Robert Evans – Celebrity Wedding Photographer
Based out of Los Angeles, CA Robert Evans has quickly risen to become one of the most sought after wedding photographers amongst Hollywood’s elite set. Robert has photographed weddings for the likes of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Brad Pit and Jennifer Aniston, and has made portraits of celebs like George Lopez, MC Hammer, and many more.
In this video, celebrity wedding photographer Robert Evans talks about his latest venture — PhotographyMentor.com, an online photography community and training site designed to help aspiring and pro photographers quickly learn techniques and best practices by watching other pros in action.
It’s like taking a workshop in your underwear!
I wrote a blog post about Robert about a year ago when I had the opportunity to shoot a wedding with him. It was a fascinating experience. I had my suspicions, but as it turns out, celebs are really just ordinary people. Nervous brides, jittery grooms, weeping friends/family… the works.
One of the most impressive things I recall from the experience of shooting with Robert was his mastery of his camera gear, a Canon Mark II at the time. He didn’t rely on the camera’s meter, and in fact for most (if not all) of the event, he was shooting on full manual… eye-balling exposure settings and dialing in f/stop & shutter speed settings on the fly. In my opinion, that level of mastery is one of the things that separates amateur photographers from the pros.
Most anyone can pick up an SLR, throw it into Auto mode, and call themselves a photographer. But it takes a true artisan to understand the delicate interplay of light and shadow, and how those variables react in different situations, and how to manipulate that interplay using the various exposure controls on the camera (f/stop, shutter speed, ISO) — to gain predictable (and repeatable) results.
The good news is, pros like Robert are willing to share their tips and techniques with us all. The PhotographyMentor site he co-founded is a great first step.
Here’s how you can follow Robert online:
Twitter
Flickr
RobertEvans.com
YouTube promo video
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July 17th, 2008 at 4:27 pm (#)
wow. what a guy. and I looked the site real quick. I can see myself signing up really soon
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very cool as always frederick! thank you!
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 am (#)
Dude wow, the Blip Version is better than the Vimeo Version (from when you we’re running the video test)
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 pm (#)
Wow, nice interview Frederick. I’m heading to PhotographyMentor ASAP.
July 29th, 2008 at 9:53 am (#)
Blick durch den Sucher – 2008-W29 und W30…
Der Blick durch den Sucher – der Wochenrückblick auf die Fotografie-Szene – für die Kalenderwochen 29 und 30.
Highlight der Woche: Tief beeindruckt hat mich ein Video von Dewitt Jones ‘Celebrate What’s Right With The World‘ (via Da…
August 21st, 2008 at 4:29 pm (#)
Great clip of Robert! He is so amazing!
November 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am (#)
mr modest celebrity superstar photog
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:43 pm (#)
Frederick, I’m an aspiring (beginner) photographer. I love your TWiP podcasts. I’ve attended smugmug and meetup.com seminars. I’m always on the lookout for new stuff to learn and good online material. I love photography and the community. So… I decided to try out PhotographyMentor.com, and I have to say, it seems like complete snake oil to me. It’s facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/Photographymentor was most recently updated to push for more paid subscribership on Nov 2009. The previous post was in June 2008, and the only other posts were on May 12, 2008 pushing other products. That seems a shame, because I know there are other beginners like me who will be suckered into the one year $179 “auto-renew” subscription for which there is no easy way out. And why would I want a way out? I subscribed today, and I found there is no active social community. Nobody was online. There are no recent posts or videos worth anything. The facebook page specifies weekly video content from top pros. Their news page is BLANK. The site is broken and collecting dust… except for the trickle of new subscribers. Very Unfortunate. I was excited about finding another online learning resource, but this proves that you can’t buy or shortcut yourself to skill.
One guy tweeted that he thinks this is a scam. I have to agree.
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