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nickonken Interview by Lawrence Atienza

Lawrence Atienza has just published a great in depth interview of me on his blog. Check it out if you have a minute:

http://blog.lawrenceatienza.com/2009/03/13/photographer-interview-series/featured-professional-photographer-interview-nick-onken/

Lightsource Interview

If you haven't checked out Studiolighting.net, you should. It's a great resource for photographers. Bill and Ed have a podcast called LightSource you can subscribe to where they talk about new products and happenings in photography as well as interview some great photographers.

That said, they did an interview with me that they just posted yesterday. You can download it at this link: http://www.studiolighting.net/e069-onken-lightsource-photography-podcast/ Or if you subscribe to their podcast in iTunes you can download it there.

Here are the topics we cover in the interview:
•Work in Lifestyle and travel photography
•Definition of a successful lifestyle image
•Natural lighting as a focus
•Waiting for the right moment
•Shooting many frames to get the right shot
•Connecting with a subject
•His camera equipment (Canon)
•Favorite lenses 35mm f1.4 20mm f2.8 70-200 f/2.8
•Looking for the right light
•Controlling natural light
•Using flare creatively
•Photographing people on the beach
•Scouting
•Getting started in a photography career
•Building client relationships
•The importance of style
•Capturing action in the image
•Getting great in-camera results
•Travelism
•Upcoming travel photography book
•Video of shoots on Nicks blog
•Backing up photos on location shoots
•Advice for photographers

PDN's People on the Move... Includes me.

PDN just posted their "People on the Move" article. You can only see it if you have a subscription to PDN Online, which if you don't have it you should. You get access to great articles that are only available to subscribers. One of which is PDN's People on the Move.

That said, my next move has now been published. I've signed with a new agent in New York. Greenhouse Reps. More to come...

Here's a screenshot if you don't have PDN subscription.