Editor's Desk The first person who opened a door for me was a DJ whose name I can't remember, and I walked through it with a…
Model Hustle Working models say influencers and celebrities are taking runway spots they never trained for. The spot didn't move. What the spot is for did.
Business & Production A three-part series on what separates a professional photographer from a fauxtographer: the occupation, the gap, and where the gap closes. Read in order,…
Editor's Desk A photograph is a set of problems solved in a particular order. The photographer solves in the room, before the shutter. The fauxtographer solves…
Editor's Desk A fauxtographer is a person whose professional presentation exceeds their professional capability or practice. The definition says nothing about talent or equipment. It describes…
Editor's Desk Before we can put the fauxtographer beside the photographer, we have to establish what professional photographer actually means, and why talent, equipment, social-media visibility,…
Model Hustle Four different transactions get called a magazine feature, and telling them apart is half the skill. The other half is knowing what to do…
Photography Education Most rain photography fails before the water is turned on. Where the lights go, continuous or strobe, what the shutter is doing, and what…
Photography Education You can make a professional headshot in a spare bedroom. That isn't the same as saying a small room can do what a studio…
Business & Production Your follower count may continue to rise while the number of people genuinely paying attention quietly declines. For models, photographers, and other independent talent,…