tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76961292527482397512011-08-02T22:25:40.401-04:00Thoughts on Life and PhotographyPaul Embergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898967466385284916noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696129252748239751.post-41737390036703811052010-02-11T22:43:00.010-05:002010-02-12T13:47:12.067-05:00

I am in the final stages of creating my new website/blog. I have been struggling with the idea for months. Being self employed I have always worn many hats, sometimes too many. Photographer, accountant, sales rep, web designer, graphic designer etc... so many hats I can't find my head some days!So one of my new years resolutions was to turn over some of these hats to people/companies that do

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Sometimes we get assignments/jobs at the last minute. ( I am not a daily newspaper journalist, I know they deal with this all the time...) But as a magazine features/commercial photographer, I usually have some lead time.My girlfriend is a makeup artist. And one of her clients has a client that needs a hand model (did ya follow that?) So they called her and asked to see a shot of her hands asap!

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First up is this case, it is SOO blatant it is ridiculous. But here it is a sculptor infringing on a photographer's copyright, in contrast to last weeks post.Then there is this story. A photograph of a celebrity taken for People magazine, and some how American greetings got their hands on the image to make a card out of it! Take a look at the articles for the full stories.I hope the

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I came across this story twice on Twitter today:http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/03/public-art-lands-photog-in-hot-water/The article pertains to whether or not photographer, Mike Hipple ,infringed on the copyright of sculptor, Jack Mackie , when he created this photograph:Mr Hipple, created this photo and licensed it for sale as a stock image; to reap financial/commercial gain. Here and

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I know, I know. I've said this before... I'm making changes to my site. Seems like every 2 years I'm saying the same thing.Well, I've been self publishing my own site for years now. One of the many hats that must be worn as a self employed photographer. As I have come to learn, true success needs focus. And to focus one must delegate tasks to others who are better suited to them.One of these

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I currently have some prints hanging in the lobby of Oyster Mill Playhouse. They recently completed some renovations to the space and I had the honor of being the first artist to show in the new digs.Over the last 2 decades I have had work in dozens of shows locally. And each and every time I went with shots that were close to my heart. I decided with this exhibit to show pieces that may have a

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What photographer, at some point in time, hasn't shot on the street? There is a freedom that comes from not having any other motivation than to capture the Decisive Moment. A rush of adrenaline from the hunt. The sense of danger that is associated with fear. Fear of intimately photographing strangers, fear of the stranger detecting my voyeuristic lens.When shooting images on the street I think it

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2009 was a tough year, all over the world. And like so many other people I have been moved to help the relief efforts in Haiti. The easiest way, for most of us, is to donate to an organization like the Red Cross.During the last 10 months I have had images in 5 exhibits. And after each exhibit closed I took some framed prints back home. Each of these images have been removed from their mats and

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I have been working on idea to help generate some money to donate to the relief efforts in Haiti. I am nearly done with the project. I will have it posted on the morning of January 27.

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This week will see several posts in close succession. I am trying to play catch up. Quite a few things have been noteworthy lately, but I haven't posted. So here is one of at least three.Prevail Salon is doing a Summer Makeover promotion through August. Stacy Buxton, proprietor, contracted me to shoot the before and after images for each winner. If you would like more info on entering the monthly

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Finally! I have updated my Website . There are now 4 galleries of images, and a new home page. I am plugging away to finish other parts of the site.I still need to put up galleries for Fine Art, and Documentary work. I also need to complete the About page. Hopefully all this will come in the next few days.

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...Isn't that what they say about Beauty?About 2 weeks ago I was driving along North Front St in Harrisburg, returning from a shoot at the Symphony Show House, when I drove by this scene. What do you see?I see a red wall. Green Grass, yellow dandelions. White flowers on three trees of differing heights, from short to tall. And stark shadows cast by a mid afternoon, early spring sun. I also see

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As some of you may now I have kinda been Harrisburg Magazine's main squeeze when it comes to photography for the last few years. With the downturn in the publishing industry, and the downturn in the economy in general, there has come a perfect storm of sorts. Periodicals are facing their toughest times ever. With media migrating to the web, and the economy making companies think long and hard

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Two weeks ago my camera, a Canon EOS 40D, developed a fatal problem. The much talked about (on web forums) Error 99. This issue started mild. One error. Than a couple of days later a few errors. At this point I researched the problem on line and found some DIY fixes. Tried them and it seemed to do the trick. Then a few a days later the problem returned with a vengeance. While shooting a job the

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A few years back I had the pleasure of meeting John Grogan and photographing him for Lehigh Valley Magazine. He's a very personable guy. I have to admit (sorry, John!) that I have yet to read the famous book. But a few weeks back, a very good friend and I went to see the movie. What a ride! If you have ever owned/loved pets, especially hard-to-train ones, this story will pull on every string your

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I love water. I need to live close to it. The larger the body of water the better. The Susquehanna River is no slouch in full filling my needs here. Though it ain't the ocean!! But I can deal. Walking along a body of water is very therapeutic for me, I try to do it often. Though it does not happen as much as I would like in the coldest of the winter months.Here are a few shots from one of my

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Wednesday, December 10th, witnessed the perfect conditions to produce delicate clouds that blanketed Harrisburg. Fog. I love fog. I love to walk through it, smell it, watch it and use it as a compositional element in photographs. A mist that undulates, hiding and revealing elements of a scene. Isolating beautiful forms from distracting backgrounds. And softening the color pallet just enough to

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So here we are. Living the dream. Riding the wave of capitalism. So it goes, we see up years and we see down years. The price we pay for the freedoms and opportunities we have. Smart spending and saving is the way to ride it out, at least the way I am going to ride it out.Perhaps if we all think of our neighbors right now we will have a less stressful time as we wait for the next upturn. Well,

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It truly is never ending. Just when you think you have something under control -BAM- you realize that your master plan to rule the world flops because your (seemingly) simple web site does not like to render across all browsers!So there I was, happy that I just needed to get a few more galleries posted to my site when a friend told me that things were not displaying properly in her browser,

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I have been working on creating a small review of this camera. Hopefully that will come in the next week or 2. But for now I just wanted to comment on one aspect of the camera: It's LCD Screen. People on the net have been complaining about the resolution of the screen, and how the preview jpg is worthless (because it is only about 2mp). The complaint is that you can't really judge sharpness on

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I have said it before, and will say it again: Time just seems to fly by! My goals where to blog once a week, and have my website fully functional by the end of February. Well, my site is coming along. I should be posting a few more galleries today. As for the blog, well, I have missed 2 weeks now.The past few weeks have kept me busy busy busy!! When deadlines loom for clients the blog and website

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I love gadgets and technology. I have also always loved art AND science. Photography was my destiny! Art, Science, and techy gadgets!! What could be better?When digital photography became truly accessible to me (circa December 2002) I was ecstatic! Not only was I going to save some money on film and processing, but new avenues for creativity were openening up.At that point I bought a used Canon

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Well there it is..... and has been for 5 years, lingering on the web in one form or another. I have had some sort of web presence since 2003. It has changed and adapted to meet my needs the whole time, but never has it been a great marketing tool. Why? Because every so often, when I have a slow period, I start to work on it again. Get so far, get busy again, and allow it to flounder in it's then

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Welcome. Why is it always so hard to get started? Kind of like cleaning your room as a teenager...it took forever because you were overwhelmed & did not know where to begin! Well, apparently blogging and coding a web site from scratch are the same way. Starting is the hardest part.So the hardest part is now over! Hopefully...Any how, I endeavor to cover topics pertaining to, at least loosely

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