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My Top Photography Websites
Somebody once told me, “If you want to be great, you need to learn how to put yourself around greatness.” This holds so much truth and the ability to look at those who have set a standard is even easier with the Internet. You should always have a collection of those artists whose work you respect and admire. It’s not about trying to copy someone else’s style but it’s about realizing that you’ve always got a higher level you can reach and push towards. I love being able to see where I want to take my photography and having the ability to spark creativity and gain inspiration from others is important to me. Here are a few places I get my “photography fix”:
www.MelissaRodwell.com
www.ChaseJarvis.com
www.Joeyl.com
www.DBlanks.com
www.Drew.it
www.Krop.com/LionelDeluy
www.DaveHillPhoto.com
www.MatthewJordanSmith.com
www.PatrickHoelck.com
www.AndrewZuckerman.com
www.KeatleyPhoto.com
www.JefferySalter.com
www.NicolasHenri.com
My Top Blogs/Resource Websites
One of the great things about the Internet is that it allows us to learn so much without even leaving our homes. I love that there are those who do not try to keep what they know a secret but are willing to share a wealth of knowledge with those they don’t even know. Why wouldn’t we take advantage of those great opportunities? These are some of the places I go to see what I don’t know so I can become a whole lot better at what I do:
www.Strobist.com
www.LightenUpAndShoot.com
www.CreativeLive.com
www.FashionPhotography.com
www.ScottKelby.com
www.LightRoomKillerTips.com
www.FashionServed.com
www.Vimeo.com/ReduxPictures/Videos
www.Lighting-Essentials.com
www.TheSartorialist.com
www.500Photographers.BlogSpot.com
www.JoeMcnally.com/Blog
Favorite Photography Books
Back in the pre-historic days before the Internet, Google, search engines, and iPads there use to be this thing called books that people would actually buy from bookstores and then read. I was never really a fan of them (books) but I did buy a few…hopefully by now you know I’m joking. Here are some of my favorite photography books:
A Photographer’s Life 1990-2005 by Annie Leibovitz
Fashion 19 44-2000 by Richard Avedon
Half Past Autumn by Gordan Parks
Untouched by Johnny Rozsa
Outdoor Lighting: Fashion and Glamour by Cathy Joseph
Portraits by Rankin
The Moment It Clicks by Joe McNally
Annie Leibovitz – Woman by Susan Sontag
Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman
One Shot Harris by Stanley Crouch
Committed to the Image by Barbara Head Millstein
Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait by Michael Greco
Woman in the Mirror by Richard Avedon
Portraits by Michael Thompson
