I’m teaching a video course in Junction, Texas.
That’s right, an HD video/documentary course, in Junction, Texas, Texas Tech University satellite campus, May 12 – May 27. If you are frequent readers, you know I’m a photography instructor (of sorts) at Texas Tech University, and for five years now, I have been teaching a field photography course with Wyman Meinzer at the Junction, [...]
Free Desktop Calendar for March
Late as always! I’ve actually been pretty absent from the blog and my Twitter account here of late to finish up a few assignments. I’ll have another Field Lighting, if not two, up this week to make up for last week.
In the meantime, I have uploaded the free March desktop calendar for your downloading pleasure. [...]
Field Lighting #5 – Forensic Anthropologist, Robert Paine, Ph.D.
A few weeks ago, I posted a “guess-how-I-lit-this” shot, and a few of you responded, both on the blog and on Facebook. The shot, as well as those included in this post, were created for a story on real forensic science work at Texas Tech University, for their alumni association’s publication, The Techsan. I have [...]
Photo of the Day – The Little Things Matter
I mentioned in a post last week, that when hiking, you shouldn’t pass up the little things that often get passed by on your way to “the shot.” I’m not sure what it was about this group of leaves that stuck out to me, probably the blue sky reflection in the water and the multiple [...]
Field Lighting #4 – Reflectors Only
Let’s face it: often times as a photographer, you’re pressed for time. Hopefully you’re never late for a shoot, but when we start working with light and other people, we’re involved with highly dynamic variables. On a clear day, light is pretty predictable, but sometimes that sneaky set of clouds will set in right before [...]
Eight Hiking Tips For Photographers
Photographers are often outdoor enthusiasts, and there are a slew of shooters out there that have made successful livings out of their passion for the outdoors and what exists in the natural world. Fortunately, I have been lucky enough to work in this area over the past several years, and I’m never more excited to [...]
Photo of the Day – Bluestem Blues!
During high school, I was part of the plant identification team, and I became fond of bluestem grass. As funny as this sounds, bluestem always seemed like a graceful organism to me, much like the gracefulness of a willow tree. It flows along with the wind in such a way that it seems like a [...]
Field Lighting #3: Alison Church on location.
Some time ago, I wrote about photographing with big light sources, such as large soft boxes. One nice thing about soft boxes is that they provide a large, soft light source that’s not stark and brutally intense like a bare-bulb speedlight or strobe. Before recently (ah, within the past several years, since the popularity of [...]
February, 2010, Calendar Desktop Wallpaper
Well, better late than never. It’s been a busy couple past weeks, and I’m settling in to February…finally. The February 2010 desktop wallpaper calendar is set, and all you have to do is click on the image above to see the large version. Right-click the image, and save it to your desktop!
Monsoon season hits the [...]
Getting Dirty on the Job: A note about photographers’ passion
You can’t get this shot…
Without first putting yourself here!
There are a lot of photographers in the market these days. Let me clarify: there are a lot of great photographers in the market these days, and the numbers keep growing! Many of us are at varying levels of technique and/or time behind the lens, and many [...]
Field Lighting #2 – Paul Heinrich, Sysco Senior Director
This is the type of shoot I like to be a part of! I photographed a book last year that allowed me to meet several prominent individuals in the food industry, and Paul Heinrich was one of them. This shoot came together fairly quickly, having only a week to book a flight to Houston (not [...]
West Texas Snow and “Highway Star”
Winter has been especially varietal in West Texas this year. I believe anyone from Big Bend to Amarillo would agree with me. We’ve had extremely cold days (for this region), snow, ice, sunshine, days that felt like the middle of Spring, more ice, more snow, thunderstorms, etc, etc… The day before Christmas, 2009, was no [...]
Painting Buildings…with light!
I could be writing today about a certain announcement that a certain computer manufacturing company made yesterday about a certain device that will relatively change your life. But I’m not. Actually, there are so many blogs and news articles out there about Apple’s new iPad, that it would be pointless to the “I-wish-it-had-this-and-that” discussion that [...]
Photo of the Day – Great Horned Sighting!
Owls are one of those special creatures that you just don’t see much of (me included), and it’s a shame, because they are one of the most beautiful, graceful birds I have ever seen/photographed. Although I’ve spent much more time photographing Barn Owls, I enjoy this photograph of an early morning Great Horned Owl perched [...]
Field Lighting: Jeff Haley, Cattleman
Jeff Haley is a good man. I came out of nowhere to introduce myself to him over the phone several months back, telling him I’m the photographer for a Texas Parks and Wildlife story for which he’s already been interviewed. When I first visited his ranch in the Texas Panhandle, we rode around in a [...]
Forensic Evidence (Seriously, I’m not spooky).
I asked myself:
“Self, what have you done lately that was sincerely different compared to other work you have been shooting lately?”
I answered:
“I did photograph a piece of forensic evidence as part of a story featuring anthropologists and criminal sociologists not too long ago.”
I replied:
“Fair enough.”
I really can’t wait until this particular story is published, just [...]
Ansel Adams: Landscapes of the American West
I just received this book as a gift, and man, is it BIG! For a coffee-table book, it certainly necessitates a big table! All jokes aside though, it is packed full of wonderful (as you would expect) Ansel Adams imagery. If you are part of the photography community, in a professional or amateur holding, and [...]
Looking toward the Spring!
Here’s another archive natural history piece for those of you looking forward to Spring. Taken just outside of Mason, Texas, where the granite rock seemingly grows from the ground everywhere! This particular area of Texas is home to a diverse set of ecosystems, where not only 100 miles away, inklings of the Chihuahuan desert come [...]
Five assets each photography student needs!
This post should really be titled “Jerod Foster’s opinionated list of what photography students need, besides a camera and MacBook Pro.” At the risk of being too forward, this is a small compilation of what I believe takes a photography student from someone that is just simply attending class to becoming an individual storyteller. I [...]
Gray Fox in the Big Bend
I was skimming through some images in my archive from a while back, and I happened across this one of a gray fox I photographed while helping Wyman Meinzer at a photo workshop at Cibolo Creek Ranch. The resort/ranch is located due south of Marfa, Texas, in the Big Bend (a jewel of the desert, [...]
January, 2010, Desktop Wallpaper Calendar
Alright, I know I’m a little late, but better late than never. Thanks goes to David duChemin over at PixelatedImage for the calendar formatting file. Expect one of these wallpapers every month, and in a variety of sizes beyond this month. This particular calendar is formatted at 1440X900 pixels (that’s right, a MacBook Pro 15″ [...]
Texas Winters do not equal predictable seasons.
That’s right! As most of the nation noticed over the past month, the weather has been seemingly harder on many states, what with all the blizzards and such. Texas is no different, and this Winter is shaping up to be one for the books. I spent a few days on Meadows Ranch, my family’s ranch [...]
The World Keeps Spinning…New Web site!
Hello All! I’ve been on a much-needed hiatus from the Internet and my blog, but in the meantime, some good things have happened! If you’re a regular reader, you’ll notice the new Web site digs. Thanks to the folks at GraphPaperPress, they offer an easy way to integrate Photoshelter users’ accounts with their WordPress templates, making my [...]
Free Desktop Wallpaper – Owl in Ice
I’m nearly out from under a series of assignments for this year, but just to make a quick “Hey, I’m still around” appearance on the blog, I’m offering this image taken a couple winters ago as a free desktop wallpaper (just right click and save the image to your hard-drive). I blogged about this image [...]
