Project 52, Assignment #2 Photograph a Stranger: and Selina Maitreya Interview
Audio from this past week’s discussion. This is from the Friday afternoon chat. I had a wonderful opportunity to discuss the...
Read MoreThe Lighting Essentials Forum Rocks Another 40 Hot Images
John Groseclose shot our cover this post. Fitting, since John and I are teaching a CLS (Creative Lighting System) workshop tomorrow at my...
Read MoreTom Miles, London. An Interview with an Editorial Photographer
Tom Miles joins us for an LE Interview that I know you will find fun and inspiring. August is traditionally a slow month for me, but not...
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 MoreCreate an Antique Camera Look for Your Images: Photoshop Tutorial
We have been looking at business practices for a while now, and I have had some questions about the Photoshop Processing on a few of my...
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 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 MoreCreating a Simple Spray Light for Backgrounds
One of the ways to separate the subject from the background is to use a spray light. The light creates a ‘halo’ of light to...
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...
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