Colin Vincent Photography

1/1600 f/2.8 Shortly before stopping for the trees , we were at a stoplight with a pan handler who happened to be quite a ham. First he did the Saturday Night Fever move and my friend Lucky picked up my camera and got a few shots. Then I grabbed some money and the camera as he began to walk the aisle of cars. He wasn’t looking for a modeling gig. He wanted money and was going to walk right past me, no matter that we were having fun. I knew the aperture was at 5.6, but wanted a tight portrait. Intuitively I dialed down ... Read Full Story

Recently, I was lucky enough to spend 3 days photographing Megg Morales, who was on a recent run of America’s Next Top Model. She is very sweet, loves rock and roll… and she’s one hell of a model. You would think that all you’d have to do is point the camera at her and press the button. While that’s almost true, it’s still a lot of hard work and at times very stressful. If you’ve seen an episode of The Shot on VH1, that’s exactly what it’s like. This afternoon we had 1.5 hours in the dunes with 2 models. In teams of three, ... Read Full Story

1/250 f/11 I discovered this place in Architectural Digest one year when my then-girlfriend wanted to go to Thailand. Only problem was I had been traveling a lot and was so not in the mood for another serious journey. It’s not the journey actually, it’s the planes and airports, etc. I can’t stand flying anymore. It drives me nuts. When I was a kid they still permitted smoking in the back of the plane, but they were more considerate of the people they now pack in and treat like cattle. I digress… The point is, I didn’t have to go through hell to get ... Read Full Story

[taken w/ iPhone] Last week during the storm, I got excited and headed for Tahoe. We left Wednesday evening and braved the snowy summit in the dark. Thursday morning, we arrived at Alpine Meadows to find about 50 cars in the parking lot… It was very cold and visibility was not so good. But knee deep powder in the trees made it worth while. We got all the goods on Friday too. Saturday morning, as we were resting our achy muscles, we checked out Squaw. It was bright and sunny and hard not to go ride. But years ago as ticket prices went flying ... Read Full Story

1/25 f/5.6 Since we’re in the middle of storm season, I felt it was appropriate to bring out a shot from Belize that was taken almost a year ago exactly. This is an example of a shot that will always frustrate most amateurs. When you have a bright sky and a dark foreground, unless you use a filter in pre or post production, one area of your image will not be exposed for properly. The first thing I plan to cover when I begin teaching my workshops is learning how to see light the way the camera does. Here, I shot without a filter ... Read Full Story