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Photo By Dana Neibert

One of my favorite websites, The Digital Photography School, just published a great interview with art director turned commercial photographer Dana Neibert (you can find Dana’s impressive web portfolio here). Interviews like this usually pack in more insight per paragraph than a photography tutorial, but the amount of good advice for up-and-coming professional photographers found in this article is immense.

Neibert’s commercial photography speaks for itself, but his insights into the business side of commercial photography are money. For me the coolest things about this conversation with Neibert was the fact that I found it right after receiving a game changing critique from a friend–a friend with extensive experience working as an art director and web developer. Continue reading →

Black Swift in the net

This week I had the good fortune to make a quick trip to southeastern Colorado with my friend and talented photographer JT Thomas. He’s known for his portrait work, photojournalism, and for pulling off some big travel projects. JT just got back from a trip to Alaska, and he’s just about to head off to New York, so we didn’t have much time. I was excited to see a pro in the field and to have a look at Zapata Falls on Blanca Peak. JT’s working on an article for a major magazine about the scientists studying the American Black Swift.

Zapata Falls hosts a group of Black Swifts that return each year from their migratory rounds. They usually nest close to waterfalls or on damp cliffs. The dark, wet, steep terrain puts their nests out of harms way, inaccessible to predators, and gives the swifts an unobstructed flyway to approach the nest. The narrow canyon of Zapata Falls allows scientists to set up nets in the canyon that have proven effective in capturing swifts for study. The group we were following had been studying this particular group of birds for almost a decade. Continue reading →