It’s About Setting Goals To Get There Well it’s that time period again were we say goodbye to one year and welcome in another year, usually with a customary resolution, or a goal(s) to live by for the next 12 months. Many people also like to look back or recap the highlights...
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iPhoneography, The New Genre Of Photography
Instagram And iPhoneography Combine For Social Power I was doing some research on the newest genre of photography, iPhoneography, and found a claim that stated, “10-percent of all photos taken in the lifetime of photography were done in the past year due to the infusion of...
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Photographic Culture, Don’t Lose It, Adapt To It
Do You Operate On Automatic Or Manual Mode? Back in the days of film, you’d find professional photographers prioritizing their time to include darkroom days, shooting sessions, and administrative time. Call it a part of the photographic culture, but, regardless to survive in...
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The Death Of A Great Editor Made Me Feel The Light
The Impact Of A Photo And Some Great Words Back during my sophomore year in high school, my photojournalism instructor, Barclay Burrow, pointed out to me that great photographers not only see the light, but they feel the light too. The conversation started with him showing me a...
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Photography Basics—Three And Four Light Set-Ups
Start With The Basics First I still remember the film days of the old photography books I used to read, almost all recommended a three or four light setup, usually a main (key), fill, back and background light when working with artificial lighting, such as studio strobes or...
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Getting Caught Up
Busy Life Of This Photographer It’s been a crazy past three months as I’ve spent weeks being filmed for an upcoming reality television show plus working with my mother’s medical conditions to get her in a rehab/nursing facility. Throw in several photography workshops in...
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Editing Photos vs. Photo Editing, Know the Difference
Post-Production Is Not The Same As Selecting Images Before digital photography became a reality, most people never knew about photo editing or editing photos, unless they were familiar with shooting photos for publication. Unfortunately, with the advancement of digital...
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Free Instagram Website Using Tumblr
A Free Marketing Multiplier That Increases Your Klout Update: Activate your Facebook and Twitter on your Tumblr account, so when you “link” your Instagram to your Tumblr, Tumblr will automatically post on Facebook and Twitter. This post is “linked back”...
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