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 …
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 …
Texas School is my biggest week-long workshop of the year where a limited number of photographers spend the entire week with me learning my system, everything from lighting, to digital workflow, to business. I want to thank WHCC – White House Read More …
For you all on the upper west coast, I’m coming to speak in Tacoma, Washington on March 30th, 2014. It’s a multi-day convention and I’ll be speaking all day! I will be jam-packing in that entire day with my entire system. Read More …
I teach how to mix the creative and the technical while at a shoot. That means nailing the lighting and the posing while keeping the image fresh and “un-posed.” When you do what I was taught hands-on in Texas, you’ll 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 …
Here’s a fun video I made with footage from my last weeklong workshop. It’s to promote the event coming up in Canada that draws photographers from all over the US and Canada, called Image Explorations. It will be my last Read More …
Here’s a short 2 minute video explaining what you’ll learn at Image Explorations in July. It’s a weeklong workshop where the group is limited in size so that you get the most out of the workshop. Also, there’s more details Read More …