The Collective is a loosely formed group of photographers from around the world. We share an enthusiasm for photography that knows no boundaries. Working with us to build your brand, create dynamic images for your clients, or complete your visual strategy in social media is super easy. We bring years of creative output to every gig.
The photographers in these pages are ready with solutions for your visual challenges. We are tested. we are hungry. We want to save the world from boring, uninteresting, and lazy photography.
We are on a mission of enlightened visual integrity.
An analog (paper) version of the book is available at Blurb. The book is offered at wholesale. It is very nicely printed and would make a great addition to your photographic inspiration library.
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We have no representative, so you can contact any of the over 60 photographers using our own contact info. No middle-folks.
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PHOTO TALK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16: STROBES AND FLASH
https://youtu.be/A5rTOBSIngw Photo Talk with Don and SidOctober 16, 2020 We have these meetings every Friday at 1 PM Pacific. Our discussions are rarely scripted, and we answer a lot of questions from those who join. This PTF was a big discussion on strobes and their...
WRITING ON PHOTOGRAPHS: STORIES AND IMAGES BY PHOTOGRAPHERS
Download a free PDF of this wonderful little book full of stories and images from the photographers at Project 52 Pro. Some stories are written about the photographer's own image, and occasionally they take a photograph from another member of the group to create their...
ONE PHOTOGRAPHER’S STRUGGLE WITH THE “SLUMP”
I have been a photographer for nearly my whole life. I was probably 12 when my dad brought me into his darkroom to see the photographs we had taken that morning come to life under his little enlarger. I had never seen anything so magical, so mystifying, so utterly...
MEET CARMEN BLIKE, PHOTOGRAPHER, ANTIBES, FRANCE
Meet Carmen Blike, an expat American photographer living in Antibes, France. She is one of my students and is really rocking photography in her little town by the sea. Carmen is a hugely dedicated and committed photographer and rarely does she not have a shoot day...
HOW TO FIND WORK TODAY
I recently posted this article at Petapixel. It is a simplified system based on my course Find Photo Clients NOW which is not for sale at this time. This is not new stuff, and it is not rocket science either. It is hard work, laid out simply for you to start today....
HOW TO DEFEAT GRAVITY
HOW TO DEFEAT GRAVITY I was noticing something day before yesterday as I stopped in a little slot canyon in the Escalante to make a photo or two. What I did, something we all do all the time, made me stop and think about how we have learned since we were very small to...







