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Spring 2013 Newsletter

04.25.13

The Spring 2013 issue of the Michael Clark Photography Newsletter is now available for download. If you’d like to sign up for the Newsletter just drop me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list. This issue includes an editorial about adapting to new technologies, an equipment review of the TrekPak dividers for Pelican...

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The 2013 Red Bull Illume Image Quest

04.23.13

I don’t normally promote photo competitions on my blog but the Red Bull Illume Image Quest is the grand-daddy of them all for adventure photographers. And there are only seven days left to enter your images in this contest. Winning any of the categories in this contest can help to kick start your career as...

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Michaelclarkphoto.com updated to a brand New HTML 5 Website

04.11.13

I am very happy to announce the launch of my new HTML 5 website at www.michaelclarkphoto.com. I have been working on this new update to my website for a few months now in between assignments and workshops. It has been a long process but the end result is a better website that looks the same...

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Guest Blog Post on Asportinglife.com

03.12.13

A modified version of my Photoshop Insider blog post entitled “Embracing Risk” went live a few weeks ago on asportinglife.com. This article takes three paragraphs from my book Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer and expands on the “Embracing Risk” theme presented in that book. It also tells the story of...

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NEW e-book: Location Lighting for the Outdoor Photographer

02.06.13

Click here to purchase Location Lighting for the Outdoor Photographer I am very happy to announce my new e-book entitled Location Lighting for the Outdoor Photographer. This e-book is a 277 page e-book and is packed with pretty much everything I know about using artificial lighting in the outdoors. If you are looking to take...

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Michael HoodFebruary 6, 2013 - 5:20 pm
Does the review cover Paul Buff’s new Einstein strobe? I’m considering purchasing that one.
Michael ClarkFebruary 6, 2013 - 5:23 pm
Michael – I only talk about battery-powered strobes in the e-book. I do talk about the Alien Bees strobes that can be used with the Vagabond but I do not discus the Einstein strobe.
Kevin SteeleFebruary 6, 2013 - 7:09 pm
Nice, Congrats Michael. Looks thorough! I do use Einsteins for fast action (short pulse) location strobes, with the mini Vagabond on each they replace the profoto AcuteB 600 handily.
Michael ClarkFebruary 6, 2013 - 7:29 pm
Michael and Kevin – I didn’t realize the Einsteins could be used with the Vagabonds. Good to know. When I update the book here at some point (a few years from now hopefully) I will have to mention that.
Michael ClarkFebruary 6, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Michael – I think there is a lot of useful info in there above and beyond just the gear stuff though. So you might find the e-book informative.
amilyshurtzFebruary 10, 2013 - 9:06 pm
I’ve read some article says that there are a number of picture styles which can be used when shooting in modes such as manual, aperture and shutter priority. The creative control modes can only be used as their own independent modes, but you can increase or decrease the level of their affect.
Random Bytes 130211 | PixSylated | Syl Arena's Photography Blog on Light & ImagemakingFebruary 11, 2013 - 10:13 am
[…] Location Lighting (eBook) by Michael Clark—Adventure photographer Michael Clark published a 277-page ebook on location lighting this week. Michael is an experienced shooter with a long client list. This beautifully designed eBook covers the use of big and small lights in a wide range of outdoor locations. Check it out on his blog. […]
Seth EisenbraunFebruary 11, 2013 - 3:59 pm
This looks like an amazing resource! I love using lighting for location and outdoor portraits. It looks like you have covered just about everything.

Thanks!
Michael ClarkFebruary 11, 2013 - 4:11 pm
Amily – Not quite sure what you are getting at with the picture styles comment?
Mike McKinneyMarch 15, 2013 - 9:28 pm
Excellent book Michael, very thorough. I would find myself asking a question to myself but you’d answer it later on in the book. I’ve also purchased and read Exposed and love it as well. My only complaint is the format for your books, kind of “clunky” for lack of better term. I’m used to books on Kindle, and I realize there may be issues with licensing etc. but it’s a minor critique for an otherwise great book.
Michael ClarkMarch 16, 2013 - 9:01 am
Mike –

Thanks for the comments on the e-book. The format is kind of clunky being that it is a PDF. I suppose that is old school. The reason that I format my e-books as a high res PDF is that many e-book readers, especially Kindle, cannot handle the high resolution images and they tend to place the images in strange places or cut them off. Also, e-pub formats massively reduce the image quality and I want people to be able to zoom in and see the images in detail. Kindles seem to do a great job with novels that don’t have any images but not so well with other books.

By the way, if you bought the e-book version of Exposed that book was formatted by PeachPit. And I believe they offered multiple versions for just about every e-reader. I have only seen the PDF version. Would be interesting to see the epub version on a Kindle.

On Assignment: NEXTERA Energy Resources

01.21.13

Late last year I was contacted by a green energy company about photographing a few of their wind turbine sites in Dodge City, Kansas. That company, NEXTera Energy Resources, was looking for different types of images than the standard beauty shots of wind turbines and the surrounding landscape. Of course, I still had to come...

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Feature Article on my work in Digital Photo Magazine (Germany)

01.15.13

It is a great honor to have an 8-page feature article and interview about my work in the January 2013 issue of Digital Photo Magazine (Germany). The article features quite a few of my images (as can be seen in the double page spreads shown here) and has a lengthy interview (in German) with Ana...

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