Designing The Image You Want (a Chapter from My Book, Lighting Essentials)
Today I present an excerpt from my book, “Lighting Essentials: A Subject-Centric Approach for Photographers” now available...
Read MoreNatural Light Portraits from Seattle
The Seattle workshop was amazing. We had a great time and made some amazing images. Using the facilities of SPA, we were able to do...
Read MoreTrust the Model – Part Two
Briana is back with part two of her article, “Trust the Model” and I am sure it will be of high interest to many of you who...
Read MoreAdding 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 MoreStrobe and Ambient: Finding the Mix for Portraiture
I get asked a lot about how my methodology works. What am I thinking about when setting the light? How do I know what the settings should...
Read MoreCreating a Dramatic Dance Shot with a Speedlight and the Sun
I thought I would break down another shot I did that involved pre-visualization, overcoming a challenge and using small lights for a big...
Read MoreThinking about Portraits: 6 Studies in Beauty
This post is about portrait lighting and some of the things I think about when shooting a portrait… whether in the studio or on...
Read MoreMexico Workshop, April 2009
Mexico was an absolute blast this year. We had about 14 models who were there for the “Girls of Rocky Point” calendar shoot....
Read MoreMexico Spring Workshop is Enrolling Now
I don’t use this site to overly promote the workshops, but this Mexico workshop is rather special. We have people from all over the...
Read MoreUsing a Location to Full Advantage
This is a post from the old site, and I thought I would redo it for the new one. There are many things you can do when you find a great...
Read MoreTwo Portraits with One Light
This post features two shots from this past weeks workshop in Phoenix. My Phoenix Workshops are fairly intimate affairs because I draw...
Read MoreWorking on the Edge of the Light: A Natural Light Assignment
Our Natural Light Assignment this week is a lot of fun and so easy to do. You only need a model or subject, a camera and lens, and a...
Read MoreOne Setup, Two Different Shots (from the Archives)
Well this one is kind of fun. I found this in the archive box and remembered that it was a kinda fun little slide show. This...
Read MoreON LOCATION: with Jerry OConnor, Jim Vigileos and Christina
Photographers in Phoenix like dramatic skies. We get so many days in a row of bright, blue that when it gets dark and moody up there some...
Read MoreLet’s Do Some Lighting Today… (from the Archives)
Today’s update is one from the archives, but it is still a great post you will enjoy. Even includes a 16 minute video… bad...
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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...