I sound like a broken record, but this was the hardest month I have ever judged for these contests. There is so much soul and depth that goes in to so many of these pictures, and while I think the images listed below are exceptional, I think that all are worthy of recognition and praise. [...]
When I moved to Los Angeles I had been doing photography for 2 months. I was not yet convinced that I would pursue it as a career but I knew that it felt like more than a hobby. My first job was at a production company where I was the receptionist. I knew for a [...]
About halfway through last year I heard that I was to be exhibited at the Annenberg Space for Photography, which is a place I had long admired but never even dreamed of being a part of. The exhibit opened at the end of 2011 and I was fortunate enough to start the new year out [...]
All growing up I was quite the messy child. I heard constantly from my mom, “When are you going to pick your clothes up? They won’t pick themselves up!”, or “Your shoes aren’t going to walk themselves up the stairs”. I can still hear her saying that when I look at my own apartment [...]
Tagged brooke shaden, decisions, inspiration, outlook, perspective, photography, taking charge, taking control over lifeWe all know the feeling of getting negative feedback on a picture. You spend lots of time creating something, you’re proud of it, you show it off, and then BOOM…”I don’t like it” or “I don’t get it” or “I don’t something something something”. It is only fair after all that we get a range [...]
Tagged "fine art photography", alien, behind the scenes, brooke shaden, create, creepy, photograph, surreal photography, surrealismI am the type of person who has never had anything taught to me in the photography world. I never took a class, attended a workshop, or really had any interest in doing those things. I’ve always been the one teaching! So when Lara Jade asked me to review her DVD, I was both intrigued [...]
I drove to the beach on a bright and sunny day. It was warm enough to lower my car windows. I zig-zagged through the grand Malibu Canyon, it sounds perfect, right? I came around a corner and was hit with sunlight filtered through fog. It was so beautiful I wished I had a place to [...]
Welcome to 2012 everyone!! A bit of business still has to be tied up from 2011 though, so here I am presenting the winners of my December 2011 “Journey” themed contest! The submissions were TRULY inspirational. I had a very hard time with this one, more so than the others, because I felt that so [...]
I’m going to let this video speak for itself. It is a true testament to how much inspiration is flying around, and what a great community of artists we have here. 2011 was a great year, if for nothing else than the fact that we came together, shared, and inspired. Thank you for being here [...]
I know that social media is taking over our lives and is seeping into the real world little by little (or a lot by a lot). There are people, artists, photographers everywhere vying for attention and trying to get ahead in their respective fields. I know how it is all too well. I am one of those people after all, when you look at it objectively. I was artistically born online, and beyond that, began my career in photography largely due to the encouragement from people I’ve never even met before. I call them “internet people” ;-)