The Big Stage from NYSE Silicon Valley is full of bright and ambitious entrepreneurs eagerly looking to change the world. They invent products for overlooked, or previously nonexistent, markets . They revel in solving problems that have caused many before them to throw their hands up. There’s something inherently exciting and fascinating about that process. What better material could storytellers want? Our video series “The Big StartUp” explores the stories behind the entrepreneurs turned CEOs at the helm of companies that could just be household names in the near future. We talked with guest like Aaron Levie, CEO of BOX. Aaron……

Nice work if you can get it In the course of our “work” this month we got a chance to uncover the stories behind some of Ansel Adam’s most iconic photographs. Ever wonder how this legend visualized his photographs, developed the Zone system and what techniques/advice he offered his colleagues? We often have and got a chance to get insight on all of the above from a pretty reliable source: his own son, Michael Adams, with Yosemite Valley in the backdrop.  All in all, not a bad day’s work. Kudos to Rocky Barbanica and Lance Silber for their work on……

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We recently met back up with Bob Holmes and asked him to show us what’s in his bag. He gave us a look inside with some good tips along the way for cleaning dust from your camera’s card slots, packing spare equipment and packing a separate bag for use in the field and more–and catch the outtake at the end!.  Thanks to Bob holmes for sharing. Be sure to catch his other videos And thanks to our friends at ThinkTank

  Here’s an interesting look into the life of Allen Ginsberg by a friend of our blog, Eve Pearce. Eve is an avid photographer who likes summer sunsets and writing in cafes. She looked into the life of Ginsberg and discovered that like all of us here, he had a keen interest in photography. Remembering the Photography of Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg is best known for his poetry and his role as one of the leading figures of the 1950s Beat Generation. However many people are unaware of the fact that as well as being regarded as the poet laureate of……

  Alexander Gage has been active in our little corner of the interwebs here at Silber Studios for a long time.  He’s a British expat who lives and works in Switzerland. We admire the absolute passion Alex has for photography and wanted to let you know about a project he did over the course of a year that we thought was pretty cool. For the duration of 2012, Alex participated in his own, self-imposed 52 photography project. The “52/50 Photography Project”, was shot solely using a 50mm lens which Alex found  to be the most challenging out of his collection…….

What the heck is that thing called a “histogram” and how do you use it anyway? A histogram is a graph that shows the exposure from pure black on the left, to pure white on the right. It is a tool you can use to see how well your image will be exposed in your camera. One of the secrets of photography is to learn to “see” what your camera sees. Your eye can see a much wider range of light than your camera, so using the histogram can help you see only the range of light that the camera……

We got a chance to talk to the one and only Joe McNally, who’s shot cover stories for TIME, Newsweek, FORTUNE, Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine. Joe also happens to be the photographer who shot the first all digital coverage in the history of National Geographic Magazine. He was kind enough to share some of the tricks of the trade that he’s learned over the years. What should we ask Joe the next time we catch up with him?

Bambi Cantrell is one of the world’s most decorated and sought after professional photographers of our time. She’s been recognized by everyone from Microsoft to American Photo Magazine and was the first woman to be honored with the prestigious “Golden Eye” award from the Russian Federation of Professional Photographers. Clearly she’s got the technical side of her game in order. But we feel one of the main reasons why she’s shot for The Estee Lauder Family, legendary basketball player Gary Payton, and members of the Royal Family, Dubai, UAE is her ability to really make her subjects comfortable. The ability……

This interview with Camille Seaman is packed with so much goodness. She talks about using natural lighting in shooting subjects as varied as giant icebergs to TIbetans who don’t use lights indoors at all during the day. More importantly what really struck a chord is how WHO a photographer is plays a central role in their work.