Saturday, April 30, 2011

New Advanced Lighting Workshop dates announced

We've announced the new dates of the next Big Lights Far Away workshop, July 24, 25 and 26th in Vancouver!

Learning to balance ambient light with strobe, as in the picture above, is one of the fundamental skills taught in the BLFA workshops. Photo by Martin Prihoda
























The workshop is designed to take advanced amateur photographers to the next level by giving them the lighting skills necessary to make their photography more marketable. As well, we'll be sharing essential business tips needed to work with large and demanding clients.

We'll be covering location lighting for fashion and editorial shoots as well as learning how to effectively work with a crew of professionals; from hair and makeup, to stylists and models. All crew used are professionals in their own right, thus allowing students the environment to effectively raise their skill level.

In my experience, professional photography is a juggling act between technical proficiency, artistic vision, tact and patient determination. A superior understanding of light; both strobe and ambient, and the mixture of the two while dealing with various logistic factors is the driving intention behind the Big Lights Far Away workshop series.

Also included in the cost is a seminar and one on one portfolio review and personal career coaching.

Spots are limited to only 10 students and we expect to fill up fast, so come join us!




Monday, April 25, 2011

Yoga Journal, Russian Edition, May 2011

A selection of photos from my upcoming book "Descent" have been published in this months Yoga Journal. The images feature my friend and teacher, Yogi Vishva in various Asanas in and around the serene setting of the Himalayas.

The spirit of the book lies in a strong Yoga practice set in a backdrop of life in the north Indian town of Rishikesh. Rishikesh is a well known spiritual retreat and perhaps most well known in the West as the place where the Beatles spent some time hanging out and writing music.

The final book will be a coffee table book feature 108 asanas. We're planning on shooting the remainder of the imagery in September 2011.

Hari Om!






Saturday, April 16, 2011

Global Fashion Story - Verve, April 2011

Some recent fashion work with Verve. Behind the Scenes video coming shortly!


Photography: Martin Prihoda
Styling: Nirali Mehta
h/m: Sophie Chudzikowzki
Models: Aniko Michnyaova and Nina Mendes
Models courtesy: Anime Creative Management
Produced by Lamya Bhatri Ebrahim









Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Back from Nepal and Tanzania

For those of you who have been following this blog for any amount of time, you'll know how important it is for me to be able to balance my commercial and personal work.

By personal work, I usually refer to jobs or projects that don't pay much or anything at all, but usually fill me up in other ways.

My recent work with the NGO ChildReach International definitely falls under this category. CRI is a London based NGO that works to improve the conditions of impoverished children in various parts of the world. They help build schools, fund advocacy for child rights, pay teachers' wages, help repair water wells...you name it.

Like any other charity, they rely on fundraising to achieve these efforts and vital to this effort is a catalogue of great imagery to help capture the spirit of their work.

So, lucky me. I get to fly around the world, all expenses paid, to build this catalogue. Pretty much the photographers dream.

These most recent images are from CRI projects in Nepal and Tanzania and I have to tell ya; these are some of the most amazing children I have ever met. Its truly startling how a life of no television and video games seems to keep young eyes so undimmed.

No fancy lights, no battery packs, no truckload of assistants, no nagging clients; just me...and my camera for two weeks. Pure bliss.