Robert Jensen

Robert Jensen What? You want to know about the guy who writes this stuff?

Well, I was born in a small town outside Detroit ... huh? I should skip to the good part?

OK, I was in the photo retail business for over 27 years. I sold millions of dollars worth of photographic gear in that time, which makes me sound like some great salesman, but really, I sold only what I liked. I loved talking about camera gear as much as I did taking pictures. I was always known as the guy to go to for technical information but who could explain it in simple terms people could understand.

I left retail in '97 and turned to professional photography where my first gig was shooting content for Playboy's website. Its hard work (really I lost 11 lbs on my first shoot for them) but someone has to step in and do what needs to be done! Since then I've done just about every type of job there is in the photo biz, from shooting for stock to shooting stock cars. I've done weddings to website content, clothing catalogs to corporate advertising, album covers to architectural, and yes, even pet photos.

I'm mostly known for my vintage pinup photography, which I've been doing for almost 20 years. When I started out I was almost the only one shooting in the genre and seem to have inspired a few of the well known names in the biz today.

I'm so completely addicted to gadgets that writing about them has become part of my 12 step program to recovery.

(They got it wrong. He who dies with the most toys isn't the winner, its the guy who gets to play with the toys for free, and gets paid for it. ~ Robert Jensen )


Friday, January 09, 2009

Is now the time to buy a new camera?

Robert Jensen | 01/09- 01:36 PM

Things have gotten rather dicey in the economy the past several months. Business is down, spending is down, so why is it a good idea to go out and buy that new camera, lens, flash, etc. right now?

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Because the the relative strength of the US dollar in relation to that of almost every other currency in the world as of this writing the we have pretty good purchasing power at the moment, but will change quickly. 

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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Gift ideas for the photographer in your life - Part 3

Robert Jensen | 11/29- 10:10 AM

A photographer always needs more storage space so buy them a new hard drive.

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In part 2 of my Christmas gift list for those photographically inclined I covered memory cards, something every photographer needs more of, and today I’ll cover something equally in need by photographers, hard drives.  For the photographer in the digital age the computer is almost as important as the camera and lens are.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Christmas gift ideas for the photographer - Part 2

Robert Jensen | 11/26- 07:17 PM

Memory, more memory, and faster memory

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Today I’m going to recommend a great gift that every photographer who shoots with a digital camera always needs more of, memory cards - but first a word of caution for you who don’t know about camera gear - be sure that whatever memory card you buy it will work with that particular brand and model number camera that your photographer owns.  Digital cameras accept only certain sizes of memory cards and there are several formats/types of memory cards on the market. 

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Christmas gift ideas for the photographer in your life - Part 1

Robert Jensen | 11/26- 03:13 PM

No matter what your budget here are some good ideas for Christmas gifts for the photographer in your family.

Its that time of year again where you’re trying to come up with gift ideas for the people in your life.  Well, if you know anyone who’s interested in photography I’ll be posting a few articles with gift ideas that will cost you from nothing but your time, up to several thousand dollars.

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