Noel Bass, Photographer Blog
Bar Mitzvah photography is definitely turning into one of my favorite tasks. Besides the rockin’ receptions, shooting a Bar Mitzvah can be very special. It takes an amazing discipline for anyone to learn a new language and new songs in the new language. These days, it’s even more admirable for a teenager to do this when this generation can be so easily distracted.
Why She Chose To Tattoo A Baby On Her Chest by Noel Bass, Los Angeles Photographer One of my most shared photos ever is this photo I call “Tattoo Baby”. Tattoo baby has been posted on many sites. Sites that are tattoo enthusiast blogs like to share the complexity of the tattoo. Other photo sharing [...]
A Look at Life on America’s Iconic Tallgrass Prairie. For the past two summers, I have taken nearly identical trips to the midwest. Both were to the same Tallgrass Prairie Farm in Iowa, called “The Prairie Flower”. Though, nearly identical trips, these two years could not be more different. The main factor being the 2012 [...]
How My Job as a Photographer Can Be Considered a “Desk Job” At Times. It’s Saturday morning in Los Angeles. Outside the weather is absolutely gorgeous. It’s perfect weather for anyone, with an 9-5 office job, to make the most out of their weekend. This is why people flock to LA. It’s the same reason [...]
Finding Ways To Capture Life Through Photography Gadgets, To Help Our Memory. For me, one of the most significant discoveries about the effects of old age, came as a small child. Family visits to my great-grandma’s house were always a lesson. She lived to be 97. I remember many great things about her, without photography [...]
Clean and Simplistic Portraits for Social Networking Everyone can admit that we are all on Facebook. If not then linkedin, or Myspace. Or a few of the thousands of social networking platforms. For most professionals, it’d be crazy not to be connected in some way. Both your business and personal life are online. If not [...]
Movements Take New Form, in Cinematography As I begin to set off into learning and experimenting more with cinematography, I am keeping my eyes open for inspiring ideas and techniques. This short film called Choros(Directed by Michael Langan & Terah Maher) is a beautiful 13min visual experimentation that takes the human form into a semi-kaleidoscope [...]
Is there such a thing? What would be a better job than becoming your town’s local iphone food photographer? Here’s the scenario: 1) Go to your favorite restaurants. 2) Ask for a window seat. (One that doesn’t allow direct sun contact) 3) Order your favorite dish. 4) When the dish arrives, take out your iphone [...]
Moods in Marketing. One of my good clients has been building his company up on many levels over the years, from technical patents to consumer marketing. He has been the conceptual creator of every stage of his strategy, which is impressive. Even more impressive was his recent decision to let go on complete control of [...]
Introducing the Luxi Light Meter Article written by Noel Bass Everyone who considers themselves a photographer should have a professional photography light meter in their possession. To be clear, an external light meter, rather than the built-in meters on your camera. Light meters are very handy and can give you exact light readings instantly at [...]