When I first started attending portfolio reviews as a commercial and editorial photographer a couple years ago, I was faced with the question: Printed portfolio or iPad? I wanted to position myself among others who I perceived were mostly using… Continue Reading
It’s the Fourth of July and there was a UAV flying over our town’s parade. Maybe he was taking a lead from that viral video of a drone flying through fireworks on the Fourth of July that made a stir… Continue Reading
During a recent panel discussion of art producers at a photo community meeting, a questioner in the crowd asserted that Instagram photographers (the kind who only work with phones) and photojournalists were ignorant about the needs of production. It was as if both lacked an appreciation of… Continue Reading
On the hunt….©2016 Alex Garcia Are you a Chief Visual Brand Storyteller? An Editorial and Advertising Photographer? A Senior Visual Content Specialist? A Multimedia Photojournalist/Video journalist? Or, maybe “Lead Picture Guru”? If you’re a professional photographer, you’ve probably pondered, paused or… Continue Reading
I just added a fifth photo gallery to the “Health and Wellness” section of my site, in this case largely consisting of healthcare photography. With just three sections overall on my site, the 5 health documentary photo galleries weigh pretty heavily. Hmm, funny how… Continue Reading
As an independent photographer, little did I realize that you don’t actually have to be on staff at the New York Times to be a guide for a Times Journey. A friend there recommended that I reach out to be one of the… Continue Reading
It’s an honor today to be appointed to the board of directors of the National Press Photographers Association by president Mark Dolan. I’ll be serving out the term of a director who is leaving. The NPPA has been a powerful voice for… Continue Reading
Have you ever heard of the School of Visual Arts – New York, or taken an online photography class? If you’re a Midwesterner like myself (with a flirtation of Los Angeles) you may not know much about either. Over the last few years while… Continue Reading
You just have to adapt – on any kind of production. In this case, during a ten-day assignment in Nicaragua for Al Jazeera America, our team of four people criss-crossed the country to get ahead of plans to create the… Continue Reading
If you’ve scrolled back this far, it means you’ve reached the beginning of the blog here on my portfolio site. For those who are unfamiliar with my work, I maintained a separate blog about photography for several years called Assignment… Continue Reading