Michael wins 1st Place in Sportsshooter.com Clip Contest

The image I spoke about in an earlier blog post which was shot while covering the 2007 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta has shown itself to be a solid image. In the recent October 2007 Sportsshooter.com clip contest this image won 1st place in the Feature category. To see the winners go to: http://www.sportsshooter.com/contest/clip/winning_image.html?id=763 The sportsshooter.com clip...

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Fall 2007 Newsletter available for Download

The Fall 2007 issue of the Michael Clark Photography newsletter is now available for download from my website. If you’d like to sign on for the Newsletter just drop me an email and I’ll add you to the mailing list. This issue includes an editorial on hanging tough and giving back, an article entitled “Digital...

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Being in the right place at the right time

Yesterday, while shooting images at the 2007 Albuquerque Ballooon Fiesta I was looking for a shot of people standing outside of a balloon while I was standing inside the balloon as it was being inflated. I had no control of anything as I was shooting in a photojournalistic style and I had nothing really set...

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Devils Tower, Wyoming

I’m just back from Devils Tower where I got some stunning images (like the one above of Jacopo Aliamo on ‘El Matador’) – and we had a fantastic time. I went up to the Tower with some good friends, Gabriela Baumeister and Jacopo Alaimo who is a certified climbing guide in Italy and quite strong....

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Michael wins 2nd Place in Sportsshooter.com Photo Contest

I just this morning saw that I won 2nd Place in the monthly Sportsshooter.com photo contest for an image I shot in July of Timy Fairfield rock climbing in a cave at sunset. The caption for that image is: Timy Fairfield hanging from the lip of the Crystal Cave on “Super-Dope” (5.13b) while rock climbing...

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Microsofts answer to the iPhone

Just in case your Monday needs a little injection of comedy I was sent this link to a video on You Tube – its a parody of a possible Microsoft iPhone – quite funny! Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRKIDdIaFyE It is called the ZunePhone. You’ll laugh for sure – take a minute and check it...

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The Importance of Professional Photography Organizations

One of the best articles I ever read on making it as a professional photographer was written by David Lyman, the founder and director of the Maine Photographic Workshops and published on digitaljournalist.org. You can check it out at: http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0410/lyman.html I highly recommend this article to both seasoned and emerging photographers as an incredible resource...

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