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One of my favorite things about Scott is his willingness to pour into other photographers. His site lists a great set of photographers who’ve interned or been taught by Scott. From Scott’s bio:

I taught myself over the course of several years.
I put in crazy amounts of time and learned from countless trial and error how to take good pictures.
I enjoyed figuring out the technical side and I constantly judged people’s reactions to my pictures to understand what good pictures were.

I think the crazy amount of time I put into photography (as a single college student who was in a perfect position to invest said time)
it’s a primary motivating factor why I’m so compelled and willing to teach and share with others.
Because though I know that if they want it bad enough they’ll learn it all in time.
But why not be a help. Speed up that process a little. Take all that tons of time i had invested into learning from scratch and recap it all in a few phrases or a day of help.

Here’s where you can find him:

His WordPress Blog: http://jarviestudios.com/blog/

Contact Page: http://jarviedigital.com/2009/10/utah-wedding-photographer/

Twitter: twitter.com/jarvie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jarvie

I found the script very compelling. The point of view of Barabbas was one I hadn’t thought from very much. The play as a whole is fairly simple and straight to the point, just as the title. The point is that every person must decide if Jesus who He said that He is, and if He is, what does that mean to me. The final words were impacting and cut to the issue with some real power.

Here is a beautiful theme for WordPress that is simple and focused on the photography. This WordPress theme looks nice as a blog and also has a wonderful layout for a portfolio. The textures and clean elements give this theme a really nice feel and would look great with a custom logo and some of your own beautiful pictures in it.

Theme: http://wordspop.com/themes/fotofolio-landscape/

Demo: http://demo.wordspop.com/fotofolio-landscape/

So let’s imagine you’re looking back through your posts and want to edit something. You could just browse the site itself so you can see the images, find the post you want to edit, remember the title, go back to the post list in the admin interface and go through the pages of posts until you find that title. Wouldn’t it be easier if you could see the featured post image in the list of posts?

This adds a thumbnail display of each posts featured image.

Just copy this bit of PHP and put it in the bottom of your functions.php file in your theme.

// Setup Admin Thumbnail Size
if ( function_exists( 'add_theme_support' ) ) {
  add_image_size( 'admin-thumb', 100, 999999 ); // 100 pixels wide (and unlimited height)
	}

// Thumbnails to Admin Post View
add_filter('manage_posts_columns', 'posts_columns', 5);
add_action('manage_posts_custom_column', 'posts_custom_columns', 5, 2);

function posts_columns($defaults){
    $defaults['my_post_thumbs'] = __('Thumbs');
    return $defaults;
}

function posts_custom_columns($column_name, $id){
	if($column_name === 'my_post_thumbs'){
        echo the_post_thumbnail( 'admin-thumb' );
    }
}

Without any changes this should add a new column to your post list. If things seem to be getting a little crowded in your columns, you can hide some of the columns by de-selecting the ones you don’t need to see all the time on the drop-down menu labeled Screen Options.

This is a really simple trick, but one that goes a long way to making the post list interface feel much more useable. Let me know how yours turned out or if you’ve got any questions.

Jeremy Cowart is the man. Amazing with a camera, and a compassionate philanthropist. To hear of the extensive charity work he’s done, you’d wonder where he finds the time to make a living. Look at all of the things he’s started or been a part of such as Help-Portrait, Voices of Haiti, and even his Lifefinder Tour. Then look at his portfolio. He’s photographed some huge names and beautiful people. Definitely don’t stop at the pictures of the celebrities though. Some of his best work is with the people that are too often neglected. His work is truly beautiful and I’m certain that his talent is much a reflection of his honest caring for the people he photographs.

From his website’s about page…

At his core, Jeremy loves to make art. Starting out as a designer, Jeremy really only began taking pictures to bring texture into his design work. Before he knew it, he loved photography (and was getting paid to do it.). So in April of 2005, Jeremy switched over to it full time and he has never looked back. In a relatively short amount of time, Jeremy earned the respect of artists, photographers, and celebrities alike. Now hailed as one of the trailblazers in the industry, Jeremy sees taking a photograph as merely the first step in creating a piece of art.

But it’s not just about that. It’s about having a natural eye behind the camera. It’s about knowing the light, the location, the subject. It’s about treating each client like a friend. And that’s what Jeremy does best.

Photography has taken Jeremy to six continents. Jeremy’s skills behind the camera have allowed him to work with many clients in the entertainment industry, such as Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Sting, Clive Owen, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Imogen Heap, Courtney Cox, and Ryan Seacrest, just to name a few. He also traveled with Britney Spears in 2009 as her photographer and documented seventeen countries with the Passion World Tour in 2008. From all his travels, Jeremy has released 3 Photography books, “Hope in the Dark”, “The Poor Will Be Glad” and “Awakening”.

Here’s where you can find him:

His WordPress Blog: jeremycowart.com/blog/

Contact Page: jeremycowart.com/contact/

Twitter: twitter.com/jeremycowart

Facebook: www.facebook.com/jeremycowartphotography

I first learned of Zack Arias from his seminar on CreativeLive.com. The part that impacted me the most was his story of how he got started, and how much ingenuity he had in the marketing arena. He told of how he wanted to photograph bands, so he went to a meeting where bands would get together. In order to get his name out, he sponsored one of the meetings and bought beer, then he poured the beer and handed out business cards with every cup of beer, introducing himself and getting to know his new clients.

Things like that are brilliant, and they only scratch the surface of the creativity and passion that comes out of Zack. He’s fun to watch and his pictures are a pleasure to see. His list of clients is chocked full of big names.

From the bio on his website…
I am an editorial and commercial photographer based in Atlanta, GA. While I’ve been working in the music industry for the past seven years I’m now branching into more editorial work and advertising. You can boil it down to, “I photograph people in studio and on location.” My style and approach is simple, straightforward, bold, classic, true, and straight from camera.

I’m married to the lovely and talented musician Meghan Arias (formerly Meghan Coffee) and between us we have four boys ranging from age 12 to 2.

Here’s his interview with Chase Jarvis.

Contact or Follow Zack:
Email: http://zackarias.com/contact
Twitter: http://twitter.com/zarias
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/usedfilm

While it does seem like a response to some of the features that Google+ has presented, Facebook is finally getting in the game with some good things for the photographers. It seems like it’s about time, considering there are about 200 million photos uploaded to Facebook per day. The most recent and welcomed in my opinion, is the ability to see the photos in fullscreen mode. It also displays the images at a higher resolution.

According to Facebook, they’ve increased the size of the photos stored from 720 pixels to 2048 pixels on the largest edge, for an 8 times increase overall as of February 2011. So the maximum resolution will be 2048 on Facebook. Google has always hosted up to 2048 pixel images for free, and even larger up to 1 Gb worth, so they still have a slight advantage, but the technology continues to push ahead.

From Chase’s Bio on his website:
Chase Jarvis is well known as a visionary photographer, director, and fine artist with a consistent ambition to break down the barriers between new- and traditional media, fine- and commercial art.

In addition to his creative pursuits, Chase has many interests. He is a widely sought after presenter and has been a Keynote speaker on 5 continents. His invites include those ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to top universities, to the prestigious TEDx conferences held worldwide. He is an “accidental” social media maven with millions of subscribers, fans, and followers. He is also an entrepreneur–having recently started one of the world’s fastest growing online education companies, creativeLIVE.com, in March 2010–and is a gifted leader, volunteer, husband and uncle.

www.chasejarvis.com/blog
www.twitter.com/chasejarvis
www.facebook.com/chasejarvis