Real Simple Headshots on Location
Occasionally you may have a situation where you have to do a lot of images in a very short amount of time. These kinds of gigs can be a...
Read MoreOne Light Setup with Two Versions of the Light
Yesterday I shot Jordan for her mom’s Irish Step Dancing Wig catalog. Today we got together for some pics just for her. This was the...
Read MoreTwo Light Workshop One, Part Four
Our last shot in the hat series. This was a shot that used one light for a background and the other for a dramatic front light. The two...
Read MoreSingle Umbrella Headshot and White Background.
Asked to shoot 40 non-models at an upscale salon was quite a challenge. I needed a light that would serve many different faces and body...
Read MoreTwo Light Workshop One, Part Two
The Two Light Workshop rolls on with this cowboy hat look on “Miss Briana.” We shot some with a western shirt and some with...
Read MoreTwo Light Workshop One, Part One
This is a series of two light shots we did using hats as the theme, and a clean, simple studio background as the setting. For this set of...
Read MoreCreating a Shiny Look
The thing about the corset was the glossy, shiny look. I wanted that shine to be smooth and liquid, a wide and smooth highlight that would...
Read MoreThree Lights for Soft Glamour Effect
There are times when you may want to have a more glamorous look to your portrait. Backlight can give a nice, approachable feel to an image...
Read MoreFill Flash on the Beach with Action
A few weeks ago we looked at doing some fill flash at dusk. We covered some good techniques for blending the light so that it is subtle...
Read MoreSimple Setups For Dramatic Lighting
Making dramatic headshots isn’t hard if you know some simple tricks & have a light… or 2. This video tutorial starts with...
Read MoreA Beauty Dish and Cheyenne
A beauty dish is one of the most fun, and unique light modifiers for people shooters. It’s very ‘poppy’ light, combined...
Read MorePlayin’ in the Studio When it is 115 Degrees Outside.
I wanted to do some playing around with hot lights and chose my Lowell Omni and a Home Depot work light. I kept them without modification...
Read MoreOne Light, and a dash of Photoshop
This is a fun little project. I shot Briana in the studio and recorded most of it on Video. I took the video, did very little editing and...
Read MoreGlamour in the Studio with Briana
This set of shots was done to show how to use some of the tools simply and easily when in a studio setting. I used very simple tools, a...
Read MoreSingle Light Fashion
This is a single light approach with a large softbox. I chose the large box because of the incredible texture of the dress. I wanted a...
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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...