The cover of my winter 2011 newsletter
For a couple of years now I’ve been sending out a monthly newsletter to readers of this blog. Many photographers do the same and it’s easy for newsletters to get overlooked among the masses of email people get every day. It thus becomes a challenge to stand out and attract attention. Ultimately, the hope is that people will open mine, read it, visit my website and chooses to license a few images. The reality for most people producing such things is that most newsletters begin to look the same. There are variations of course, but within the limitations of email inboxes – and who wants to receive a multi-megabyte email – one is largely limited in what can be sent.
That dilemma is one faced by all photographers who are producing work that is going to be seen by other people. How do you stand out in that crowd? And with those questions in my mind, the new newsletter was born.
Preview of the newsletter.
Instead of producing a small monthly newsletter, I’ve moved to producing a larger, seasonal newsletter. This first one, Winter 2011, is a 19 page PDF that features a wide range of subjects. Included within are new, unpublished images, a photo essay, an interview with the CEO of Phottix, an on-assignment section that looks at some recent NGO work, reviews of an underwater casing and of David duChemin’s latest book, tearsheets and a few images from some recent corporate assignments I’ve done.
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Scrrenshot from the resdeigned homepage.
It’s been quite a while since the look and feel of this website and blog underwent a change. With 2011 drawing to a close, it’s time for a little bit of redesigning and rebranding. Once again, I turned to the team at Graph Paper Press for the basic look and feel of the blog and incorporated that into my photo library that is hosted at Photoshelter. My previous design featured an easy one-click integration between the two but that wasn’t possible on this occasion, and took a bit of work to get them in sync. It’s not an exact match – I didn’t want that – but the look and basic feel are similar. There are still a few tweaks to go with the design but it’s gone as far as possible without getting feedback from you. Feel free to make suggestions and bring anything to my attention that you feel I ought to know about. In addition to the website design, I worked with the team at Nicky Graphics to remake my logos ready for 2012. I’m very happy with what they came up with and have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone in need of some custom design. Be sure to click on the logo above to check out the new homepage.
]]>This weeks 5 looks at five photographers in this region that have recently been showing some great work. A couple of these are new to me so I’m not familiar with all of their older images. The others are people I’ve been following for a while who have recently been taking their photography to another level. I’m not ranking these in any way – they are simply in the order I discovered them. Read on, after the jump.
The Daily Bubble Tea – Married life must be agreeing with Todd at the Daily Bubble Tea, because he’s been producing some stunning work of late. A really strong sense of composition coupled with the desire to try new things has resulted in beautiful images. His series utilizing reverse macro photography makes a good starting point for anyone not familiar with Todd’s work.
My Several Worlds – I’m not sure if it’s something to do with being a newlywed, but Carrie is another recently married person who’s been producing great work lately. Reinventing her site as a more travel style magazine has been a good move on Carrie’s part, which allows her strong sense of color to shine. Take a look at a graffiti walk in Ximending for starters.
Asian Ramblings – The Stevo is another who’s displaying his work in a web magazine-type format. Regularly updated posts that ranging from single photos to history to travel. Hakka Missile Silo’s is a good example, mixing great photography with bits of history.
Expatriate Games – Michael’s blog is a recent discovery. He exhibits a diverse range of images with some very strong portrait work and excellent use of color. His Top 10 China portraits is a good place to start. Expect some great work in the future from Michael.
Randyland – Randy’s blog is one I discovered a while ago, lost and have only recently rediscovered. Randy’s been mixing it up with color, black and white, HDR and a few experimental shots. His recent trip to Angkor has seen a lot of great pictures posted. I’m looking forward to more.
So there we have it. Five photographers producing great images. Do you have any favorites? Any other photographers that you think I should know about? Drop me a note and link in the comments and I’ll take a look. Please consider sharing this post with your social media networks.
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