
Inside my photo blog you can view 6 photo albums and find a variety of photography and non-photography related subjects.
Read my posts about my journey to be a better photographer, about becoming the World's best photographer - it's not what it sounds like :) returning to my home Hungary after 20 years and my Southeast Asia photography trip to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos.
Read more: travel and model photographer blog posts.
I have written articles about how to add 100's or 1000's of relevant MySpace friends (MySpace friends with benefits) with FriendBlasterPro the #1 MySpace Friend Adder Software Bot to promote your business without wasting time, about useful advice for amateur first time models, the warning signs of flaky photo models, about Tao and photography, photo blogging with Wordpress, about web design with Firefox browser, the greatest and most famous Hungarians, the best free Photoshop plugin and how the Southeast Asia Elephant Trekking Industry in Laos and Thailand is involved with animal torture and cruelty.
Read more: photographer, model, blogger and travel articles.
Take a look around and come back soon!
Best wishes and happy shooting,
Ferenc
Projects in development:
Fine Art Photography Prints
Travel Photography Books
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SPREAD THE WORD!!! Do not pay for elephant trekking tours in Southeast Asia particularly in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Luang Prabang, Laos! Thousands of tourists spend a lot of money every year to ride elephants thus supporting trekking companies which torture, beat and starve young elephants while training and working elephants!
The article contains link to a National Geographic video filmed during "training crush" about the systematic torture of baby elephants after being separated from their mothers and other resources about animal cruelty towards elephants.
Great news for photographers or anyone who loves pictures, you can have own high quality fine art photography books printed without upfront cost. Blurb is an online and on demand bookstore quality printing company.
The free membership gets you a e-commerce storefront which can be open to the public to display books sold for profit or kept private or visible for those you choose.
The rest is as time consuming as one's creative process gets; download the Booksmart software, design your photography book(s), add photos (and text if you wish) with a great degree of freedom and customization, upload and promote your book(s).
ImageKind has quickly become the popular place for photographers and artist who wish to sell fine art and fine art photography prints.
Besides selling fine art there are two more ways to earn commission on Imagekind: by the picture framing service and by becoming an affiliate and selling Imagekind products.
MySpace can be great for the ego: networking with 1000's of hot friends, the exciting activity of sending "Happy Hump Day" or "Just Showing Some Luv" glitter graphics filled comments to total uninterested strangers. Yawn!!!! ... what a waste of time, this aimless unintelligent friend gathering has nothing to do with building a successful photography or any other business online!
MySpace can be "a place for relevant industry related friends" for anyone in any profession, these "targeted friends" are the best for real networking!
These "useful friends" or "MySpace friends with benefits" will read your MySpace bulletins, will click on the links left in your comments, may become your customers, may spread the word about you, may drive more relevant traffic to your MySpace page.
But why call them "MySpace friends with benefits"? Because it is much easier and faster to make business connections or sell your products / services to those who are interested!
Finding and adding these relevant industry friends like fellow photographers, models, makeup artist, hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, talent managers, agents, clothing designers takes up a lot of time.
It is impossible to keep in touch with 1000's of MySpace friends via bulletins and professional eye catching comments. Just not enough time in a day!
This is where the #1 MySpace Friend Adder Software Bot: MySpace FriendBlasterPro comes in!
FriendBlasterPro can save an incredible amount of time with features like its built in search which will find exactly the type of photography (or your industry) related friends you specify.
MySpace FriendBlasterPro can automate bulletin posting, commenting and message sending process as well. And this is not spamming because these friends are in the photography (or your) industry directly or indirectly. I use this great software on the daily bases and wholeheartedly recommend it!
Special note: Visit my Squidoo page to see tons of Friend Blaster Pro screen shots and detailed explanations of features: MySpace "Friends With Benefits" Adder Software Bot
Have you read tons of photography tutorials illustrated with boring test photos?
Have you had sleepless nights wondering about the difference between the 12mm and 18mm focal lengths? Yeah, me too!
My simple little wide angle lens article is not left brain at all meaning easy to digest plus you will see stellar example shots from my Southeast Asia Photography trip.
