“Your children can learn photography from an award-winning, internationally published fine art and commercial photographer. Kristianne has been a photographer for 27 years and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography at Cal State University Long Beach. She has created advertising photography for LG – Signature Kitchen Suite, Toshiba, Kodak, CHOC Children’s, St Joseph Health and many other companies and organizations. She has taught photography at CSUF, has been published internationally, and has been recognized in the fine…
You mustn’t want, you must be receptive; don’t think, even, the brain’s a bit dangerous. Sensitivity is the flavor of moments. Henri Cartier-Bresson
All photographs demarcate their own period in time. You must not disregard the first image you ever made for future photographs. Every image you have made is relevant and important in your development. You must also remember that, as in life, the choices you make will determine your future as a photographer. Every decision you make-from…
Hello enthusiastic photographers! Are you ready to learn how to make the images that you’ve been dreaming of? The Loupe Photography Workshop is gearing up and we have a contest to give passionate, aspiring photographers discounted tuition. Winners can save up to $300 (a 50% discount) off tuition.
Directions:
Think about a favorite photograph created by you or another photographer. Choose an image that you admire and that really speaks to you in more ways than one. It can be an…
When I was first studying photography in the ’80s, I only shot B&W film. There were so many benefits that I didn’t realize at the time. One was that it was cost effective. I only had to pay for the rolls of film and I processed everything by hand.
Another long term benefit was that the process…
I just started reading the most amazing book about photographs not taken. The Photographs Not Taken is a collection of photographer’s essays edited by Will Steacy and published by Daylight. I just received it in the mail yesterday and haven’t been able to put it down. It’s been awhile since I’ve read anything so enticing.
The first moment I had it in my hand, I opened up to a random page in the middle and was immediately enthralled. I was…
Back in October I made an image that I didn’t take. It was a photograph I had in my mind. A vision of a feeling and an emotional moment brought to fruition. I picked the location, I picked the lighting and time of day, I picked the aperture and the shutter speed, I picked the models (although I did have to settle for one style element that was not as I had wanted it. I had just emerged from…
Kenya (and a little corner of Tanzania) was my first travel adventure after deciding I wanted to be a photographer back in 1989. .
Africa has always had a special place in my heart since taking this trip with my mom, “Mama Africa” who has visited Africa at least a dozen times. She guided…
Because so many of you have asked about taking a workshop with me, I have finally put together what I think is the perfect combination of technical and creative knowledge I have to share from my 20+ years of working, educating and expressing myself as a photographer. This special workshop is not just for fun and will push your photography skills and knowledge of the medium: technically, creatively, historically. We will gather at a Tuscan inspired organic farm right…
I am in love with this app called Instagram. It’s got a bad rap for breaking your phone images down into goo with hardly any information left. However, I’ve made a book of all Instagram images from our staycation on the boat last summer because I took so many fun images with my iPhone. I only pulled out the SLR for special visits to “Big Kid Beach,” when we sailed to Catalina and to greet the Polynesian Outriggers coming…