Nima Taradji Headshots & Portraits Photography

Last Post On This Site!

2010-10-01T07:24:00.000-05:00

Time to move on to bigger and better things.
This is the last entry on this post. I have set up my website and it comes with a brand new blogg attached to it so I am moving my blog to my own site!! :)

So, check out my new site: http://allamericanheadshots.com and check out the blog! It is all there... and more...

--------------------- over and out ---------------------------------

banned commercial 2008

2010-09-27T07:01:00.000-05:00

FinePix X100 by Fuji

2010-09-19T20:52:00.000-05:00

I am in love...

William Klein "Out Of Necessity"

2010-09-17T11:55:00.000-05:00

William Klein was for me God himself put on earth to show me how to really photograph people. And he still is.

I remember looking at his pictures and be mesmerized by the quality, the grain, the movement, the out of focus subjects and all the flaws I was always told to avoid! Klein didn't seem to mind flaws--in fact it appeared as though he embraced them all.

Herding Cats

2010-09-10T16:11:00.000-05:00

The Most Interesting Photo Contest Ever

2010-09-04T16:47:00.000-05:00

This is the most interesting photo contest I have ever seen. Interpreting a single work by Helmut Newton--it is a daunting task that, I think, only the most audacious should engage in.

Paul Picot’s international photo contest launched on June 2010, which united photography enthusiasts around the work of renowned artist Helmut Newton, has been a great success. Therefore the factory has decided to extend the deadlines of the contest "Homage to Helmut Newton" until November, 10th 2010. In addition to extending the deadline, the company has decided to increase the number of winning artworks. The top winning artists will be awarded with 8 magnificent Paul Picot watches. For participants, fans of photography, art and creation, the challenge is high. The aim is to reinterpret an artwork of the great photographer, but not to stray from his universe. Sometimes sensual, vulgar or provocative, the artist favored interiors and natural settings and did not hide his penchant for unattainable, opulence and power. This contest will require performance, audacity, inventiveness, but also attention to detail to meet the challenge of Paul Picot.

Zoom-net: "Contest Paul Picot: Homage to Helmut Newton"

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2010-09-04T08:56:00.001-05:00

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Digital Waterfall Photography Help and Tips

2010-08-29T21:45:00.000-05:00

Digital Waterfall Photography Help and Tips:

#1: Avoid Water Vapor
Step back from waterfalls to avoid water droplets and water vapor getting on your digital camera.

#2: Where to Find Them?
Where must you go to find waterfalls to photograph? They may be closer than you think.

#3: Look for Different Angles
There are many different ways to shoot waterfalls than just from the front.

#4: Polarizing Filter
Don't lose detail photographing a waterfall on a bright, sunny day - remove reflections with a polarizing filter.

#5: Look For Creeks and Streams Around a Waterfall
Creeks and streams provide other great photo opportunities involving flowing water.

#6: Test the Ground Sturdiness Before Setting up a Tripod
Unsteady ground and expensive digital camera equipment could result in an unfortunate situation.

#7: Be Careful Hiking In a Waterfall!
Resist the urge to climb rocks in a waterfall for a digital photo opportunity - use your zoom instead.

#8: Add Local Color
Tips to make your waterfall photography stand out.

#9: Consider Shooting on Cloudy Days
Overcast days may be perfect times to take digital photos of roaring waterfalls.

#10: Experiment with Zooming
Zooming out to get the whole waterfall picture is great, but consider capturing detail others may miss in a waterfall scene.

#11: Bracketing is Vital
Due to the running water and complex lighting at waterfalls, bracketing is vital."

Bush & Bragg Photo Shoot

2010-08-29T20:00:00.001-05:00

Making of Louis Vuitton Core Values Ad Campaign: Sean Connery

2010-08-28T16:03:00.000-05:00

Bits Pics: Kodak's 1975 Model Digital Camera - NYTimes.com

2010-08-28T08:24:00.000-05:00

Bits Pics: Kodak's 1975 Model Digital Camera - NYTimes.com: "It might not be pretty on the eyes, or easy to carry around on a vacation, but what do you expect? It was the first digital camera Kodak ever made.

Yes, that’s right, the contraption pictured above was put together in Kodak’s Elmgrove Plant labs near Rochester, N.Y., during the winter of 1975.

