Guest Post: Tips for an Independently Produced Photoshoot

Putting together an independently produced photoshoot for the first time? Or are you looking for new and improved ways to refine your process? Our tips below will set you up for success and provide insight about how to execute a photoshoot you’re proud of.

Courtesy of the Art of Freelance. Written by Mathieu Young. Original article published here.

independently produced photoshoot

Lifestyle shoot by Mathieu Young.

Have a vision

It all starts here. Your job as an artist is to find a way to translate your ideas, experience, passion, curiosity into imagery that inspires your audience. 

Start with the end in mind. Imagine you have successfully completed this photoshoot. Ask yourself these questions:

By |2019-01-23T19:35:42+00:00July 24th, 2018|Hyperfocus, News|Comments Off on Guest Post: Tips for an Independently Produced Photoshoot

EyeEm and Space for Arts Team Up to Provide 100 Hours of Studio Time for Photographers in NYC

Beginning today, photographers can apply for up to 10 hours of free studio time

July 12, 2018

Photography community EyeEm and Space for Arts, an online photo studio booking platform, have partnered to provide 100 hours of free studio space to photographers in New York City in the month of August.

Starting today, photographers can apply via this form for ½ day or full day shoots in one of two studios on the Space for Arts platform. Applications will be accepted for ten days, after which EyeEm and Space for Arts will vet each application and pick passion projects to support.

“We’ve always been about the love of photography and sharing important visual stories,” said EyeEm Co-founder and CEO Florian Meissner. “This partnership allows us to provide a space for photographers to do just that, to shoot their passion projects without the burden of spending money on a space.”

The two companies are […]

By |2019-03-04T02:38:43+00:00July 12th, 2018|News|Comments Off on EyeEm and Space for Arts Team Up to Provide 100 Hours of Studio Time for Photographers in NYC

“Creative Space” Mission with EyeEm Kicks Off Summer Projects

Space for Arts and EyeEm teamed up this summer to sponsor a mission looking for photographic representations of creative space. Creative space is a concept embracing the mental, physical, and emotional environments within which creativity operates. It is something you must carve out and claim for yourself. The mission launched June 13th, with a week for photographers of all levels from across the globe to submit their favorite shots.

EyeEm is the world’s leading mobile photography community marketplace, making it a prime resource for photographers, producers, and creative directors alike. Unlike platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat, which focus on real time communication, EyeEm is building the next generation photography content platform. The Berlin-based company has created a rich digital archive of photos. Photographers retain their rights and are in control of choosing which photos to sell to brands, agencies, designers, etc. And with millions of images to […]

By |2019-03-04T02:40:00+00:00July 11th, 2018|News, Photo Studios|Comments Off on “Creative Space” Mission with EyeEm Kicks Off Summer Projects

Phyllis Posnick

I don’t have a favourite image. What I love is that things change, accidents happen, the creative process keeps evolving. I love to have fun. I like to do photos with a wink at the subject and not be deadly serious. I like fantasy. We need to dream.

—Phyllis Posnick

By |2019-03-04T03:47:27+00:00December 30th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Phyllis Posnick

Disco Mars

 

In the Eyes of Laura Mars, Faye Dunaway is a fashion photographer suddenly struck with second sight: the ability to see a serial killer’s spree heinous deeds from a first-person vantage. Terrifying— but thankfully set to a funky disco beat. 

By |2016-12-28T18:04:34+00:00December 29th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Disco Mars

Covet: Peter Lindbergh, A Different Vision

 

Taschen has published a book of more than 400 images captured by the famed studio photographer Peter Lindbergh. There is commentary throughout from friends and colleagues like Cindy Crawford, Anna Wintour, and Jean Paul Gaultier.

From Vogue’s list of the 10 best fashion tomes of the year.

By |2019-03-04T03:48:21+00:00December 28th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Covet: Peter Lindbergh, A Different Vision

Herbie Hancock’s Groovy Soundtrack for Antonioni

 

Is listening to music from movies about photography sort of like reading from writing about architecture? Anyway, we love Herbie Hancock’s swinging sixties soundtrack to Antonioni’s Blow Up. 

 

You can always find killer photo studio rentals at Space For Arts!

By |2016-12-23T17:58:47+00:00December 23rd, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Herbie Hancock’s Groovy Soundtrack for Antonioni
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