Welcome to the first entry in the new “5″ category. 5 is short for “Five For Friday” and it will be a new weekly feature. Every Friday, I’ll have five of something in this place. It might be links, it might be photos, it might be tips, it might be anything. As always, if there’s anything you’d like to see, drop me a note in the comments with your suggestion.
Onto to today’s 5. Kicking things off are five sites that should be high on the bookmark list of every photographer. So, grab yourself a coffee, get comfortable and get clicking. Here they are, in alphabetical order.
Chase Jarvis. Chase is a commercial photographer based in Seattle, USA. He’s the youngest photographer (35) to be named both a Hassleblad Master and Nikon Master, and with his blog, he shows you behind the scenes of both his commercial work and his personal projects, embracing all forms of multimedia, still and video.
Joe McNally. Joe McNally is perhaps best known for his Faces of Ground Zero series following 9/11. He has also shot numerous assignments and covers for National Geographic, including their first all-digital issue. With his book, The Moment It Clicks, and his blog, Joe shows people how and why he created some of his most famous shots as well as provided plenty of tips and how-tos.
Lighting Essentials. Lighting Essentials is a site run by Don Gionnatti, a photographer from Phoenix, Arizona. Lighting Essentials features tutorials, online workshops, assignments, fun shoots, and presents lighting information and lighting tools from DIY to the top-of-the-line Pro Gear. There’s a wealth of information here for anyone who wants to learn about light.
Strobist. By now, Strobist should need no introduction. This site is probably the hottest photography site on the internet where everyone from working professionals to beginners go to learn about lighting with small strobes (speedlights) with lots of DIY, and full lighting courses.
Vincent Laforet. Vincent is a Pulitzer Prize winning commercial and editorial photographer from New York. He is a Canon Explorer of Light and has been profiled on CNN. His current work is bridging the gap between still and video images, especially with his short film “Reverie” that was made on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
Well that concludes the first “Five For Friday”. I hope you’ve enjoyed it, and I hope I haven’t breached anyone’s copyright with the embedded videos – if I have, let me know and I’ll remove them.
