Peter Phun on February 13th, 2010

Unless you have darkroom experience, you probably won’t know what a “contact sheet” or “proof sheet” is.
Now that we have digital photography, the term itself is irrelevant.
The “contact sheet” or “proof sheet” is nothing more than a grid of thumbnails of your entire shoot which displays unique numbers underneath each image.
A lot can be learned [...]

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Peter Phun on January 24th, 2010

A change of attire for a different mood–Getting different looks for their models is often a goal for photographers. It can be something as simple as letting their hair down and introducing a colored backlight. Here is the setup for the lights.

Before you tear down the set sometimes you have to ask yourself, “What else [...]

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Peter Phun on January 22nd, 2010

In my previous post “Photographing a belly dancer,” I mentioned how you have to make do when you don’t have control over the lighting and access to the performing/dance area.
I started wondering how much better my images could look, if I had more control, the control freak that I am.
So I got together with Hadia Habibi.
I [...]

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How many times have you picked up a newspaper and started reading a story just because the picture on the cover caught your attention?
That pretty much sums up the newspaper photographer’s goal at any assignment that he/she draws.
The Assignment
Come back with a picture/pictures that will sum up the story and draw the reader’s attention to [...]

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