Some exciting news… I was asked a few weeks ago to become a regular contributor to Black Star Rising, which is a blog run by one of the most historic and respected photography agencies in New York!  My first entry was just posted there, and it concerns learning to work with photographers as an art director.  A short excerpt:

It’s true that most photographers would say that they are artists, but in this instance the photographer is an artist for hire. If you aren’t happy with what you’re getting back, say so, though this wasn’t really an issue for me. I tried to give specific directions (”Can you frame the model so that there’s more empty space over his left shoulder?”) and I made an effort to indicate if something needed to be reshot (”Let’s do a couple more of this pose, maybe from a higher angle this time”).

Read the entire entry here!