Photographic Training & Tools for Success
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As I packed my truck for the shoot, the ominous skies were dumping rain. My client, a lovely and quietly affluent mom called me stressed. Her large family had come especially for this event and she was worried about postponing. Read More …
Article Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Continuing where we left off in part 3, we need to remember that quality (not quantity) is the goal, regardless of the time or length of a shoot. Now let’s look at the rest of the shoot. Login Read More …
Article Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 In the last two parts of this series, I shared my one rule of fashion posing along with my systems for being creative in your shoot. So let’s see those points in action using a shoot I did Read More …
Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Fashion shoots are fun, but we need to go into the shoot with a system. Shooting fashion isn’t easier than other styles, it doesn’t mean just shooting thousands of haphazard images hoping something Read More …
Article Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Posing in general is hard, let alone fashion posing. But everyone wants to break the rules and be different, and that usually means wanting to shoot fashion-style images. However, fashion photography doesn’t mean that you don’t Read More …
At the beginning of any photo shoot and occasionally during the shoot, you need to have a system of checking the various settings on your camera. Just as you would do before taking off in a plane, you should have a specific list Read More …
Being a photographer and selling photographs means understanding the value of a portrait. But often photographers value portraits for others (our clients), but don’t always fully value portraits for ourselves. Do you disagree with this notion? Ask yourself, when was Read More …
How did I turn this normal background into this deep blue background in the second image? But more importantly, how did I do it in-camera, without post production work while keeping the skin tones of the model perfect? Photographers usually Read More …
Posing is incredibly important, but as artists, we want to break out, do something different, break traditional rules and create works that are fresh and new. So how do we break the rules of posing to create images that are Read More …
Between New Years and when the weather finally gets warmer, business tends to be slow for most photographers depending on where you live. However, no matter when you are slow, waiting for busier times can be detrimental and depressing. Here Read More …
Have you purchased my Swag Bag Textures and Overlay Collection? If so, I have a new set of instructions for you. But before that, let me mention that the new version now features an additional 50 more textures (bringing the collection Read More …
[Updated with a new video March 2015] This video will explain how to get both your exposure and white balance perfect in camera. It means never adjusting a thing later. My goal is to provide the highest quality photograph by Read More …