Jay Abend

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Sports/Action
The View From The Sidelines
Shooting NFL Football With The Pros
Jay Abend  |  Jan 01, 2004

With the NFL 2003-2004 season in full swing, you'll find most American men firmly planted on the sofa in front of their big TV set every Sunday. While television coverage of pro football gets better and better, especially with the advent of network...

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The Wide And The Wierd
New Fisheye And PCS Lenses From Russia
Jay Abend  |  Aug 01, 2001

After last year's exhaustive study of all things Russian, I thought I was done with Kiev equipment. While I had given up on most things Ukrainian as everyday shooters, I did still have a fine Kiev 60 body and a handful of Kiev lenses...

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Pro Techniques
Time, Expenses...And Experience
How To Bill For Your Work, Whether You Are A Pro Or An Amateur
Jay Abend  |  Oct 01, 2003

As a pro photographer I get a lot of questions about my work. While many address my equipment and techniques, a lot of people want to know what I earn. There is no question more loaded than "How much do you make?" (Perhaps except...

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Visatec Litepac
A Portable Masterpiece
Jay Abend  |  May 01, 2002

In my quixotic search to find the perfect location strobe system I've used and owned practically everything--including dry-cell powered Matadors in the 1970s to Norman 200bs in the '80s to Lumedynes and Hensels in the '90s, I've tried everything.

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Lens NewsPhoto How To
When To Turn Off The Focus
Sometimes The Eye Is Quicker Than The Lens
Jay Abend  |  May 01, 1999

One of the most important tips that I give aspiring photographers who own modern 35mm cameras is to learn to use their cameras totally manually. That's right, turn off the autoexposure and the autofocus, set the motor drive to single frame, and use...

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White Lightning's X-Series Monolights
New, Improved ...And Still A Bargain
Jay Abend  |  Aug 01, 2004

White Lightning strobes almost single-handedly revolutionized the studio strobe world. With their first coffee-can shaped WL10,000 more than 20 years ago, Paul C. Buff and company brought serious strobe lighting gear to a whole new generation of...

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Why You Need A Portfolio
The Essential Tool For Every Photographer
Jay Abend  |  Sep 01, 2000

You need a portfolio. If you call yourself a photographer and you don't have an up-to-date portfolio of your best work, I think you're missing an essential tool.

While having a great portfolio is...

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Wide-Open
Walking The Knife's Edge Of Shallow Depth Of Field
Jay Abend  |  Aug 01, 2004

Recently I've begun to look at things differently. As a working commercial photographer, much of my work consists of really tack-sharp images. While I've always worked with foreground and background areas that may be out of focus, the...

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