Photographic Training & Tools for Success
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 …
Gabrielle is a writer for the company Fstoppers, and I met her while I was speaking at the big national photography convention ImagingUSA. This year the convention was just held in Nashville, and it’s unusual for it to snow there. But 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 …
A Big Thank You I just got back from teaching a multi-day photography seminar to the Professional Photographers of Pennsylvania. A big thank you to WHCC for sponsoring me, and to all the photographers in Pennsylvania who came out and 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 …
It’s here! Photographers who’ve attended my workshops have asked for something they could take home that covers my lighting program, which is the biggest and most important part of photography. This is it, over 3 hours of training, broken up into bite-size 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 …
In a previous post, I showed some images along with an article on how I created these images. But the question has been, “How much Photoshop did you do?” The answer is not much at all. Because of my system Read More …
I was asked to test the Rogue FlashBenders for Pictureline in Salt Lake City. There are a lot of ways to diffuse and use light on location, and here are some of my creative ways of doing it for this Read More …