Internationally acclaimed fashion and beauty photographer Rossella Vanon has worked with some of the most renowned brands in the industry. Today, Rossella talks about how she built such a successful fashion photography business.
Finding Inspiration in the Last Place You’d Expect – Within Yourself
Let’s face it, staying motivated is hard. It seems there’s always someone better than you and that no matter how hard you try, you’ll never be the best.
Don’t Get Stuck
I’d like to shed some light on a place I’m certain every single creative person has visited, but very few willingly admit to having been…the creative wasteland found in The Long Middle.
Issue 1: Beginning & Believing: How to Get Started
Throughout June, PHLEARN Magazine will explore the topics of Beginning & Believing: How to Get Started. We’re glad you’re starting with us.
The Art of Not Making Great Art
Creation is an experience, not a manual to be followed step-by-step. As soon as I stopped trying to force my creativity to fit into predetermined boxes, it got easier and easier to pull my visions into the physical realm.
Here’s What Gear Commercial & Ad Photographer Keean Afrasiabi Uses In Studio and On Location
Advertising photographer Keean Afrasiabi uses striking lighting and computer graphics to create beautiful images for many leading brands. Keean tells us what gear is essential to his work.
Passion Isn’t Everything
Deep down, I was disappointed. I was letting myself down. It was another project that I was putting in the “unfinished pile”. I knew I had to arrest this downward spiral before it degenerated into total failure.
Analog Effects in a Digital World
Learning the ways of these old-school effects not only gave me newfound respect for the art and craft of the masters that went before me, but instilled a sense of practical creativity and problem solving that I’m not sure I would have gotten in the purely digital world.
Beginning vs Starting
Naturally, you’re not quite as good at starts as you are at beginnings. Starting is a bit harder. They require intention, community, courage, and a dose of naiveté.
Life Lessons From a Farmer’s Market Vendor
If you had told me that I’d learn more about business and my creative potential from running a booth at a farmer’s market than from working with Victoria’s Secret in New York, I would’ve thought you were crazy.
Interview with April Soetarman
As an artist and designer, April has altered the user experience of the fortune cookie, caused unsuspecting pedestrians to look twice at street signage, and coded a bot to tweet out food-inspired romance.
10 Nudges to Move You Toward Action
Certainly you’ve heard of analysis paralysis – that catatonic state your mind enters into when overthinking causes complete immobilization. Perhaps you’re visiting this post now in an attempt to flee the very action that you know you must take next.