My Digital Photography Blog

I very recently — and by “recently,” what I actually mean is “today” — discovered the photography of Sharon McAulay, who is based out of Spain, and I have fallen in love.

As you can see on her personal web site, this digital photographer has a lot of talent and it is all completely versatile.  From portraits to landscapes to the random and unexpected, she has a fine touch with all the subjects of her pictures, bringing beauty out of things in which you may not expect to see it, and heightening the beauty which already exists within beautiful things.

Both of those are rare and truly special gifts in anyone, especially a photographer who has the power to bring their visions to other people.  Sharon McAulay possesses both, which is an even more precious rarity, and definitely one worth noting.

So, folks, let’s have a chat about a brand – brand new photographer that has been doing it for a while but that I just discovered.  Peter Duffy is the name and to be quite frank, he is awesome!  While this might just look like a cookie falling into milk, it is really hard to capture that on film and I think that Peter does a really good job.

This is a guy that actually became a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer for the State of Connecticut and honestly – he switched careers.  He started doing photography while he was a funeral director; however photography seemed to his passion.

Duffy has done so many different things and has traveled all over the world and he actually is a master of commercial photography and ad design, which is what I personally love.  You should see him!

When you think about it – finding the perfect photographer to take a picture of food is difficult.  You need to make sure that the photographer itself knows what they are doing, how they can arrange the food, how the food looks best and what angles to shoot from.  That is by far the most difficult part, however I think that Tom Geisbuesch is very talented in this.

One thing that Tom Geisbuesch has under his belt is the fact that he not only shoots food, but he is actually an advertising specialist and he knows what angles looks good in everything.  Take this picture for example – this picture is absolutely breathtaking and it looks incredible when you look at it.

He couldn’t have done that if he didn’t have the talent that he has right now.  That is why Tom Geisbuesch is one of my favorite – favorite photographers of all time!

Photography is a great way to express yourself, whether you do it is as a hobby or if you find a job that relies on your ability to take pictures. There are a number of ways you can begin your journey to become a photographer.

For one thing, you need to decide what kinds of pictures you want to take; what type of photography appeals to you? Do you want to record history, report the news through pictures, advertise, or does fine art appeal to you more?

For photojournalists or some kind of photographic specialist, however, a four year degree may be necessary.

You also need to start putting together a portfolio. It can come in handy at any time, even if you are simply working as an assistant to a photographer.

Finding the perfect photographer to take photographs of landscape and making it interesting is something that many people can not do.  Marc Adamus is not many people – this is a photographer that is based out of Corvallis, Oregon and his vision is something that is not only beautiful but he truly has something that is absolutely different from the norm and his talent is completely and totally raw. 

Marc Adamus has a very, very keen eye for the many moods of nature and he is actually living right now his life-long passion for the wilderness and capturing it via his camera lens.  The passion is something that not only shines through everything that Marc Adamus photographs, but you can plainly see it through the many, many pictures that this beautiful photographer has taken.

Marc Adamus’s style is absolutely unmistakable and his talent – his eye is very rare and something that should not ever be taken for granted!

When you think about it – there are so many things that people do not know about – photography, specifically fashion photography is one of them. For example, do you know who Patrick Demarchelier is?  Most people do not, however he is one of the most famous fashion photographers of our time and he produces some of the most beautiful pictures in the world.  Patrick Demarchelier was born in 1943 in Paris – that alone has to tell you something.

Patrick Demarchelier has lived in NY since 1975 and has been photographing since 1975 – he actually got into it via freelancing and learning and working with all sorts of photographers, one specifically inspired him though and that was Henri Cartier-Bresson.  In 1992, he actually shot for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar and from that time on, he has been doing advertising campaigns for all sorts of fashion labels.

Patrick Demarchelier is one high-in-demand photographer and he has earned it!  He has written many photography books and is certainly a fantastic guy behind the camera!

To me – some of the best photography in the world is all about how you capture it right in that moment … still life if you will.  That is exactly what v is all about.  This guy is a master at his craft in the still life department and he is a technical pro at what he does.  Still life and creative product photography has been Dennis Pedersen’s passion for over 20 years and I think that he is definitely worth it!

Take a look at this particular photo … no one but Dennis Pedersen could ever capture something that is so simple and create something so beautiful out of it.  Makeup is something that is so hard to make look awesome and I think that Dennis Pedersen did an awesome job right here.  This guy is also a water specialist, so you know that is he can take photos of products under water, he has got to be the best right?

Dennis Pedersen states that he absolutely loves working with water because it bends the light a certain way and because of the movement of the objects … water is hard to work with, yet Dennis Pedersen is up to the challenge!

Jorge Alcaide has been in the business for twenty years, including spending time shooting photographs for graphic design and advertising markets in Mexico.  These days he is known best for the annual reports and product shots he does.  However, that is by no means all he does; his experience also lies in lifestyle and he has been to many different locations — and shot them, of course.

The photographer is not only well traveled but also well educated, having gone to school both in Mexico and in England.  He can speak his native Spanish, French, and English fluidly.

But that does not say enough about Alcaide’s photography, with is surreal and evocative and poignant, all at the same time.  It takes something you know — a pair of legs and feet walking across the floor, a figure on the stairs, a man walking down the hall — and turns it into something which belongs in a dreamscape.

Here, the busy business man is turned into a dreamy figure, plotting novels and poems and who knows what else, trapped for an eternal moment in time.

When you look at Jerry Avenaim – you would probably think that this guy is not actually a photographer, however his work is some of the best that I have ever seen.  Jerry Avenaim is actually known for his fashion and celebrity images.  Even at age forty-seven, he is still alive and churning out some of the best photos that this world has ever seen in the fashion industry and that to be is beautiful.  Jerry has been in the photography game since he was a teenager and he was raised in Chicago.

Jerry Avenaim is actually very well-known and he has done a lot of different things in his work.  He has photographed models for Vogue, GQ, Newsweek and Glamour and he has done countless covers for magazines.  He has also done a lot of work with celebrities such as Phil McGraw, Angela Bassett, Brooke Shields and Halle Berry – and that is just the tip of the iceberg with Jerry Avenaim!

His work is not all commercial though, he does do quite a bit of art pieces as well and this is one of them – it is beautiful in my eyes and I just wanted you to get inside Jerry Avenaim’s mind a little bit!

If there a photographer out there that I have fallen deeply in love with, it has got to be Terence Donovan.  This photographer is not only that, but he was also a British film director.  He had a love for fashion photography most and in 1960, that is exactly what he did.  Terence Donovan was born on the East end of London and he actually took his very first photo at the tender age of fifteen and instantly fell in love with cameras and fashion photography in general.

He started out with taking pictures of the bomb-damaged industrial land around his home and then he added in some fashion models.  Terence Donovan actually started the trend of positioning the models in stark and gritty urban environments and calling it fashionable.  Flats and gasometers were among some of the most popular destinations for this photographer’s vision.

Before he died in 1996, Terence Donovan had made it big and shot for huge magazines like Harpers Bazaar and Vogue and to be honest, his memory still lives on today.