Tony Donaldson

Tony Donaldson is a freelance commercial and editorial photographer based in the Los Angeles area who specializes in personalities and sports images. People are his passion, whether they are top athletes or celebrities or timid executives. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including ESPN the Magazine, Time, Millimeter, and Hot Rod, as well as several books and calendars. Tony’s photography has appeared in ad campaigns for Panasonic, Zero Motorcycles, K2, Maxxis Tires, Redline Bicycles, Eastwood Ranch clothing and more. He has written two books on BMX, was a regular contributor to Xtreme Video magazine and speaks around the country on shooting action sports.

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Product Review: Think Tank Urban Disguise 70

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I’ve had the chance to use one of Think Tank’s newest bags, the Urban Disguise 70. It’s an impressive bag, both in capacity and build quality.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Working on the set of a television show

Another look back, this time on the set of Titus

Millimeter was a good client. I was hired to shoot some behind-the-scenes images on the set of Titus. The significance was that they were getting the first CineAlta cameras directly after they were finished shooting George Lucas’ second Star Wars trillogy. Titus was the first sitcom ever shot with that camera, one of the first shot in HD.

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Monday, November 09, 2009

Retro Behind-the-Scenes Video

Taking us back to 2000 and the 1940s simultaneously

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Here’s a little behind-the-scenes from a pinup layout I shot for Hot Rod magazine a few years back. It was a fun project, shot over several days both in studio and on location. I shot it mostly with Hasselblad cameras, but had just started shooting digitally with a Nikon Coolpix. You’d think a Coolpix, especially back in the day, wouldn’t have been good for print. Quite the opposite.

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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Nudity, ESPN and prudes

Ah, the puritanical double standard strikes again.

ESPN the Magazine recently published their “Body Issue” on October 19, 2009, celebrating the incredible bodies of some of our favorite athletes. The work was beautifully shot by several amazing shooters, including James White, Sarah H. Friedman, Patrik Giardino, Sheryl Nields, Olugbenro Ogunsemore, James Dimmock and others. The work is incredible, a truly stunning portfolio celebrating the beautiful form of the athletes we all admire.

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Timelapse Motion Control

Chris Meyer | 11/20- 10:43 PM

Combining dolly moves with timelapse photography to show off my favorite region of the country.

Deconstruction 1.1

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Distressing a photo to accidentally create a prize-winning collage.






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Timelapse Motion Control

Chris Meyer | 11/20- 10:43 PM

Combining dolly moves with timelapse photography to show off my favorite region of the country.

Having made the move recently from California to New Mexico, loving to shoot both states (and points in between), and having recently bought a Canon 5D Mark II, I was happy to have recently encountered Timescapes.org, who is currently working on a film about the area - Southwest Light - which is being shot timelapse with DSLRs such as the 5D. What makes some of these scenes particularly interesting is the motion control dolly they are using: A stepper motor is incrementing the camera’s position between shots along a slide rail, combining the sensation of panning (a “dolly shot”) with timelapse - nice work.

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