Ideas, Inspiration, Information and Discussions for Emerging Commercial Photographers

Adding Texture to a Portrait for Added Drama

Posted by on Jun 4, 2009 in LE News and Info, Tech Sheets |

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...

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Tech Sheet: Using a Tilt-Shift Lens

Posted by on Feb 17, 2009 in Tech Sheets |

Tilt-shift lenses provide the small camera shooter with the functionality of a view camera. At least some of the functionality of a view...

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Tech Sheet: Beating the Sun with Small Flash

Posted by on Jan 31, 2009 in Portable Lighting, Tech Sheets |

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...

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Creating an Ambient Look with Speedlights on Location: Tech Sheet

Posted by on Jan 16, 2009 in Tech Sheets |

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...

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Using a Speedlight for Environmental Images that Pop

Posted by on Jan 13, 2009 in Portable Lighting, Tech Sheets |

I have been working on a personal project, shooting some of the old mining towns in Eastern/Central Arizona. Sometimes I shoot natural...

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Tech Sheet: Two Speedlights and the Sun for a Dramatic Portrait

Posted by on Jan 3, 2009 in Tech Sheets |

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...

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Tech Sheet – 12/19/08: Two Bare Speedlights for Drama

Posted by on Dec 20, 2008 in Tech Sheets |

Today’s tech sheet looks at using two speedlights for a dramatic headshot. We aren’t doing anything really special, although I...

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One Light for a Highly Reflective Item

Posted by on Dec 5, 2008 in Tech Sheets |

A simple product shot can sometimes present a lot of challenges for the photographer not used to thinking about reflected specular...

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Tech Sheet 2, November 2008: Two Light Portrait

Posted by on Nov 21, 2008 in Tech Sheets |

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...

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First “Tech Sheet” and Assignment.

Posted by on Nov 6, 2008 in Studio Lighting, Tech Sheets |

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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