Photos from Imaging USA 2012

Imaging USA is over.  We’re home and have had some time to unpack and sift through the photos we took.  We had a great time and thought we’d share a few of Melissa’s images from the show.  Enjoy!

Thanks again to Emily and Allison for joining us at the PWD booth.  And thanks to everyone who came by and said hi.  We hope to see you again at WPPI in a few weeks.

The Unfake Wedding of Paige & Frank!

It’s always great to see our clients’ work featured on different sites, and we thank Lona Hall of BluEye Images for sharing the following with us.  Recently, a wedding shot by Lona (and worked on by PWD) was featured on the “The Thirty-Something Bride.” In the article, the newly-wed bride talks about her wedding day and even singles out Lona as her favorite vendor.  Way to go Lona!

Here’s just a sample of the beautiful images from this event.  Click the images below to visit the full blog article which contains many more images.

 

Shooting the Iceland Eruptions with Jim Graham

When we heard that PWD customer and photojournalist Jim Graham visited Iceland during the recent eruptions, we had to get his story.  Below, Jim recounts his visit and shares some pictures of the amazing Icelandic landscapes.

As the world is now well aware, Iceland is a volcanic island.  The islanders expect eruptions and can almost predict them.  Shortly before the end of March I received two emails from friends in Iceland; there was a new eruption.  My friend Raganar had been to the site, bringing back images which were lovely, even seducing. Though I’d made the trip twice to the island over the past two summers, I considered returning once again.  Work was quiet, after all, and I knew I could be home in time for two weddings I was scheduled to shoot at the end of April.  After securing a commitment for a web gallery from USA Today , the financial issues were out of the way, and I made the decision to go. It’s a five hour flight to Keflavik and another forty-five minutes to Reykjavik.  Add to that a seven hour drive to the hotel and a three and a half hour drive over a glacier in a super jeep because weather conditions were too bad for a helicopter flight.  Even worse, I received news at that point the lava flow was subsiding. Still, we headed for the summit and the three cones which had formed.  We drove through high winds, rain, fog and the clouds enshrouding the glacier.  Finally, we broke through the clouds and fog into sunshine and made a turn around a rise to find three German women posing topless for a photo in front of the now dormant volcano.  The driver hit the breaks and turned sharply, messing up my own photo of the…landscape. We spent the rest of the afternoon on the steaming lava field, and I shot well into the evening.  We hoped for some residual glow or maybe even a chance at seeing the northern lights.  Unfortunately, it was too warm and clouds moved in again.  We left the glacier and headed back to the hotel. On Wednesday, I received word of several earthquakes up on the glacier.  Something was happening.  A new fissure opened, emitting smoke and ash.  While the first eruption had been between glaciers, this new one was under one.  This led to a danger of the lowlands below flooding, and, as result, seven hundred people were evacuated from their homes and farms. Sure enough, the volcano melted the ice above, sending torrents down the mountain toward the sea.  The bridge and causeway at Skatefell were breached and some farmland was damaged. Through shear luck I got a seat on one of the the first helicopters out after the flooding and made some of the first images of the smoke and ash cloud currently hampering commercial air travel throughout Northern Europe.

Seventeen-year-old’s Photo Project Gets an Assist from Local Professional

[UPDATE 4/23] Arielle sent us this link to an interview she did about the Danbo series: http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/teenage-photographer-365-days-of-danboard/

Check this out.  One of our Atlanta customers, Jon Marks, has been helping teenage photographer Arielle Nadel hone the technical skills she needs for a 365-day photo project featuring the little “Danbo” character above.  It seems to be working.  Jon’s mentoring, combined with Arielle’s natural and creative talent, is producing work that is attracting a lot of attention – even as far away as Japan!   You will see why when you visit Arielle’s Flickr site.  But, before you click on the link below, let me save you a little internet search time regarding Danboard (Danbo, for short).

A Danboard is a small, cardboard robot (from the Japanese word danboru – cardboard) that does absolutely nothing at all.  As best as I can tell it’s a Pet Rock with personality – very much personality in the case of Arielle’s photos.  Check it out at Arielle’s Flickr site:   http://www.flickr.com/photos/bunnyrel/sets/72157615647396658/.  You can also find Arielle on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rel-Photography/105093829521801

Once you are done visiting Arielle’s sites you may want to know more about Danboard.  Here are some sites that sell Danboard and contain descriptive information: http://www.hlj.com/product/KYD01169

http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2107

http://www.kirinhobby.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1371

PWD Photographer Shoots NY Times Travel Article

Our good buddy Alan Weiner recently went out for a five day shoot on Mt. Rainier in Washington state.  He shot for a New York Times travel story written by Eric Wilson, and it sounds like both men had quite an adventure (though they did not make the trek together).  You can click the photo below to read the article or scroll down for more links.

Find the article here, the photo slideshow here, and Alan also uploaded the photos to ImageQuix here.

Greetings from the FPP Annual Convention

The FPP Annual Convention is currently being held in Orlando, and Jerry, Kelly and Bethany are there representing PWD Labs.  It sounds like they’re having a good time and meeting quite a few photographers interested in allowing PWD to reduce their workload.  Bethany sent back a few photos from the show to share, and she even included a couple shots of the view from the hotel, “just because it’s pretty.”

PWD News – Canvas via IQ, Bambi Workshop Photos, and more

Newsletter July 13, 2009 In This Issue Sell Canvas via ImageQuix Workshop Photos by Bambi Cantrell Increase Your Online Sales Notice to Mac ROES Users The Dark (room) Ages PWD Sale of the Week PWD Quick Links PWDLabs.com PWD Blog PWD ROES PWD Catalog (PDF) Sell Canvas via ImageQuix Canvas, buttons, and magnets now available for sale to consumers We’ve added new products to our IQ line-up so you, the photographer, can offer your clients more. You can add these items to your price list today. Click “Read More” to learn how. Read More > Workshop Photos by Bambi Cantrell Bambi shares model shots from the workshop You followed her around the Georgia Aquarium, laughing and jotting down notes while she shot beautiful models. Now, see the pictures from the Bambi Cantrell shoot. Read More > Increase Your Online Sales How to make more money by offering discounts In today’s economy the most powerful word is “discount,” but simply lowering your prices is not the answer. There are ways to offer discounts to your clients which encourage them save more by spending more. Guest author Matt McCulloch from ImageQuix shares tips on how to do just this. Read More > Important Notice to Mac ROES Users Or, why isn’t PWD ROES working on my Mac?!? It appears the recent OS X 10.5.7 Java update has changed things around enough to cause some issues with ROES. Read on for the solution. Read More > The Dark (room) Ages Photojournalism before the digital enlightenment In this occassional series, guest author Alan Weiner of The Wedding Bureau shares memories of his time as a contract photojournalist for The New York Times. This week, learn about his portable darkroom and what it took to deliver an image in the pre-digital days. Read More > PWD Sale of the Week 10% off standard prints They’re prints, they’re great quality and they’re on sale. Save now on studio-corrected prints. Order Via ROES > Questions? Comments? Articles? We love hearing from you, so tell us what you like, what you don’t like and any questions you’d like to see answered in future newsletters. Interested in being a guest author? Drop us a line with your article idea. Email info@PWDLabs.com

Bambi Cantrell’s Workshop Photos

You followed her around the Georgia Aquarium, laughing and jotting down notes while she shot.  You saw the energy she put into every frame.  You saw how she connected with and posed her models.  Now, see the pictures from the Bambi Cantrell shoot.  Enjoy!

Questions?  Comments?  Post a comment below and we’ll forward it to Bambi.