Tim Kemple recently won two awards in the PDN Best Of. The PDN 'Best Of' Photo annual and the Comm Arts Photo Annual are the two big industry photo competitions that show off the greatest imagery of the year. Sponsors include Nikon, Epson, Canon and other top names.
You can also catch Tim on Fstop's website where they've been featuring him in a week in the life of a professional photographer. Rumour has it Grant Gunderson will be the next w&w member to be featured on there.
Q: I’m the hottest new photographer this side of the Rockies, how do I get my foot in the door?
A: Like most things in life, being a successful editorial (magazine) action-sports photographer comes down to the way you act, the way you treat people and most importantly the relationships you build with the people you want to be working with. No one likes a new-comer with attitude so always remember to act humble until you have good reason not too….you’re fifth or sixth TWS cover might be one of those reasons.
Get in touch with the photo editors of the magazine(s) you would like to work with and drop them a friendly email introducing yourself and mentioning how you would love to be working with their magazine. Explain why you think your images would be a good fit and what you see yourself contributing to their creative team. Ex: “I’ve noticed your magazine loves to print really creative shots with good lighting and I think I may have some images that fit well amongst those” or maybe “I seem to be shooting with a similar mix of international riders and up-and-comers that you publish”.
A public beta of Lightroom 2.0 was released earlier today with some much anticipated features. Two of the best and biggest features are multiple monitor support, and localized editing.
Multiple monitor support The multiple monitor support is a huge deal, with most professional photographers who use a desktop as their primary editing tool will now have the ability to run lightroom on both monitors allowing for even larger image viewing. I can't wait to try this out.
Localized editing - no more Photoshop needed? Localized editing is a biggie. Beforehand, if you wanted to make changes to the photo, it was applied globally. Now Lightroom is testing being able to apply changes with masks. And this all happens as a metadata change -- it does not affect the original image (I'm told this is a key difference between Aperture and Lightroom). Beforehand, one would always need to open the Lightroom-ed image in Photoshop for any fine editing. I suspect that will still be the case -- especially for those of us who do cosmetic editing -- but having some of the changes available in Lightroom could speed up the editing process.
Keep in mind that this is a beta and you shouldn't be doing any mission critical work on it.
