In this edition of LightSource, Bill and Ed talk with music and television photographer Jeremy Cowart.
Hosts:
Bill Crawford, publisher of StudioLighting.net (Flickr)
Ed Hidden, exclusive IStockPhoto.com photographer (Flickr)
Theme Music:
Sean Campbell and Steve Hill (Firesickle.com)
Special Guest:
Jeremy Cowart, Nashville music photographer.
LightSource Episode 46 (Interview Series) [40:55 minutes]
LightSource E046 [18.0 MB]
In this episode:
Bill and Ed discuss:
- Alien Bees Zeus Release
- iStockPhoto.com contest (vote for Ed!)
- LightSource Live – beta lighting workshop
- Ed’s latest photo shoot
- Digital Photography 1 on 1 is a success
Special Guest Jeremy Cowart discusses:
- Leaving design to become a photographer
- How to build a killer portfolio in just 2 years
- How graphic design influences his photography
- Being drawn to great locations
- Pre-visualization for photo shoots
- Working with Stylists
- Being a versatile photographer
- Favorite types of photo sessions
- Professional music photography versus TV photography
- Photographing musicians versus actors
- His new web site
- Effect of post processing on lighting style
- Just taking good pictures
- Amounts of post processing
- Having a simple lighting style
- Learning by experimentation
- Lighting tricks for stage photography
- Doing his own post production
- How to handle scouting locations
- Lighting and posing groups
- Getting great shots between the shots
- The importance of a web site for a photographer
- Protecting your images online
- The details of his equipment
- Bad grades in photography class
- Advice for beginning photographers
- Using assistants
- Hope in the Dark project