Exposed: Inside the Life and Images of a Pro Photographer

CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
The Preamble......Page 12
A Note on Digital Workflow......Page 13
CHAPTER 1 SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS......Page 17
Control Is a Myth......Page 19
CHAPTER 2 CHASING SHADOWS......Page 23
The Life of a Freelancer......Page 25
El Matador......Page 26
Pushing the Envelope......Page 42
At World’s End......Page 56
Waimea Bay......Page 61
CHAPTER 3 ON ASSIGNMENT: THE WENGER PATAGONIAN EXPEDITION RACE......Page 69
The World’s Toughest Race......Page 71
CHAPTER 4 ROLLING WITH IT......Page 85
Photography Is Essentially a Matter of Solving Problems......Page 87
CHAPTER 5 EXPANDING THE PORTFOLIO......Page 91
Improving as a Photographer Involves Hard Work......Page 93
Portraits in the Men’s Bathroom......Page 94
The Wave......Page 104
Sleepwalking in a Sandstorm......Page 109
Henry 1......Page 116
CHAPTER 6 ON ASSIGNMENT: MEN’S FITNESS......Page 123
The Most Effective Marketing......Page 125
CHAPTER 7 TURNING POINTS......Page 135
I Love to Hear Established Photographers Tell Their Stories......Page 137
CHAPTER 8 UNDER PRESSURE......Page 143
Extreme Pressure to Get the Images the Client Wants......Page 145
The Red Bull Air Force......Page 148
Danny MacAskill......Page 155
You Get Ten Shots and That’s It!......Page 164
The Crystal Cave......Page 171
CHAPTER 9 ON ASSIGNMENT: RED BULL AIR FORCE......Page 181
A Triple Black Diamond Wingsuit Jump......Page 183
Floating over the Great Salt Lake......Page 192
CHAPTER 10 TAKING TIME TO SHOOT FOR YOURSELF......Page 197
The Creative Process Is not Always an Easy Affair......Page 199
CHAPTER 11 KEEPING THE FIRES STOKED......Page 203
Fueling Your Creative Spark......Page 205
Hot Air Balloon Worship......Page 206
30 Hours in the Magellan Straits......Page 214
At the End of the Road in Tahiti......Page 220
The Backflip......Page 229
CHAPTER 12 ON ASSIGNMENT: THE EDDIE AIKAU......Page 235
The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Surfing Competition......Page 237
CHAPTER 13 BE PREPARED TO SUFFER......Page 249
A Reality Check......Page 251
CHAPTER 14 WRAPPING UP......Page 257
It’s all About Hard Work......Page 259
Setting Goals......Page 262
Making It Pay......Page 264
Know Thy Craft......Page 267
Talent Is Overrated......Page 269
The Next Step......Page 271
APPENDIX A: EQUIPMENT......Page 273
APPENDIX B: COLOR MANAGEMENT RESOURCES......Page 277
B......Page 281
C......Page 282
F......Page 283
H......Page 284
L......Page 285
P......Page 286
S......Page 288
V......Page 289
X......Page 290
LESSON FILES AND MEDIA PAGE......Page 292