Archive for the ‘American Society of Media Photographers’ Category

Web site relaunch of www.albradenphoto.com

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

October saw the re-launch of Al Braden’s website, www.albradenphoto.com. Text was updated across the board of course, but the main new feature is a quick link to Al Braden’s stock photo archives on PhotoShelter. Here, over 3,000 fresh photos are available for immediate licensing or printing. Lo rez files are available for download for design comps and the hi rez files can be the purchased directly as the project becomes a reality. Hi quality photo prints are also available as are a full range of products such as greeting cards, coffee mugs, puzzles and other items produced through PhotoShelter.

The button at the top of the site goes directly to http://albraden.photoshelter.com/gallery-list featuring 45 search-able photo archives.

Gallery page on albraden.photoshelter.com brings you directly to 45 image galleries.

Gallery page on albraden.photoshelter.com brings you directly to 45 image galleries.

Key subject areas for these photos include:

Austin, Texas: General, Aerial, Christmas, City Hall, Elizabet Ney Museum, Inner Space Caverns, Coal Protest and Lake Travis Aerials
Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park
Cacti and Desert Flora
Colorado: Durango & Silverton Railroad, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Mesa Verde National Park
Connecticut River: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont
El Paso, Texas: Skyline and General, Border Triptychs, Christmas, Mission Trail, Mt. Franklin Poppies, Wyler Tramway State Park
Energy: New Mexico, Texas
Fireworks
Just Clouds,
March on Washington 1969
New England
New Mexico: General, Chaco Canyon, Roswell
Panoramas
Keene Pumpkin Festival
Rio Grande / Rio Bravo: Colorado, New Mexico, El Paso/Cd. Juarez, Texas
San Antonio Sea World
South Padre Island, Texas
Terlingua, Texas
West Texas Region
Wildflowers, Central Texas
Wildlife, Texas

Search on these photo images and view individually and/or as slide shows.

Another addition to the web site is a section on my Connecticut River book, published in 2009 by Wesleyan University Press. Just check out www.albradenphoto.com/connecticut_river_book.php

The Connecticut River, a Photographic Journey Through the Heart of New England.

The Connecticut River, a Photographic Journey Through the Heart of New England.

Many more published samples are included which can be download and read at www.albradenphoto.com/publications.php

PhotoShelter Seminar in Austin, March 13th

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

“Thriving in Uncertain Photographic Times” is a PhotoShelter seminar coming to the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday, March 13th.

Sponsored by ASMP Austin/San Antonio, Austin Center for Photography, Precision Camera and others.

Sponsored by ASMP Austin/San Antonio, Austin Center for Photography, Precision Camera and others.

The seminar will feature PhotoShelter president Allen Murabayashi talking about search engine optimization. Many well known photo experts including Darren Caroll, Eric Hegwer, Jack Hollingsworth, Taylor Jones and Robert Seale will speak and be on a panel on marketing stock photography. This is a big opportunity to talk stock photography and see experts. For inofrmation, www.photoshelter.com/mkt/event/austin

ASMP Features Vincent Laforet, April 8 at ACC’s Studio

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Word gets around town many ways, so I just want to add to the network. If you haven’t seen the notice, ASMP in conjunction with the Photo Department at Austin Community College are sponsoring and evening with nationally recognized photographer Vincent Laforet. A successful New York commercial and editorial photographer, Laforet made a lot of buzzzz lately with his stunning short film demo, “Reverie” shot with a Canon 5D Mark II.

This should be an exciting lecture for all Austin area photographers to attend:

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Admission is free, but seating is limited so – get there!

Austin Community College,
Stonehollow Photo Studio
11525 Stonehollow Dr., Unit 110
Austin, TX 78758

PS: Also a great chance to see ACC’s newest multi-bay portrait studio’s.