Archive for October, 2007

Canon 5D vs. Hasselblad H3Dii

Canon 5D vs. Hasselblad H3Dii

UPDATED: So, as Johnny Danger pointed out in the comments below, I didn’t upsample the 5D to match the native resolution of H3Dii in the original test article. I have added two new slides to illustrate this and it really shows how much better the H3Dii is compared to the Canon 5D. I’m still [...]


Please Use PLUS

Please Use PLUS

One of the most challenging parts of being a commercial photographer is the estimate. It such an essential skill that has taken me years to get figured out (and I still make improvements every time I do one). One of my biggest stumbling blocks was the Usage Language. Usage is how you assign your [...]


Why Microstock is Bad for Any Photographer

Lately, there’s been a lot of blog chatter about the finer points of selling microstock and how it’s a good idea. Well I, for one, want to start some chatter about how much of a bad idea it is.
Keep reading Why Microstock is Bad on my new blog, Photo Pro Tips.


Latest Gigs

Latest Gigs

Rentrak Corporation – 2007 Portraits
I owe a big thank you to Portland Monthly for this one. I shot Paul Rosenbaum, CEO for Rentrak, for the July issue of Portland Monthly (here’s an outtake from it). It really impressed the folks over at Rentrak and they hired me to photograph all their executives. Their biggest concern [...]


Welcome to L|B 8.0

Welcome to the newest version of my website. Regular visitors will notice that this is my third redesign this year (which is really crazy) and my eighth redesign total. But the reasons for this latest rehash are simple:

It was time to merge my photoblog, ides-of-may.com, into the main look and feel of my website. I [...]