Photographic Training & Tools for Success
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Article Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Though gels are often used to correct colors or to create a bold dance club look, I think they’re a blast to use for creative fun. I often use them to change the color of an outdoor background Read More …
Article Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 In part 1 of this series, we nailed our color and exposure in camera. In part 2 we added light direction, controlling that direction with reflectors. The next step is to add additional light so that we can Read More …
If you’re a member of Texas Professional Photographers, you should receive the magazine, “The Photographer.” Currently, I’m featured in there with an article I wrote called, Creative Problem Solving. You can read that article online from “The Photographer” here, Photographers Read More …
Article Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Continuing from part 1 where we now have perfect color in camera, the next thing is to control the direction of light. Many photographers shoot portraits using Natural Light, and this approach can be absolutely beautiful when we also control light Read More …
Article Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Part of being a professional means taking control of various aspects of photography, not letting things be haphazard or fall to chance. For many years, it’s been really easy to take control of White Balance, but sadly many Read More …
Photographers are often asking how I built my mobile light pole. Well I have a new solution, this Phottix Mitros+ Portrait Anywhere Kit. I ordered one from my friends at Arlington Camera and was surprised by what came in the kit. Read More …
First, a quick background… In the end of October 2015, I was flown to China to speak on photographer Vivian Maier and this article that I wrote about her. Why me? What makes me a Vivian Maier expert? Well my Read More …
I have been a full time portrait photographer for 20 years, and here is exactly what I do on each shoot. It’s a system that is customizable to any type of portrait shoot, families, children, individuals, groups, weddings. This works Read More …
How Do You Get Such Soft Light in Portrait Photography? Photographers control a lot of things about light, including quality (which means how sharp or how soft). Here are a few tricks on getting your light even softer when Read More …
This two hour course covers the key aspects to the art of social dynamics. There are reasons children and adults will either respond to us or not. There are reasons why some people are easier to connect with and others are 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 …