Comments for dan bannister photography http://www.danbannister.com/blog Calgary photographer Dan Bannister Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:13:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Annual Reports by Weekend Links 8/5/11 | Wonderful Machine Photography Blog http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=786&cpage=1#comment-167 Weekend Links 8/5/11 | Wonderful Machine Photography Blog Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:13:15 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=786#comment-167 [...] Dan Bannister loves annual reports. [...] [...] Dan Bannister loves annual reports. [...]

]]> Comment on Belize by Weekend Links 1/28/11 | Wonderful Machine Photography Blog http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=669&cpage=1#comment-166 Weekend Links 1/28/11 | Wonderful Machine Photography Blog Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:34:58 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=669#comment-166 [...] Dan Bannister returns from Belize—with photos. [...] [...] Dan Bannister returns from Belize—with photos. [...]

]]> Comment on The Official Guide to Modelling for a Photographer by Tweets that mention Calgary photographer Dan bannister on stock photography | One Word Photography -- Topsy.com http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=455&cpage=1#comment-108 Tweets that mention Calgary photographer Dan bannister on stock photography | One Word Photography -- Topsy.com Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:05:21 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=455#comment-108 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Josh Ross. Josh Ross said: Dan bannister: The Official Guide to Modelling for a Photographer: http://bit.ly/cyciA1 *Pretty funny. [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Josh Ross. Josh Ross said: Dan bannister: The Official Guide to Modelling for a Photographer: http://bit.ly/cyciA1 *Pretty funny. [...]

]]> Comment on Vanity Fare by Roy Latham http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=255&cpage=1#comment-106 Roy Latham Fri, 15 May 2009 19:22:28 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=255#comment-106 As an eager amateur photographer I've always avoided studio photography on the grounds that it just might be hard work. You have confirmed that redundantly! As an eager amateur photographer I’ve always avoided studio photography on the grounds that it just might be hard work. You have confirmed that redundantly!

]]> Comment on Show up Early by Doug Little http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=271&cpage=1#comment-107 Doug Little Fri, 15 May 2009 14:34:36 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=271#comment-107 I can relate. Had a shoot with client back in the old days of shooting tranny, packed hastily, ran to the shoot, set everything up, pull out the Hassy, and go to shoot a polaroid to check the lighting set up, and my WTF moment. No darkslide for the 220 back on the Hassy. . I can't take it off, and I didn't bring another back. . so I drive back to my home office, and it is sitting on my desk. . . 60 minutes later, I'm finally ready to roll. . client thought it was funny. A/D not so much. I can relate. Had a shoot with client back in the old days of shooting tranny, packed hastily, ran to the shoot, set everything up, pull out the Hassy, and go to shoot a polaroid to check the lighting set up, and my WTF moment. No darkslide for the 220 back on the Hassy. . I can’t take it off, and I didn’t bring another back. . so I drive back to my home office, and it is sitting on my desk. . . 60 minutes later, I’m finally ready to roll. . client thought it was funny. A/D not so much.

]]> Comment on globeandmail.com: Photo hasn't been a trip to the beach for Alberta rebranding campaign by Omar http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=250&cpage=1#comment-105 Omar Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:08:54 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=250#comment-105 I'm speechless as well. Here goes anyway! When oh when will advertising and promotion people realize that the reader/viewer looks to their ads for facts and not just "impressions"? If they need to use a lie to leave a good impression, maybe they'd better find something better to represent. Or, maybe they should look a bit harder for the right image to make their re-branding statement. I'm quite sure an hour of your time (mostly spent searching your archives!) would have gotten that PR firm a much better image than the one they used. And it wouldn't have been a lie. I’m speechless as well. Here goes anyway!

When oh when will advertising and promotion people realize that the reader/viewer looks to their ads for facts and not just “impressions”? If they need to use a lie to leave a good impression, maybe they’d better find something better to represent. Or, maybe they should look a bit harder for the right image to make their re-branding statement.

I’m quite sure an hour of your time (mostly spent searching your archives!) would have gotten that PR firm a much better image than the one they used. And it wouldn’t have been a lie.

