Joey L is a photographer of the modern age. He doesn’t really care much about film tools, like light meters-why should he? He can see the image when he takes it and judge for himself if it is too dark or too light. At the same time, he has a serious fondness for the lighting styles of the old Hollywood Masters like Sinclair Bull and George Hurrell. The cover of Photographing Shadow and Light has all the hallmarks of a Hollywood glamour shot, bright highlights and dark shadows and an image that tells a story. As a portrait photographer I have…
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Keep The Change
Steve Dublanica wrote one of my favorite blogger-makes-good books called Waiter Rant, in which he tells the world what he thinks about restuarants and the dinning public at large. He lived and died by how much he was tipped-and he hated people who didn’t tip, much as an Assembly Line Portrait Photographer hates people who don’t buy. In Keep The Change, Steve ventures into the universe of tipping. Being a poor schmuck myself, my own tipping activities are limited to restuarants with wait staff and my semi-annual haircut. And I’ll be honest, I’d rather not tip the random woman at…
Being a Fattie is a Lifestyle Choice
While diddling away the random hour on Twitter I ran across a link to the Marie Claire blog post Should Fatties Get a Room (Even on TV?) I was amazed to find nearly 4,000 comments weighing in-sorry-on the debate about whether or not overweight people should a) have their own TV show, or b) be allowed out in public where anyone can see them. The post was kind of a silly bit of business, which I’m sure author Maura Kelly thought she was writing a bit of fluff. Think again. The topic of Mike & Molly soon faded as Maura…