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My near-future adventure into the world of photographing models has my gears turning, and I’ve been looking for examples of extraordinary model portraits. A lot of stuff I found out there is somewhat generic with lighting and pose — and maybe because that’s what works for the client. But as an art photographer, I felt a little empty with that kind of stuff. So I went in search of some extraordinary model photography.

18 selected photos from the Epic Edits PhotoDump Flickr pool. This time there are 19 new members, no new discussions, and 345 new photos in the group.

Just wanted to give a quick update on my previous post where I asked you Southern California folks help out with the model shoot I was asked to do for a local San Diego company: Green Man T-Shirts. When I posted it, I was hoping to have a good response, but maybe the “no pay” [...]

I got an interesting email today from (Dave Urban) the co-owner of a company called “Green Man T-Shirts” here in San Diego. He’s renting a local studio and he wants me to photograph a bunch of models wearing their organic t-shirts. Pretty cool! Except for the fact that studios, artificial lights, and posed portraits are [...]

New Year’s Resolutions… so cliche, I know. But you can’t deny that the turn of the year is a good time to evaluate your life and make some goals for the next year. I’m in the process of defining my photography goals and resolutions for the upcoming year. I find that writing them down helps me out, so here are my big ones for 2010.

Links this week include articles on tilt-shift, difficult lighting, projects, symmetry, cheap lenses, photo displays, and lists.

I did it in 2007, again in 2008, and I’m doing it again in 2009 — a roundup of the best Epic Edits articles of the year! If you missed out on any part of the year, be sure to check out these popular articles from the last year.