Adding Texture to a Portrait for Added Drama
We haven’t done a lot of Photoshop tutorials on LE, but I plan on doing more. The amount of requests I have been getting tell me...
Read MoreTech Sheet: Using a Tilt-Shift Lens
Tilt-shift lenses provide the small camera shooter with the functionality of a view camera. At least some of the functionality of a view...
Read MoreTech Sheet: Beating the Sun with Small Flash
Our Tech Sheet on using a meter will be next time, we decided for a variety of reasons to bring you this Tech Sheet on beating the sun for...
Read MoreCreating an Ambient Look with Speedlights on Location: Tech Sheet
Here we are for our second Tech Sheet of the year. How to create a natural light look to a photograph when there is little to no ambient...
Read MoreUsing a Speedlight for Environmental Images that Pop
I have been working on a personal project, shooting some of the old mining towns in Eastern/Central Arizona. Sometimes I shoot natural...
Read MoreTech Sheet: Two Speedlights and the Sun for a Dramatic Portrait
Our first Tech Sheet of 2009 is kinda fun. I have been working on getting a client to approve a project I want to do and they did over the...
Read MoreTech Sheet – 12/19/08: Two Bare Speedlights for Drama
Today’s tech sheet looks at using two speedlights for a dramatic headshot. We aren’t doing anything really special, although I...
Read MoreOne Light for a Highly Reflective Item
A simple product shot can sometimes present a lot of challenges for the photographer not used to thinking about reflected specular...
Read MoreTech Sheet 2, November 2008: Two Light Portrait
This weeks Tech Sheet features one of my favorite portrait techniques. In this shot I am using it as a bright, poppy front light with a...
Read MoreFirst “Tech Sheet” and Assignment.
We are so excited about the new series we are starting… the “Tech Sheet” series. We will do one every two weeks and they...
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Glad you dropped by. This is my love and my muse. We talk about photography here, as well as the folks who make images. I am very focused on commercial and fine art photography, and we don't really spend all that much time on weddings and such. I have written 5 books - two I give away here, and two are for sale at Amazon, and the 5th one is being edited and designed right now! Thanks for visiting, leave a comment or join me the social networks...