Addiction to Photography
This post is dedicated to my father-in-law, James Lombardo. Hello, my name is Jason Schlosberg. And I have an addiction to photography. Yes, I feel incomplete without a camera nearby. I get the jitters if I am unable to capture a beautiful scene because I left my trusty Canon at home. While vacations are primarily [...]
Steel Wool Photography Tutorial
Kicking light painting up a notch, steel wool photography fires up the imagination by making sparks. While steel wool photography appears to have an underground following, I’ve combined it with flash photography to introduce models into the composition. First I’ll explain the artificial light set-up that I used to light up my friend Mike. Then [...]
New Orleans Tattoo Guy & His Magic Tongue
On a Palm Sunday years ago, I was walking the streets of New Orleans with my camera and Donna, the woman who would later become my wife. It was my early days of photography and I was shooting film with my traditional Canon Rebel. As we were walking through the French Quarter, we passed a [...]
Pissing Off Jake Gyllenhaal
At the SWSW festival Friday, an overexcited fan snapped a photo of Jake Gyllenhaal as he relieved himself at a urinal. While some report that a minor scuffle ensued, Gyllenhaal’s rep says, “There was no scuffle, it was an excited fan who tried to take his picture in the restroom. He asked the guy to [...]
Look eye! Always look eye!
One of the first things I notice ruining an otherwise perfect animal or portrait photograph is improper focus. I’ll see someone photographing their dog with a focus on the tip of its snout. While I’ve done this to convey humor when my own pup’s nose is sniffing the lens, this normally turns people away. Your [...]
