As a professional photographer 28-years into a career, I have spent a good chunk of my life either learning or teaching. I have taught photography workshops of one kind or another for the last 20 years—mostly to give back to the community but also to diversify my income. During the pandemic, for most creatives everything...
The Summer 2023 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 of the Newsletter includes an editorial entitled The Swing of Things, a review of the Epson...
Disclaimer: I have been an ambassador for Elinchrom since 2007 and have worked with them very closely on several projects over the last fifteen years or more. Two Elinchrom FIVE strobes were given to me as part of the assignment for the launch. These are my opinions and I have not been paid to write...
Several years ago I posted an article here on the blog entitled The Analog Backup. It was not a popular article. But it did inspire a few of my peers to start printing their best images as an archive. One of those, my good friend Andrew Kornylak, an amazing photographer and cinematographer, has been printing...
On a recent assignment photographing the 2023 Red Bull Aerial Camp, I was tasked with covering a wide array of sky divers, wingsuit skydivers, paragliders and more. On one evening, the crew got the idea to set up some pyrotechnics for the team to swoop through when coming in for a landing. This is not...
This editorial originally appeared in the Winter 2023 Newsletter. I thought I would repost it here as well so it is easier to find. Artificial Intelligence (Ai) has risen to a level where it has become fairly alarming for many creatives—especially photographers and illustrators. At the moment, the leading Ai websites like DALL-E 2 and...
The Winter 2023 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 of the Newsletter includes an editorial entitled Artemis, a review of the Elinchrom FIVE 500 Ws...
Pretty cool – LIfelong photo guy but the last 12-13 years much more. Like you I decided to get the guitar thing going and play a Carvin that I bought from a guy last year. My Strat stays in the case next to the fender acoustic. Music on a guitar is so complex and wonderful. I am deep in the valley. Relentless pursuit to master the guitar. Photo gear–yup lots but not as much as you. THe more equipment one has the fewer photos get taken :). Nikon D850s. I have a day job in finance but the photo stuff is always there. Love street photography. Also, I have recently done 6 corporate assignments, which were challenging and fun. Made some real money on those and got a couple helocpter rides to shoot. The issue is getting someone to pay to go to places that are cool – F8 Be there. Traveling to Cuba and Iceland again this year on my nickel. All that said, I would appreciate thoughts about external HDs. I have a couple 6TB Western Digital hard drives. When I blew through the 2 TB drives i am having trouble locating some of the images from ten years ago. I had a technical company help me get back up and running. My friend and shooting buddy Layne Kennedy suggested that I reach out to you as you are quite tecy. Thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.