Adobe has unveiled the Adobe Photoshop CC at MAX 2013 as part of a major update to Adobe Creative Cloud. The new version pushes the boundaries of possibility, offering a powerful new creative process, legendary imaging magic, and greater creative freedom with new tools and workflows.
Adobe’s desktop apps, including Photoshop, were previously known as Creative Suite (CS), and will now be branded CC to reflect that they are an integral part of Creative Cloud. Photoshop CC includes a wide range of innovative enhancements, including new image deblurring and sharpening features to improve design workflows, and new Camera Raw capabilities. This update combines Photoshop standard and Photoshop Extended features.
Ogilvy & Mather and Director Jonathan Notaro of Brand New School are calling out the history of humanity’s tooth-cleaning habits with their spot for Philips Sonicare, “Stick with Technology” for their Odyssey campaign. The time-travelling spot raises the question of why, at a time when human beings adopt technology to every element of their lives at an exponential rate, does 72% of the US population continue to scour our teeth with what are essentially bristles on a stick?
Andrea Fischman’s editorial, lifestyle and portrait photography captures life in a natural and warm way, inviting the viewer to share in the experience. Unlike photography that seems to have been created, Andrea’s work seems to have simply happened. Fischman, a Skidmore College graduate, also received professional training at the Rhode Island School of Design, New England School of Photography, the Art Institute of Boston and the International Center of Photography in New York.
Adobe MAX 2013 will bring together more than 5,000 creative industry leaders, designers, developers, strategists, video professionals and photographers from around the world to exchange ideas, innovations and inspiration.
The event offers a unique opportunity to learn directly from industry and Adobe experts and connect with peers from across industries.
American Photography 29 Call For Entries is open to all photographers, art directors, designers, editors, agencies and publishers.
Regarded as the book of record, American Photography is still produced in all its defiant, large-format, luxurious, hard cover glory, offering high visibility and well-deserved recognition.
Submit your best work to be presented in the books, one image per page, and online in The Archive for all the world to see.
The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2013.
Michael Indresano has been a successful commercial photographer in Boston for over 20 years, collaboratingon advertising campaigns with Boston’s top agencies and creating high impact photography for locally-based brands such as Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins, New Balance, Reebok, Converse, Puma, Timberland, Rockport, and many other New England footwear/ apparel brands. He was chosen to shoot portraits for the Boston Bruins when they won the 2011 Stanley Cup Championships, and he has been commissioned to produce portraits across a variety of industries, from celebrities to world-class athletes to Fortune 500 CEOs. Michael has been written up in Boston Business Journal and also named one of the “Top 40 Under 40.”
The 51st D&AD Awards is now open for entries. The pinnacle of creative achievement across the design, advertising and digital industries, the D&AD Awards have been running since 1962.
Unlike other shows, D&AD only awards work of the highest standard, meaning that the quantity of top awards given fluctuates year on year.
The Awards is open to companies and freelancers from all over the world. The deadline for entries is January 30, 2013.
Damian Strohmeyer is a Boston based editorial and commercial photographer who tells stories with his photographs. He is acclaimed for his high-energy sports action photographs but is equally comfortable in portrait settings. His photographs have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated more than sixty times and have gathered awards in virtually every major photo contest. A member of the exclusive Canon’s Explorers of Light program he is also a highly sought after educational speaker on photography.
You probably already have Matt Spencer’s photography in your home right now. As a celebrated commercial fashion photographer, Fortune 500 companies and international publications are tapping into his creative vision in order to connect with consumers around the world. You’ll find his work everywhere, Photo District News, Seventeen Magazine, to Beauty Launchpad and many more, as well as countless online publications.
Bruce T. Martin is an American fine art photographer who uses photography to document the world, explore perceptions, and question our viewpoints. After graduating from Syracuse University in 1977, he began working as a Historical Preservation photographer, using photography to help put endangered buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. His photographs are in a number of private and public collections and have been exhibited throughout the U.S. and Central America. Today, along with exhibiting his fine art photography projects, he is a leading architectural photographer, making photographs for the nation’s foremost architects, designers, and publications.
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Kim Lowe – Photography
Kim Lowe started her photography career at age seven as a still-life photographer, documenting her stuffed animals’ lives. Eventually she grew up, graduated from the Art Institute of Boston, became a designer/art director at big time ad agencies, including Hill Holiday and Arnold, and even managed to win a few awards. With ten years ad experience under her belt she decided to put it all to use doing something she loved more. She opened her photo studio in 2003.
It wasn’t until college when Jared started working for his college newspaper that he really got bitten by the bug. “I fell in love with photography and completely immersed myself in it. I was on the track to become a photojournalist and that is in fact what I did for a number a years. I thought I wanted to be Eugene Richards or Sebastão Salgado and tried my best to emulate them, but over the years I started developing my own voice and now my work looks and feels nothing like theirs.”
