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 Andrew Zuckerman Commercial Photographer Andrew Zuckerman is putting out a new book called "Bird" which is almost a encyclopedia style of a photography book depictiong different styles of birds. A behind the scenes video recently came up showing his work and how he managed to get these shots.

Tomorrow night the Third Floor Photo Society is having a lockin on the third floor of journalism for any students who want to come up and work all night on their finals or other work. If you are interested in joining us, here are the basic rules: 1. If you are coming, you must be on the Third floor no later than 10 p.m. 2. Once you leave the third floor after 10 p.m., we cannot permit you to come back into the building (we cant let you in and out). Please bring any and all equipment that you will need to use. 3. Any and all snacks, drinks or meals you will need to have with you. (We cant let you leave and go grab food). 4. The lockin in is from 10 p.m. and until 7 a.m. Friday morning. 5. Have all matting and presentation supplies with you. 6. Have any printing money you will need for inkjet printing on hand. 7. Bring coffee!

Jonathan Tay is a commercial photographer working not only in China, Thailand and asian marketing campaigns including UPS and other major brands, but is also recognized for working worldwide including U.S. Markets and campaigns. Check out his website for really great personal and advertisement work. Jonathan Tay Website

I thought I would put up a photography blog as a way to show another resource that can be used instead of photographer websites directly. A lot of the time I will stumble up on blogs that feature photographers that Ive never heard of and there's endless amounts of blogs that have this. Check out Brokin Nglish :

Staudinger + Franke is a photographic agency that specializes in bringing the whole package to the commercial photography world. Make sure and look at the shooting, postproduction and even CGI work of Staudinger + Franke.

for all commerce photography students interested in entering the PIEA Competition, Here is the basic information and the links to the contest information online. Contest Page Rules

Commercial Photographer Adrian Samson out of London, shooting global advertising and campaigns. Adrian Samson    

Entries Due November 24th 2009 Contest Page Harman Photo

Coming out of Uruguay, the duo team of Santiago Epstein and Diego Velazco of Domino Photography Studio. Great stuff     Domino Photography

Give it a shot it would be a wounderful way to make Commerce SMILE. : ) To find our more check out HELP-Protrait site.   Thanks, Mary

The APA (advertising photographers of america) recently had the winners announced for their big contest. Heres the winners, the photos, and the links to their websites and the APA website. Lots of great work and great resources in this one! APA Website APA Contest Page and Winners Grand Prize Winner: Ross Anderson's Architecture Portfolio Ross Anderson Website 1st Place Landscape: Dennis Welsh Dennis Welsh Website 1st Place Still Life: Joshua Scott Joshua Scott Website 1st Place Fine Art: Genevieve Caron   Genevieve Caron Website  Francois Robert: Francois Robert Website

Bring to light another leading commercial photographer, Kurt Stallaert. Make sure and check the link below along with the link to his website for more work and also a behind the scenes look at a new campaign he did with Levis Paint Company. Behind The Scenes and Levi Paint Interview Kurt Stallaert Website

Chase Jarvis recently did a behind the scenes video of doing a skiing shoot for Sandisk Memory Cards. In the video, Chase goes in depth on how to use studio equipment on high motor drive cameras, even at eight frames per second! This is a great video for getting all the technical tips and tricks for combining sports and studio equipment.

One of the huge names right now in the commercial industry is Erik Almas, a photographer based out in San Fransisco who covers just about every category of photography.  Take a long look through his website to see some amazing commercial and fine art work. Erik Almas Photography

Every Picture Tells a Story, Don’t It? ART REVIEW | 'WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL' Every Picture Tells a Story, Don’t It? By KEN JOHNSON Published: October 30, 2009 What makes a good rock photograph is something to ponder, and the show at the Brooklyn Museum offers an excellent opportunity to do so.

New York is a city of characters. nytimes.com "305-square-mile parade of people with something to say."

The next issue is a special Halloween edition of the ET with an added 4 pages. There will be one photo spread dedicated to us and whatever I want to do. I feel this would be a nice time to open up you talents as photographers. The work needs to be turned in FRIDAY 10-23-09 by noon. I am looking for images that display what It is like to be a college student . You can take it literal or figurative, emotional. I want to give you the opportunity to display it anyway you wish. As ARTSY as you want guys Requirements. What: Display life as a college student at A&M COMMERCE When: Due: FRIDAY 10-23-09 at 12pm How: whatever it takes, you can shoot any medium you want just give me the best digital file you can produce... Tips the image will be in Black and White newspaper so subtle contrast and detail may not be shown,, Most important: I also need three sentences on what it going on, who it is the image, what are you showing me. How do I get it to you.. EMAIL Daniel Mendenhall an

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A new contest to enter for Third Floor students and readers of the blog "An International Student Photography Competition continued . . . Open to All Students of all ages working in all mediums of photography. Juror Statement "As a photojournalist/documentary photographer what interests me most about photography is its unique ability to freeze a moment in time and reveal something within that instance, be it a 500th or even two seconds. When you document humanity, that moment can unveil emotions that exist within all of us whether it be one of joy, sorrow, anxiety, anger, boredom, ecstasy, frustration, hope, loneliness, resentment, vulnerability and a whole hosts of others. That revelation has the potential to bind us forever to the people we’ve gotten to know within that one moment frozen in time. " About the Juror Lucian Perkins, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in b

Lens: Parting Glance: Irving Penn By By Niko Koppel Published: October 7, 2009 The death of the 20th-century master Irving Penn invites a look at his renowned work from studio portraits to fashion photographs. Irving Penn NY Times photo blog

Brian Sorg is a photographer who did a three part series on covering the life of his friend Davey, and compiled this project over several years. Checkout the three part series, beginning from Davey I to Davey III on his site. Great work for showing a documentary on the changes of adolescence.