As a photographer there are many compute programs that can be used to showcase projects.  Soundslides is program which allows for adding voice/music to still images.  Before importing the images and sound into the program they must first be edited.  It is a great format for bringing both sound and images together.  When I first started using the program about four years ago I quickly wanted to learn more and it was then I started getting interested in shooting video.
Mesa neon signs slideshow, with “Thunderstorms …

I got a call from a friend on Saturday thinking a new Batman movie was being filmed in Apache Junction. It was not a major motion picture set but a set being used to film an Internet video. On Saturday numerous famous replica vehicles were driving along Baseline Road in Apache Junction from Ironwood to Idaho for a filming of a promotional video by willitmakeit.com
Baseline Road was shut down for a few hours while filming took place. The filming was promoting the inaugural Cannonball Phoenix Spree which will take …

So several times this week people asked me, “Why are you here, why aren’t you taking time off since you’re basically done?” Well, the answer is, I love my job. I worked too hard to get it just to walk away from it. I guess I need to be pushed out the door, and that’s what’s happening Monday. You see I just didn’t get out of college and get my dream job. I took the long, windy road to get it, and so it means a lot more …

By Darryl Webb
The scanners whispered “evacuation and we’re closing off the streets” and something about a fire, but I couldn’t quite make out what is, that’s when I turned it up. There’s nothing like good spot news to get a photojournalist’s blood pumping, and more than likely this was probably going to be my last one at the Tribune with my last day being Saturday. So I began to listen a little more intently, I heard it was in Chandler (our coverage zone) then I heard a tanker truck …

The photo above may be a boring building mug to most of you, but to me it means I still have a job and I’m working the job that I love. Allow me to explain. In early November our paper, The East Valley Tribune received news from our owners (Freedom Communications) that they were closing our doors and that Dec. 30 would be the last paper printed on our presses. It was gloom and doom around here for weeks, then in the middle of that month we heard …

What do photographers spend their time doing besides taking photos? Quite often we study other photographers.  One of my favorite photo blogs is by Chicago Tribune staff photographer Scott Strazzante: Shooting from the Hip
He has a great unique style, a true passion for his work and is very down-to-earth. Really inspiring stuff.

Photographically speaking, of course.
While on assignment there are a few elements that can make a photo good, even great. Or at least better than average. Composition, moment and light are three basic elements I pay attention to while shooting. While following Pastor Michael Sproul through the new Tri-City Baptist Church under construction in Chandler, there were a few moments when some light fell on Sproul, or light played a role in composition, and helped him stand out from the surroundings.

A nice moment happened here where the Pastor walked up to …