Models and photographers are a match made in ... well sometimes heaven. Unreliable (flaky) models can cause lost photo shoots, wasted time, worthless pictures, money and gray hair to photographers.
Attention photographers! Absorb my wisdom about how to spot flaky models before the damage is done! You can protect yourselves and deal with this issue with understanding, grace and a little bit of Zen.
Being a flaky model is the second oldest profession! No photographer is immune to them so hint #1: collect at least 50% of your professional fee as a deposit in advance from the model or client!
When a photographer hears the following sentence: "But I am a nice girl I cannot act dramatic!", I have one advice to photographers: fold up your reflector and go home, call it a day, you will thank me for it!
Attention models: if a photographer has a dramatic style and dramatic portfolio it is safe to think that the dramatic genre might come up as the main theme or one of the themes during the photo shoot or photo shoot preparations.
Any model who thinks or hopes the photographer will change his or her way is wrong!
A good modeling portfolio needs to be as versatile as possible containing images of different styles including dramatic, looks, with different emotions, make up, hair, clothes, locations, etc. ONE look is NO look!
If a model is having trouble bringing intensity to the photo shoot tell her to think of a fictional scenario like her pet being run over by a car or something that will evoke a strong emotion. Keep it as a last resort move, it may just work.
Tips for models on things to consider before, during and after photo shoots plus what to expect from the session and the photographer.
Subjects the article touches upon:
- communication and planning between model and photographer
- the question of nudity during the photo shoots
- model releases: the ownership and the use of the photographs
- practicing modeling in the mirror, studying fashion magazines and advertisements
- being a self sufficient and resourceful model
- uncomfortable situations during photo shoots
- having a modeling and emotional range
- getting the CD or the prints, selecting the best photos
- digital retouching
If I could get a penny for every time I received an email asking me: how do I become a model? what do you think, could I be a model? ... well, early retirement would be knocking on my door!
By popular demand from all corners of the globe here it is! Another installment of my unconventional modeling advice articles.
Some of the highlights:
- be asian or do not quit your day job
- the phat factor
- models born out of desperation
- the humble pie diet
- no pay, no gain
- what rejection and projectile vomiting has in common
Also read the story behind this article: Please Mister How Do I Become A Model? Modeling Advice Again!
Only relying on free photo shoots may not always be the best solution if a model wants to put together a quality modeling portfolio. But many models feel it is an insult to them or beneath them to pay for photo shoots.
Models will hardly ever hear that it is OK to pay to photographers. Model and photographer relations have been already tainted by unprofessional photographers, deceit and lies. To make things even more complicated many believe (perhaps rightfully) that photography is not even a real profession.
If a photographer HAS to explain why he or she needs to be compensated it is quite possibly a loosing battle already. Having to defend the process of receiving money for a valuable service can be degrading to the photographer.
The immense contributions of the small country of Hungary are not widely known.
Not much known of Hungary itself. Hungary has provided some of the world's greatest photographers, artists, scientist, inventors, entertainers, businessmen, the list goes on.
In addition there has been scientific discussion (by a Nobel Prize winning physicist) about the ancestors of Hungarians possibly being from the Red Planet Mars! This stunning revelation gives a whole new meaning to naturalized alien :)
How to be a better photographer? It is a journey and it starts with one step and one click. Teachings of Tao te Ching, Bruce Lee and Carlos Castaneda can be applied not only to life but photography and creativity as well.
How the photographer interprets the world around him or her affects what ends up on the final photo.
There are many extremes in photographic approach: the careful setup of a high fashion photographer, the spontaneity of the celebrity paparazzi, the patience of the landscape photographer, the sensitivity of the fine art nude photographer and the list goes on.
One approach is the non-forceful way of creating photographs. To the peaceful photographer there are no battles to be won only gifts to welcome.
The main images on the first page of this photo blog do not change often.
Once I find a photo I really like it usually stays on the front page or weeks or months. Why do these pictures stand out of the others? Why did I choose them? The reasons are quite personal: I fell in love with them!