I guess they decided to use my picture at the last minute, because I just receive the copy of the Canadian Geographic with my stock photo in it. So here is the photo of my humbling experience.
What is the most important gear a photographer must have? What is THE gear you must buy, not matter what?
A cell phone.
And what it the most important part of your marketing tool? What is THE thing you must put money into?
A website.
I just got a phone call from a photo editor in Switzerland. She had two contacts in the area, but she could not reach one of them, and the email of the other one bounced back.
She used Google, and she stumbled into my website. She liked what she saw, and called me. My cell phone is with me all the time, so her problem (finding a photographer) was quickly resolved. And me? I got a neat 2 days assignment, which will pay my cell phone bill and web hosting for many months.
** edit ** 30 minutes after I posted this, I got a second call from a publication in Ontario, thanks to my website.
I just won my first award in my professional career. One of my soldier departure images got an honorable mention at the ECNPA (Eastern Canadian News Photographer Association) picture of the month contest. Sweat!
A group of elite conflict photographers have banded together under the photo agency, VII, in an effort to uncover the true meaning of the Iraq War.
In the wake of September 11, the VII agency was formed by award-winning veteran cameraman James Nachtwey and colleagues, and has since covered the site at Ground Zero, the invasion of Afghanistan and the Iraq War since America plunged headlong into its « War Against Terror. » For Nachtwey, the accumulated experience of nearly a quarter century of war photography began crystallizing into a vision centered around Ground Zero. Come with us as we discover what this vision was, delve into respective war photographers’ thoughts and actions in the heat of battle, as well as how the face of war has changed since 9/11.
As James Nachtwey says in this video, quoting Robert Capa, « The desire of any war photographer is to be put out of business. »
Thanks to Martin Benois
After the « Balls » commercial:
And the « paint » commercial:
Bravia amazes us again with the « Play-Do » commercial. The fun part for us is that it is actualy a stop-motion movie. See how they did it on the Bravia website (click Play-do ad for the movie, and then « watch the making of »)
Saint Mary Huskies’ quarter back Erik Glavic is nailed to the ground by Université Laval Rouge et Or’s Marc-Antoine L. Fortin in a CIS football game held at the PEPS de l’université Laval in Quebec City. Laval stayed undefeated with 29-22 win.
Université Laval Rouge et Or’s Duane John evades Saint Mary Huskies’ Billy Dee Johnson (left) and Marc Beswick (back) in a CIS football game held at the PEPS de l’université Laval in Quebec City. Laval stayed undefeated with 29-22 win.