Man Building 35-Foot “Eye of America” Camera

When this article popped up at first I thought I was seeing things… Maybe I needed another cup of coffee or was running a fever! A 35-foot camera! But nope, I dug further into it and I wasn”t dreaming or ill. Famed Photographer, Dennis Manarchy is making a 35-foot bellows camera called “Eye of America”, which [...]
World Press Photo

The results of the World Press Photo Contest are in. Samuel Aranda has taken the title of photo of the year according to World Press Photo. If you are not familiar with World Press Photo; it is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955 the organization is known for holding the [...]
Know Your Rights As A Photographer

Here is a short film I came across over on PetaPixel. With all the new laws being put into effect that violate your constitutional rights, I thought this is something everyone needs to see.
Smartphone Take Over

We all love our cellphones, in todays world they are something “we can’t live without”. For us photographers we feel the same way about our cameras. For the general public the rate at which the two are becoming one is extremely fast. We’ve talked about it before, how cellphone cameras are replacing general consumer cameras. [...]
Facebook Pages Every Photographer Should Like

What would we do without Facebook? I was going through my “liked” pages and thought I need to share some of these. There are some awesome pages with products and info for us photogs you may be missing out on! Now I like a slew of pages and I can not possible post them all. [...]
What Does SOPA and PIPA Mean

Making headlines is SOPA and PIPA…sounds like some celebrity dog names at first but it’s not! SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. PIPA is the Protect IP Act. Both have their own pros/cons and people are speaking out! Yesterday Wikipedia went black but appears to be back today. Google blacked out their logo with a message [...]
Adobe Unveils Lightroom 4

Are you ready for the next step up in the world of lightroom? We sure are! Today at 10am, 12pm, 2pm, and 4pm eastern time Matt Kloskowski and Tom Hogarty will be unveiling Lightroom 4 beta edition! I’m sure you are all going to check it out! Rumor has it that today there will be a [...]
Eve Arnold- Photographer To The Stars

Photographer Eve Arnold (born Eve Cohan) passed away thursday according to reports. Eve was 99 years old and famous for her celebrity portraits as well as photojournalism. She photographed many well knows like Marilyn Monroe, and Joan Crawford. Eve began her journey into photography in 1946 while working in photo finishing plant. In 1957 she became the [...]
Photography Series & Projects

Do you have new business goals set for 2012? At the end of every year we sit down and map out the upcoming years goals. We have a lot set for 2012 and are pretty excited for the new year! One of our 2012 goals is getting back into doing more personal side projects, maybe [...]
Facebook Timeline-More Unwanted Changes

Facebook is at it again and the masses are already complaining! The newest unwanted change is the Facebook Timeline. I had a chance to look at one yesterday, all I can say is “what is what?” It completely confused me..there was so much going on the page, and it was just everywhere! So I checked [...]
Jesh de Rox 2012 Premiere Event Passes

The Perfect Pose loves Jesh de Rox! So needless to say we were mega excited when we received an email from Jesh about his 2012 event pass! With the event pass you have no reason to miss any of his amazing workshops or retreats! Jesh is an amazing photographer and if you have never been [...]
Top 10 News

There are a lot of major headlines out there this week. Not some much photography related, but kinda. As some of our readers are editorial photographers I thought I’d look at some of the major news stories out there today. Pepper Spray- If you have Facebook, then you have probably seen the hundreds of photoshopped [...]
Did You Order Your iPhone 4S

It’s coming! It is time to order your new toy! Featuring: Siri. The intelligent assistant Dual-core A5 chip The best camera ever on a phone Video recording in 1080p amazing HD and More!!! Apple’s new iPhone pre-order is now available! ORDER YOURS NOW!
RIP Steve Jobs

The death of Apple’s Steve Jobs was a surprise to most people yesterday. The world lost one of the most important people of the technological age. Questions like these over flow the internet…What will happen to Apple now? Can it survive without him? Jobs answered that himself when he said “I mean, some people say, ‘Oh, [...]
Jobs Act To Help Small Business

One thing we don’t touch on much here is the business of photography. But I’m going to go into it a bit here because the newly proposed Jobs Act is of interest to me as a small business owner. A lot small businesses, studios included, have taken a major hit with the state of the [...]
Refresh Your Mind For The Holidays

The holidays are right around the corner which means a surge business for portrait photographers! Photography is one of those arts that is constantly changing and we need to stay on top of all the changes. Everyday a new camera, accessory, tutorial or software is coming out and challenging us to evolve. However some things [...]
Is Hurricane Irene Keeping You In The Dark

If you are / were one of the over 200,000 people on the east coast that lost power you may have missed the big changes to Facebook. Facebook has once again made a bunch of changes that have some users in a panic. Comments pop up with complaints and compliments alike. But shouldn’t we be [...]
World Photography Day

If ever there was a day you should spend with camera in hand, it’s today! August 19th is World Photography Day! According to Flickr “World Photography Day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Louis Daguerre. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype process. A few [...]
Top Ten Photography Techniques

I thought today we would look at a great article about some of the top photography techniques. In addition I compiled a list of my top favorites as a photographer from my fav gear to quote! So to start here’s a glance at some of my favs! MY TOP TEN My fail safe lens- Canon [...]
Photography Detectives-Finding Stolen Images

One thing I worry about is image stealing, it has happened to me a few times in the past. That was before I slapped a message on my site stating that a fine of $30,000.00 per image was the penalty for stealing them. In truth we know some continue to steal images from our blog [...]