A post on Kodak’s Web site from 2007, written by Steve Sasson, the inventor of the digital camera, explains exactly how this camera was created, from a mishmash of lenses and computer parts and an old Super 8 movie camera.

Mr. Sasson called it “film-less photography” and took a “year of piecing together a bunch of new technology” to create a digital camera that ran off “16 nickel-cadmium batteries, a highly temperamental new type of CCD imaging area array, an a/d converter implementation stolen from a digital voltmeter.”

One of my favorite factoids about this snazzy digital camera is the fact that it took 23 seconds to record a single digital image to its cassette deck. To view the filmless photo, Mr. Sasson had to remove the cassette from the camera and place it in a customized reader that could display the image on an old black and white television."

Jon Stewart On Fox News: Stupid or Evil or Both?

2010-08-25T15:15:00.000-05:00

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

The Parent Company Trap

www.thedailyshow.com

Daily Show Full Episodes

Political Humor

Tea Party

Great Photos

2010-08-22T10:50:00.004-05:00

, originally uploaded by O.L.E.G.

Great Photos

2010-08-22T10:50:00.001-05:00

Originally uploaded by O.L.E.G

Streets Of Solvang, CA

2010-08-20T23:03:00.001-05:00

Hong Kong - We rode back to Oki in one of these planes - 3 Jan 54

2010-08-18T09:45:00.002-05:00

Hong Kong - We rode back to Oki in one of these planes - 3 Jan 54

Mabel The Majestic

2010-08-17T21:10:00.000-05:00

Photos of my cat Mabel in all her beauty!

Equalities Minister?... And Airbrushing Models Sucks.

2010-08-12T08:25:00.000-05:00

Ok, before I even comment on the content of the article, I had no idea that there was such a role as "Equalities Minister" in any government. But, evidently, I was ignorant. Having said that, I completely agree with the campaign against airbrushing models for photoshoots. Aside from the fact that it is a health hazard, there is nothing that airbrushing can achieve that cannot be done in Photoshop in post-production. I just don't see the reason to make a model go through that process.

Lynne Featherstone, the equalities minister, who has long campaigned against size-zero photoshoots, will convene a series of discussions this autumn with the fashion industry, including magazine editors and advertising executives, to discuss how to promote body confidence among young people.The first will focus on airbrushing, which Featherstone argues is contributing to "the dreadful pressure that young people, girls and women come under to conform to completely unachievable body stereotypes".She will push for a Kitemark or health warning on airbrushed photographs, warning viewers that they are not real. "I am very keen that children and young women should be informed about airbrushing, so they don't fall victim to looking at an image and thinking that anyone can have a 12in waist. It is so not possible," she told the Sunday Times.

via Fashion industry faces airbrushing clampdown | Life and style | The Guardian.

Study in Landscapes

2010-08-08T23:13:00.001-05:00

See more photos here or here.

Collector says negatives from yard sale are Ansel Adams'- Worth $200m!

2010-07-28T16:43:00.001-05:00

You better be nice to me. Some day, these digital files you see will worth more than your life!.. Some day.

Rick Norsigian, a goateed 64-year-old maintenance worker who has spent most of his life living in the same house on a quiet street in Fresno, has long had a penchant for collecting antiques. His hobby may have paid off in a big way.

Norsigian and his attorney announced Tuesday that 60 glass negatives Norsigian bought at a yard sale in Fresno a decade ago for $45 are the early works of famed photographer Ansel Adams. One appraiser said recently that because they were created between 1919 and the early 1930s -- a time before Adams became wildly popular -- they are worth more than their weight in gold: at least $200 million.

via Collector says negatives from yard sale are Ansel Adams' | McClatchy.

I Hurt Myself Just To See If I Still Can Feel

2010-07-28T11:57:00.001-05:00

Chinatown Day - Hanging Around

2010-07-24T07:32:00.001-05:00

Chinatown Day - Refreshments

2010-07-22T20:01:00.001-05:00

Chinatown Day - Kid on CTA Platform

2010-07-22T06:03:00.001-05:00

Experiments With Film

2010-07-16T16:04:00.001-05:00

Last winter I decided to do some experimentation with film. So I shot these series using 120mm TRI-X film. I then developed the film in Kodak's HC-110. The negatives where then scanned in and made into digital format using an Epson scanner. I am rather impressed with the results.