]]> Comment on Paying Peanuts, Getting Monkeys by Chris Plante http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=233&cpage=1#comment-104 Chris Plante Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:50:57 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=233#comment-104 It's the same old story. I think photography is a passion for many people and they would love to work "professionally" at it. Part of the problem is that the client doesn't even know the difference between bad, "so-so", and great quality images. Admittingly, I once low balled. However, I am not a professional photographer so you get what you pay for, right? Many amateurs do this for the thrill of shooting the paid gig. Years ago, I was the "friend" of the bride. I shot her wedding for a few hundred bucks. She absolutely loved the photo's. Yet, I saw many flaws in them. I admit to having four great shots but the rest did not meet my expectations. Heck, one shot even had a reflection of the soft box in the window but she loved the shot! No, I didn't point out the flaw. I ended up with four referrals from her wedding photo's. I denied all of them. I am sure they wanted the same "deal" as the original bride. The stress was not worth the "low ball" price. Besides, my skill was not precise enough to charge more money. It’s the same old story. I think photography is a passion for many people and they would love to work “professionally” at it. Part of the problem is that the client doesn’t even know the difference between bad, “so-so”, and great quality images.

Admittingly, I once low balled. However, I am not a professional photographer so you get what you pay for, right? Many amateurs do this for the thrill of shooting the paid gig.

Years ago, I was the “friend” of the bride. I shot her wedding for a few hundred bucks. She absolutely loved the photo’s. Yet, I saw many flaws in them. I admit to having four great shots but the rest did not meet my expectations. Heck, one shot even had a reflection of the soft box in the window but she loved the shot! No, I didn’t point out the flaw. I ended up with four referrals from her wedding photo’s.

I denied all of them. I am sure they wanted the same “deal” as the original bride. The stress was not worth the “low ball” price. Besides, my skill was not precise enough to charge more money.

]]> Comment on Magazine Publishers of America Announces 44th Annual National Magazine Award Finalists by Topics about Travel » Magazine Publishers of America Announces 44th Annual National Magazine Award Finalists http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=215&cpage=1#comment-103 Topics about Travel » Magazine Publishers of America Announces 44th Annual National Magazine Award Finalists Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:46:43 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=215#comment-103 [...] One Word Photography placed an observative post today on Magazine Publishers of America Announces 44th Annual National Magazine Award FinalistsHere’s a quick excerptRead all about it here:Magazine Publishers of America - ASME Announces 44th Annual National Magazine Award Finalists.If you’re reading this blog, obviously you’ll only be interested in scrolling down to the bottom where they mention the winners in the categories of Photography, Photo Journalism and Photo Portfolio (?). What I find interesting is that there are no surprises here at all. I also find this really sad. National Geographic, as usual, gets high kudos and of course, the New York Times m [...] [...] One Word Photography placed an observative post today on Magazine Publishers of America Announces 44th Annual National Magazine Award FinalistsHere’s a quick excerptRead all about it here:Magazine Publishers of America – ASME Announces 44th Annual National Magazine Award Finalists.If you’re reading this blog, obviously you’ll only be interested in scrolling down to the bottom where they mention the winners in the categories of Photography, Photo Journalism and Photo Portfolio (?). What I find interesting is that there are no surprises here at all. I also find this really sad. National Geographic, as usual, gets high kudos and of course, the New York Times m [...]

]]> Comment on Monkey Treats by Calgary photographer Dan Bannister on shooting stock in Santa Fe … http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=192&cpage=1#comment-102 Calgary photographer Dan Bannister on shooting stock in Santa Fe … Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:45:49 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=192#comment-102 [...] post:  Calgary photographer Dan Bannister on shooting stock in Santa Fe … Share and [...] [...] post:  Calgary photographer Dan Bannister on shooting stock in Santa Fe … Share and [...]

]]> Comment on Christ on a Bike! – Why is this so complicated? by oneword http://www.danbannister.com/blog/?p=172&cpage=1#comment-101 oneword Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:08:45 +0000 http://www.onewordphotography.com/blog/?p=172#comment-101 The clip is not actually the problem, it's the connection to the camera. The hardware is plastic and instead of a double buckle, they actually replaced it with a cheaper, plastic version. The clip is not actually the problem, it’s the connection to the camera. The hardware is plastic and instead of a double buckle, they actually replaced it with a cheaper, plastic version.

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