Photographic Training & Tools for Success
Shannon was one of my models at Texas School, where I teach and demo techniques for an entire week with a small group of photographers. And like most of my models I only got to photograph her for a few Read More …
How do all of the things I teach photographers work in a real life photo shoot? And how do all the systems and pieces fit together? This shoot is a great example. Some friends of mine organized a charity fundraiser Read More …
It’s always an honor to speak at ImagingUSA. Coming up soon in January, it will be in Nashville. Photographers come from all over America and even from other countries too to learn and be a part of the biggest photographic Read More …
Thanks to everyone who attended my program today in San Antonio today. Thanks to Adobe for sponsoring the event and for making our lives better with their software. Adobe Creative Cloud Special for Photographers There are a few options for Creative Cloud, but Read More …
We just finished the wonderful weeklong workshop in Texas, called “Texas School.” And aside from speaking and shooting all week, on Thursday night there was a special program called the Learning Labs where I did a 30 minute public shoot Read More …
I will soon be on Sandy Puc’s SPTV.me taking about how to photograph families. We’ll talk about lighting, posing, group dynamics, and how to avoid the common mistakes that most photographers make. A family portrait should have modern elements that 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 …
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 …