With DC not really being a big market for editorial photography, it has been quite some time since I last had a chance to book a model and set up a shoot. So I was pretty excited to shoot with the lovely Alyssa. If you are interested in working with her, you can find her [...]
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Outdoor Shoot with Model Alyssa
Posted: 21st April 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Alyssa, ArtMuse, Editorial, Outdoors, Sven Bannuscher, Svenler
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How to shoot with Agency Models
Posted: 20th April 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Agencies, Agency, Approved, Models, Photographers, Releases, Vouchers
When it comes to creating great pictures, one should have an awesome Photographer, a great Make-Up Artist, a wonderful Stylist and if possible an Agency Model. With their experience, look, and professionalism, agency models can enhance just about any picture, but how do you get to shoot with an agency model? While you can easily [...]
Embarrassing: USPS and the Microstock Mix-Up
Posted: 16th April 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Microstock, Stamps, Statue of Liberty, United States Postal Service, USPS
While Microstock sites such as iStockphoto or Dreamstime are a great way for small bloggers to procure their images, companies should think twice before trying to save a few bucks by downloading an image from a Microstock site. There have been numerous cases where two companies in the same market have used the same stock [...]
Freelance Modeling: The Chaperone Question
Posted: 13th April 2011 by Svenler in Modeling, PhotographyTags: Chaperone, Escort, ModelMayhem, Safety, Security
Escort: an attendant who is employed to accompany someone (Princeton Worldnet) Chaperone: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people (Princeton Worldnet) The Chaperone Question (or Escort Question) tends to come up once in a while with freelance models, especially if they do not have much experience. Now if this [...]
Spring Cleanup II – The same Print Box
Posted: 10th April 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: FotoWeek DC, M Street Gallery, National Geographic, Solitude, Sven Bannuscher, Washington DC
Just so you know what I look like when making a stupid face at an Awards Gala while jumping into the air… Maybe I should have just stood there and smiled like everyone else. (Yeah right)
Spring Cleanup – The Print Box
Posted: 10th April 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: EuroCup 2008, Washington Post
While I was browsing through some old pictures that I store in a print box, I found the newspaper cutout of my very first large audience publication (>1.4 million). It was a picture for the Washington Post in 2008 for the Soccer EuroCup. Spain won 1-0 over Germany in the final game, much to the [...]
HDR Photography: Night Illuminations at the National Building Museum
Posted: 8th April 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: HDR, National Building Museum, Photography, Washington D.C.
Last week I shot an event at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. I tried to get an awesome interior shot while there was still some light coming through the windows, but did not like the outcome. So I simply waited till the sun had set and positioned myself with a tripod on the [...]
Photographing the Eiffel Tower at Night
Posted: 31st March 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Eiffel Tower, Illuminations, Société d'exploitation de la Tour Eiffel
Due to the striking illumination of the Eiffel Tower at night, many people take pictures. While it is perfectly fine to take photographs at any time of the day or night (unlike many internet photographers’ claims), the Société d’exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) has a copyright on the nightly illuminations. This means that every [...]
How to make your Groupon work – A photographer’s perspective
Posted: 3rd January 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyGroupon is a great marketing tool for some people, for others it’s not. I just did my first Groupon and want to shed some light for those of you who are thinking about marketing with Groupon and want to be successful in doing so. First of all you need to know that when you deal [...]
How to create proper Separation / Isolation Lighting
Posted: 7th December 2010 by Svenler in Education, Lighting, Photography, Stock PhotographyTags: isolation, lighting, Macrostock, Microstock, Photography, separation, technique
Some call it separation lighting, others prefer the term isolation lighting, but both mean the proper lighting technique to separate your subject from the background. While this technique is applied just about everywhere in photography where a subject is the main focus, this technique is a particular for Stock Photography, where the proper separation technique [...]
Becoming a photographer: Should I go to art school?
Posted: 1st December 2010 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Art School, Book, Education, Photography
Personally, I believe that running a successful photography business is about 80% business knowledge and 20% photography knowledge, so I would recommend to any upcoming photographer to get a Degree in Business instead of a Degree in Photography. I know it helped me a lot to understand the principles of accounting, finance, marketing, negotiations, planning, [...]
Discounts and Rebates on Nikon Gear – October / November 2010
Posted: 29th October 2010 by Svenler in Photo Gear, PhotographyTags: Cameras, Discounts, Lenses, Nikon, Rebates
I just received an email from a friend at Adorama that Nikon is currently offering huge rebates on some pretty sweet gear. It’s an instant rebate, so you don’t need to fill out paperwork, mail it in, and wait a few weeks to get a check in the mail. These dicounts cover pretty much Nikon’s [...]
Video: Photographer and Videographer brawl at Wedding
Posted: 25th October 2010 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Brawl, Fight, Photographer, Video, Videographer
I tried to have someone who speaks Russian determine why the fight broke out, but they could not tell, so here is my take on how this must have happened. Don’t take this too serious, ok. Photographer: My camera has 20 Megapixels. Videographer: My camera does HD video. Photographer: I hate you. Alternative Story: Photographer [...]
MCEA Photo Shoot
Posted: 30th September 2010 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Lighting Setup, MCEA, Photo Shoot
A few weeks ago, I got a phone call just before lunch from the Montgomery County Education Administration (MCEA). They needed a photographer to shoot a portrait for one of their flyers the same afternoon and deliver the finished digital file just an hour later, which would give me half an hour for the shoot [...]
Washington Life: Balls & Galas Shoot
Posted: 11th September 2010 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Balls & Galas, Beth Newburger, Editorial, Lighting Setup, Michele Berman, Sven Bannuscher, Washington D.C., Washington Life
Two weeks ago I did a shoot of Beth Newburger Schwartz and Michele Berman for the 2010 Balls & Galas issue of Washington Life Magazine at the Park Hyatt in Washington D.C. Make-up was provided by Carl Ray, who is an amazing make up artist. The space we were to shoot in was very limited [...]