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.
“Steve Jobs was unlike any other,” the world body said through a spokesperson. “He saw what others did not. He believed above all else in the power of human ingenuity – to create ‘tools’ that people could use, that would not only improve our lives but, quite literally, change the world. He was a truly global force.
With a personality equal parts easygoing and driven, plus a dash of astute wit, Ian is an ideal creative companion.
A native of picturesque Melton Mowbury in England, Ian has wrought his sense of style, obsession with detail and impeccable work ethics into a photography career that approaches the two-decade mark.
Ian’s skill with the camera and profound knowledge of the equipment and its possibilities make each project sparkle with creative freedom and originality. Not only does Ian create beautiful images – he brings to life a world in which products tell a story and people shine with an inner glow.
House of Moves is an incubator of ideas where motion capture converges with imagination, inspiring artists within the entertainment, gaming and commercial trade to see and express movement in previously unimagined ways.
House of Moves captures crash test performance for Lexus “light” commercial
Motion capture and animation company, Vicon House of Moves (HOM), provided motion capture for the :30 ‘Light’ commercial for Lexus that first aired September 7, 2011. Directed by Daniel Kleinman of Epoch Films, the spot was part of the luxury carmaker’s “Engineering Amazing” campaign.
For over 20 years, Michael Indresano has been meticulously creating award-winning photography in his South Boston studio. Conveniently located and set up to provide full-service production support, the Indresano Studio is a creative workshop that is always comfortable and really, really clean.
William Huber received an education in photojournalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and furthered his studies in fine art painting and sculpture. A real boost to his decision to use cameras to make art started in New York City working under accomplished pros as an apprentice including the master Pete Turner.
Jason Grow is a Boston-based photographer who specializes in photographing really interesting people with real time constraints in real environments. With a background based in photojournalism his experience has ranged from refugee camps to conference rooms. Jason is available for photography assignments nationally and internationally.
A graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in Journalism, Jason worked for seven years as a newspaper photographer for the San Jose Mercury News before turning freelance in 1996.
Hatch Awards 2011
The Hatch Awards 2011 are an annual event in which advertising agencies and people in the advertising industry in New England are awarded for notable work and lifetime achievements. Winners are chosen by the “Hatch Steering Committee”, chosen from the U.S. and Canada. Categories include Consumer Magazine Single Page, Poster, Website, Radio, and Newspaper. As of 2011, the Hatch Awards are in their 51st consecutive year.
Providing high-quality creative photography of athletes and active lifestyle for advertising and commercial clients worldwide.
Kim Pimmel shot this video by combining everyday soap bubbles with exotic ferrofluid liquid to create an eerie tale, using macro lenses and time lapse techniques. Black ferrofluid and dye race through bubble structures, drawn through by the invisible forces of capillary action and magnetism.
Jim Flynn has been a commercial photographer since 1993. He shoots advertising and corporate lifestyle photography for many different industries including medical, high tech, insurance and finance.
Wide range of designers to curate daily examples of design excellence.
NEW YORK—July 6, 2011. AIGA and Adobe® announce the launch of Design Envy, a daily blog featuring the best in design as chosen by a different curator each week. Guest curators will be encouraged to share their “wish I’d done that” discoveries—recent design that’s so creative, inspiring and effective, they wish they had designed it themselves. While the curators are selected by AIGA, the professional association for design, the envy-inducing work curators choose to celebrate is entirely up to them.
In the past Megan has worked with Steven Vote Photography and she currently photographs food and products for various companies for their advertising and marketing needs.
Elliott Sellers is the newest addition to The Masses Lab, part of the ground-breaking collaboration of film makers and artists known as “The Masses.” Founded by Matt Amato, Jon Ramos, the late Heath Ledger and friends, the group’s mission statement declares, “Within the intersection of art and commerce, we find the message and deliver it to the masses by the most powerful, visionary and authentic means possible, be it film, music, advertising, or multi-platform content.”
Whether shooting beauty or the more bizarre, there is a dramatic, at times dark, mood to Conor’s work, and it has evolved into his distinct style of photography. Conor’s ability to tell a story through a single image perhaps stems from his background in theater and set design, where he says he finds a lot of his inspiration.
‘Gulp’ is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch.
Jeffrey Coolidge studied film and photography with Jerome Liebling and Elaine Mayes at Hampshire College. He opened his first studio in 1982. He now lives and works in a bucolic town just west of Boston.
The founder of design firm Thirst/Chicago, Rick Valicenti recently art directed this incredible book using the photography of Francois Robert from his series Stop the Violence.
Cheryl has worked as a photographer for a large variety of clients in her twenty plus years of business. One day she could be shooting toddlers for Stonyfield Farm, and the next day it could be doctors for Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, or apparel for SmartPak on a farm in Florida.
