This Week in Photo

Christopher Berry is a Tucson Arizona based creative person, with an out-of-control obsession with technology. Aa real estate professional he has been merging the knowledge of his profession with his love for photography in new ways. Chris is a licensed sUAS (drone) pilot and has been building and flying drones for the past few years.

Taking his love of documentary style photography and portraiture, Chris shoots his life along with anything he feels is interesting, whether that's "pretty" or not.

Join us on this episode of Behind the Shot as we discuss one of his images from Burning Man.

Chris' Work

Connect with Chris

Instagram: @mikmaan

Twitter: @Eksmaan

Facebook: @Eksmaan

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Anya Anti is a self-taught digital artist from Ukraine, now based in New York. A photographer since 2009, photography is not only what she loves, and what she does, but also a reflection of her deep emotions, passion for the unknown and craving for beauty.

With her art, Anya not only tries to show beautiful imagery and photography technique, but also tries to convey an idea, mood, and atmosphere. From costumes to Photoshop manipulation, her fantasies come to life as finished pieces of art. Her images are fairytale-like, mystic, feminine, fragile and thoughtful, and if you listen carefully these silent pictures will tell a story.

As you enjoy her art, it is interesting to note that she shoots mainly with vintage manual lenses, like soviet Helios.

As a workshop instructor, Anya has taught in Poland, Russia, and of course Ukraine. As an award winner and internationally published artist, her accomplishments are too long to list here, but she is a Broncolor's GenNEXT contest finalist (Broncolor Ambassador) and 2nd prize winner in the Fine Art Photography Awards - Professional Fine Art category

Join us on this episode of Behind the Shot as we discuss her image Moon Thief.

Anya's Work

Connect with Anya

Personal: anitaantiart.com

Instagram - Personal: @anya_anti

Instagram - Portfolio: @anya_anti_art

Facebook: @AnyaAntiArt

YouTube: @AnitaAnti

500px: @AnitaAnti

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Peter Levshin is a Sydney, Australia born travel photographer that has lived in Los Angeles, with his lovely wife Linda, since 1988. Raised in a creative family - his father was a painter and his mother designed ceramics, pottery and tapestries - Peter now makes his living creating for the creative community. He has created books and marketing materials for people and products ranging from Paul McCartney to photographer Jerry Ghionis, and even for Barbie. In fact, his company Integrated Communications, or ICLA, is a 3 time Grammy Winner for packaging.

Peter's latest project is Premier Artists Collection, a fine art outlet for artists that were hand picked by Peter.

As a photographer, Peter's photographs are simple, ethereal, and mystical. He uses dramatic atmosphere and bold colors to make a statement, and yet his simple subjects create a sense of drama. Peter's images draw a viewer in the scene, where the feel a connection to the artwork.

Join Peter and I on this episode of Behind the Shot as we take a look at his image of a Burmese Monk entitled "Praying for the Dead".

Peter's Work

Connect with Peter

Integrated Communications: icla.com

Premier Artists Collection: pacartists.com

Instagram: @pacartists

Facebook: @pacartists

Twitter: @_pacartists

500px: @peter167

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Craig Colvin is an award-winning photographer and educator based in San Jose, CA, and his primary focus is using the human body as art. This is expressed in many forms, but his goal is to use the body to mimic the shapes and curves that are found in nature. This might be the gentle slope of a sand dune, a curve of a rock, or the rolling hills of a mountain range. Making a body conform to natural formations reinforces this similarity between the nature of the body and the nature of the land. His work tends to abstract the body shapes, so the viewer isn’t always sure at first glance if the image contains a body or not.

Craig's work has been published in numerous magazines and books, and exhibited in galleries and shows worldwide. He teaches photography workshops throughout the US, and online photography courses through the This Week in Photography School.

Join Craig and I on this episode of Behind the Shot as we discuss his image "Rainbow Hills".

Also, be sure to check out the behind the scenes video of the shoot for photo we are talking about.

Craig's Work

Connect with Craig

Personal: craigcolvinphotography.com

Facebook: @CraigColvinPhotography

Twitter: @craigcolvin

Instagram: @craigcolvinphoto

Craig Online

Photographing the Human Form course on TWiP School

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Dustin Jack is a Los Angeles based photographer with a wide range of specialties. With over 25 years experience, Dustin appears to see the world differently than almost anyone I have met. He shoots concerts, sports, portraiture, fine art, landscape and studio photography - all with a Dustin only style. He's also an accomplished graphic artist, with expertise in branding, advertising, design and layout. In 2013 he won the Photoshop Guru Award for the shot we will talking about today.

After living in Hollywood for just two days heI landed a job at Butterfield and Butterfield auction house. On any given day he would shoot the Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of OZ, The Batmobile, a Rembrandt, a Warhol, The Titanic dinner menu or an Elvis' Jumpsuit. Talk about diversity!

