Pieces of the tri-force... I mean links!

Today's post is unlike my previous monotonous dribble pertaining to my feats of averageness in photography. Conversely I'll produce forth the necessary information to sooth your hunger for an update as I'm sure of which you are so desirous.

All of these assignment posts can't be too interesting. So instead, it's cool links for today. Stuff you need to visit to even be considered a member of the human race without being cast out of the proverbial eden of shutterbug society.

First off, you need equipment to even do anything. B&H Photo is probably one of the better sources for an extremely wide array of electronic goodies which you could use. Their shipping is pretty fast and prices are very reasonable. Of course there are other sites which are just as useful and carry a more frugal array of items. They're all going to sell you photo equipment, but those are my only ones with which I have a rapport.

I'll put those in the links section on the side also.

For your viewing pleasure I'd like to put forth one of my favorite photographers out there. Although he's not a journalist, Chase Jarvis is definitely a person who is devoted to his practice as a commercial photographer. You can check out his blog to see what he's been up to lately and find him on iTunes podcasts to see what his shoots can be like. If you're going to learn anything from this guy's way of life with photography it should be that you should really love your profession in all forms.

The image of his above is probably one of my favorites. Awesome lighting and pretty unique. Chase really has to be one of the more "out there" shooters for what he does. He has said that he spends most of his time trying to think of what other people aren't shooting, and then shoot that.

Case and point:


Who shoots ninjas!? He does.

Last link I'll add is just sort of something fun to check out. If you're like me and really don't know how to make a portfolio look exciting, then I really suggest grabbing something like the cool viewer system from the people at Simple Viewer. If you've got a Mac, you're pretty much set, but if you're a Windows user then you need to also get a hold of Picasa. I'm not a huge fan of Picasa, but I use it to be able to enjoy the fruits of which Simple Viewer offers.

Most of my time is spent browsing photographer's portfolio sites (which is probably a good clue that you should have one going) and trying to find cool stuff to help me on my work. I'll try to make another fast link post to another photographer soon.