Barry Tanenbaum

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Field Test; On Location With David X. Tejada
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Dec 01, 2005

Through the viewfinder David X. Tejada saw Bart Simpson strangling Saddam Hussein.

"It was at the time of the first Gulf War, and I was shooting at a mining site in Nevada," David says. "I've got a 300mm lens on the camera, and I'm directing a surveyor out in the field by walkie-talkie. I'm having him look through his surveying scope.

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Field Test
The High-Res, High Quality Landscape Image
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Feb 01, 1999

When a writer friend heard
that photographer Les Jörgensen takes landscape and location photographs
using a high-resolution digital back on a view camera, and goes into
the field with a computer, batteries, battery...

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Fine Art Tips: Why Location Is Key But Not Everything in Fine Art Photography
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Aug 24, 2017

You’re on Meols Beach, on the Irish Sea, looking east across the River Mersey; those lights are Liverpool. The beach is the place where imaging happens for Ray Mcbride when time and tide are just right.

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Fire Down Below: In the Right Place at the Right Time, Bill Hatcher Captures a Dramatic Aerial Shot
Barry Tanenbaum  |  May 17, 2016

Bill Hatcher was near the park entrance when a wildfire forced the closing of Tioga Pass road into Yosemite National Park last summer. “The fire was threatening to cross the road into Yosemite,” he says, “and helicopters and tankers were being sent out on kind of a bombing run to cut the fire off.”

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For Advertising Photographer Dixie Dixon, Big Production Shoots Require Skill And Strategy
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Mar 31, 2015

Unlike landscape, portrait, wildlife, or even sports photographers, the first shots taken these days by advertising photographers on the job are almost always instantly seen and judged—by the client, the client’s representative, an agency rep, or an art director. Pressure, anyone?

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Newsletter
Freestyle: So Many Skiers, So Much Time
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Oct 18, 2012
All the elements were right for Robert Beck to try something different. Shooting for Sports Illustrated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Robert’s coverage included both the qualifying and medal rounds of the men’s aerials event in freestyle skiing, so there was plenty of opportunity for him to capture not only the razor-sharp peak-action images that typify SI coverage, but also to modify his technique to take a shot or two at turning prose into poetry.

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Game On!: Sports Shooter Andrew Hancock Shares Tips On How To Capture The Action
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Nov 27, 2015
Here’s the one thing you can count on in sports photography: the pictures won’t be there waiting for you. Images of key moments, athletes’ efforts, and fans’ reactions—you’re going to have to be at the top of your game to get them.
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Gear Shift: Why Pro Photographer Albert Normandin Switched to a Mirrorless Camera System
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Jan 25, 2018

Albert Normandin has photographed in Myanmar on 13 visits over 12 years. He estimates he’s spent over 600 days in the country. He won’t guess at how many photos he’s taken. This one, though, has somewhat special significance.

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Get Your Work Out There: Photographer's Images of Ferns Licensed for Postage Stamps
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Aug 19, 2014

Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia, is a favorite place for photography for Cindy Dyer, who specializes in botanical subjects, and it was there that two years ago she was featured in an exhibition of 88 of her photos. A visitor to that exhibit, who happened to be the wife of an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, saw her work and mentioned Cindy to her husband, who happened to be looking for specific subject images to license for stamps. Cindy submitted 20 photographs of ferns, from which the Postal Service selected five for First Class Forever Stamps, which are currently available for purchase online at the USPS website.

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Glory Days; On Any Given Sunday, You’ll Find Ron St. Angelo Prowling The Sidelines For The Dallas Cowboys
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Nov 01, 2005

The first Dallas Cowboys Ron St. Angelo photographed were the Dallas Cowboys' cheerleaders. It was a good start. Studio shots of the cheerleaders led to photographing the players, then the games. Today his business card reads, "Official photographer of the Dallas Cowboys." Ron's been with the team from the late 1970s, from Landry and Staubach, through...

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