Today, Dustin is responsible for all guitar studio and reference photography for Fretted Americana Inc. accumulating an astounding 150,000 images of the most sought after vintage guitars in the world. He also handles the advertising and imaging for the company including logos, magazine ads, web site images, business cards, banners, posters and T-shirt designs. As a director and editor, Dustin has produced over 300 episodes of the Fretted Americana Inc. PHIL X Show, which at this time, has over 40 Million views on You Tube and led to the host being hire to be the new guitarist in Bon Jovi replacing Ritchie Sambora.

Dustin's personal works in fine art and concert photography has been in high demand for the last several years, most recently photographing and designing the SIXX:AM Double records as well as The Final show ever of Motley Crue. He has worked with, and photographed, Zakk Wylde, DJ Ashba, Motley Crue, Sixx:AM, Nikki Sixx, Lita Ford, Tommy Lee, Daughtry, KISS, 5 Finger Death Punch, Black Label Society, Shinedown, Phil X and The DRILLS, Rob Zombie, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Alter Bridge, Slash, Tremonti, Tiger Army, Guns n Roses, No Doubt, The Beastie Boys, TESLA and many others. You may have even seen some of his work in Rolling Stone, BURRN, SABIAN, BASS Player, Modern Drummer, Guitarist, Vintage Guitar and other music related magazines.

Today I sit down to talk with Dustin about his studio work with Tommy Lee, of Motley Crüe fame, and what it takes to get a great portrait - with all the pressure of a celebrity subject.

Dustin's Work

Connect with Dustin

Personal: dustinjackphotography.com

Facebook: @dustinjackphotography

Twitter: @dustinjackphoto

Instagram: @dustinjackphoto

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Canon Explorer of Light and award-winning photographer Rick Sammon loves his day job. A tireless, prolific and inspirational image-maker, Rick, called by some “The Godfather of Photography,” is one of the most active photographers on the planet – dividing his time between creating images, leading photo workshops, and making personal appearances. His enthusiasm for digital imaging is contagious. He is a man on a mission – a mission to make digital photography fun, creative, exciting and rewarding for others.

Rick has authored more photography books than anyone I know, with his latest, Creative Visualization for Photographers and Evolution of an Image, putting the number close to 40.

I asked Rick once how he describes his photography, and answered “evolving,” He hesitates to categorize his work. He does it all, and enjoys the freedom of not specializing.

With nearly 40 years of experience, this self-taught photographer has many accomplishments – and Rick as suggests, “When you are through changing, you are through.”

Join me on this episode as Rick discusses his HDR image Sunrise at the Blue Swallow.

Rick's Work

Connect with Rick

Personal: ricksammon.com

Facebook: @rick.sammon

Instagram: @ricksammonphotography

Twitter: @ricksammon

Rick's Books

Photo Education

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Dana McMullen is a Mercury and Icon Advertising Award winning Creative Director, Graphic Designer, and Photographer. Canadian born and raised, and now living in Southern California, Dana is primarily a Nature, Landscape, and Cityscape photographer.

His background in Creative Direction and Graphic Design aids him in creating stunning images, with a color and complexity rarely seen. Having worked for a global firm, Dana is the founder of the communications agency EvergreenCSD. As a photographer he his work has been seen in galleries, such as the Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, and Forest & Ocean Gallery in Laguna Beach, not to mention an appearance in the Newport Beach Art Exhibition. He has been published in NatGeo.com, Earth Justice Magazine and Big Bear Living.

His list of clients, past and present, includes Xanterra Parks and Resorts, Bloomingdale’s, BakerCorp and EGA Homes, Volkswagen, OfficeMax, Genuine Parts Company, Challenger and Shred-Tech.

Join me for this episode of Behind the Shot, as we take a look Out Of This World, and behind one of his amazing Milky Way shots, taken out at Joshua Tree National Park.

Dana's Work

Connect with Dana

Busines: evergreencsd.com

NatGeo: National Geographic

500px: @danamcmullens_imageroom

Facebook: @Dana-McMullens-Imageroom-164803366875524

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Adam Elmakias is a Live Music, Tour, and Portrait photographer ,really anything music related, based out of San Diego CA. I have to say that this guy may be influencing more up and coming concert photographers today than any other person out there. When I started shooting live music Adam was one of the first people I followed, He has more social media followers than some of the artists he shoots - 187k on Twitter, 472k on Instagram, 132k on Facebook. Yeah, people like Adam. Part of that is the bands he shoots. He captures the images that a generation of fans love. He has shot for A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Lindsey Stirling, All Time Low, and more.

As a tour photographer, Adam travels the world with bands, as their photographer. This can be one of the most stressful ways to make a living, but he can make it fun every day.

