Lighting Video Productions
Knowing how to light a still-production set is not enough; motion requires bigger, more expensive lights.

7 Tips for Minimal Lighting and Maximum Impact
David Hobby—aka “The Strobist”—shares some of his favorite tips for lighting with little to no gear.

Light Ideas
Three wedding and commercial photographers share their secrets for handling lighting challenges.

Features
PDN ’s Notable Photo Books of the Year
Our baker’s dozen of exceptional books published in 2009.

Create
Client Meeting: Addison Makes A Strong Statement
New York-based design firm Addison utilizes a wide range of photography to create concept-driven communication materials.

Tech
Technically Speaking: Lou Jones and the Challenge of the Spiral Staircase
The photographer shoots the full length of a spiral staircase—and the people on it—for a new book on creative flash photography.

PDNews
Q&A: John Harrington on Estimating Your Creative Fees
Picture Story: Documenting LAX's Unlikely Residents

Behind The Lens
Business Card
Pony Express
Working Vacation
Need a Lift?

Product Reviews
Leica M9
X-Rite ColorChecker Passport
Tamrac Ultra Pro 17

Objects of Desire
Kodak Solar Charger KS100-C+2

Exposures
Exposures: Long-Term Project: A Navajo Poem
A newspaper assignment turns into a ten-year project documenting a Navajo family’s struggle.

Book: Artists' Talk
50 leading photographers talk technique and vision in a new book by Lewis Blackwell.

End Frame
Remembering Mr. Penn