Music photography isn't all there is to Adam. Many of the same bands he shoot live also have Adam handle their promo shots. He created the well known Lens Bracelet, and he has various other Elmakias branded march, He has his own Music Magazine called "Your Music Photographer", He has taught a KelbyOne class. And my fave.... Adam does random free workshops. For a recent one in San Diego I was honored that he asked for me to come by, and the event was awesome. Young and old photographers walking around Balboa park shooting mini assignments - and the whole time Adam hung out and answered questions. I think that's what is most amazing to me about this guy. He gives back, and not half hearted either. He is all in to help photographers. In this episode I talk with him about how he got into a very rare spot - behind Travis Barker of Blink 182 during a performance at the Forum in LA - and ended up with an iconic image.

Adam's Work

 

Related Shots

During the show Adam mentioned he took lots of shots to get this one. He was kind enough to share a few of those, to help you understand how this type of shot happens. This is a great way to learn, and see why he chose the one he did from the sequence of images he took. Also it helps to see that even the best don't get a winner with every shutter push.

 

Connect with Adam

Personal: adamelmakias.com

Facebook: @adamelmakiasdotcom

Twitter: @elmakias

Instagram: @elmakias

YouTube: @elmakias

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Troy Miller is one of my favorite Wedding Photographers, and I am proud to call him a friend. Along with his wife Marjorie, Troy runs Imagery Concepts, a successful Wedding Photography business based in Southern California. Troy has helped me in my photography journey more than anyone I have met. I see images in my head differently than before I met him, and yet I am still baffled at the way he sees light. I started entering image competitions, and then judging them, at his suggestion - and Image Comps are one of the best ways to improve your photography.

He and his wife offer a unique dual perspective with an exciting blend of romantic, candid and photo journalistic qualities. Their clients find them by referral only from other clients, or from vendors that love what they do. Somehow, as busy as their business is, he still manages to participate in local photography clubs, and to shoot fine art as a "hobby".

Troy is an educator, lecturer, image competition judge and PPA Master Photographer.

He has also racked up an impressive list of awards:

* PPA 2014 2nd Place Grand Imaging Award in Wedding

* PPA Image Competition Gold Medalist

* Image chosen to represent the USA in the PPA World Photographic Cup

* PPC 2012 Wedding Photographer of the Year

* PPC 2013 Commercial Photographer of the Year

* Images in the PPA 2013 and 2014 Loan Collection

* PPC Expo Digital Café Chair and lecturer

* Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers 2014 - 2016 Wedding Photographer of the Year

* Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers 2015 Photographer of the Year

One of the things I love about Troy's images is the unique vision, or perspective, he has. In this episode of Behind the Shot, Troy discusses his shot "Stormy Kiss" - a unique wedding shot of a bride and groom on a stormy Southern CA day. Join us as Troy shares some tips and even has a great app suggestion for those times you need to know when the rain will stop.

Troy's Work

Connect with Troy

Business: imageryconcepts.com

Facebook - Business: @imageryconcepts

Twitter: @Jonzinator

Instagram - Business: @ImageryConcepts

Instagram - Personal: @SpicyJello

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Martin Bailey is a nature and wildlife photographer based in Tokyo. He’s a pioneering Podcaster and blogger, and TWiP fans will of course know him as a frequent guest on This Week in Photo with Frederick Van Johnson. He is a Craft & Vision author, Phase One Ambassador and  X-Rite Coloratti member. Fueled by his passion for nature and travel, and a tireless desire to share his knowledge and artistic vision, Martin is a popular international tour and workshop leader, helping photographers from around the world to experience and capture the wonders of this awesome planet we call home.

His work has been published by Popular Photography Magazine,  X-Rite, Pomegranate, Korean Air, Creation Durable (Paris), Real Music and Light of Consciousness Magazine, among others. He had five pieces in a joint exhibit Viaggiando Immaginando, in Italy in 2005, and his first solo exhibition “The Nature of Japan” was held in Toyama, Tokyo, in December 2010.

Martin was interviewed by Ibarionex Perello for The Candid Frame podcast, and he was also included in one of The 30 Most Influential Photographers of The Decade and Top 100 Socially Influential Photographers lists. In addition to selling fine art prints and licensing his photography for commercial use, Martin is available for commissioned assignments, workshops and seminars

In this episode of Behind the Shot, Martin Bailey shares his image QI2 - a beautiful image of Dancing Cranes. Join us as we get some insight into what it takes to capture such difficult subjects, in very difficult weather.

Martin's Work

Connect with Martin

Personal: martinbaileyphotography.com

Facebook: @MartinBaileyPhotography

Twitter: @MartinBailey

Instagram: @MartinBaileyPhotography

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