Ideas, Inspiration, Information and Discussions for Emerging Commercial Photographers

Still Life Shot for an Magazine Ad

Posted by on Jun 11, 2009 in Studio Lighting |

Well, my Volleyball client needed a new ad. That’s great. We needed it to be concepted, shot, and produced in one day. A day that...

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Using Ambient Light and Strobe for a Natural Looking Still Life

Posted by on Apr 8, 2009 in Portable Lighting |

This is a cover shot that we did for the fragrance company. We wanted a larger space and a more natural looking scene for the cover so we...

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Keeping It Organized When There are a Lot of Shots

Posted by on Mar 26, 2009 in Studio Lighting | Comments Off

Recently I had the pleasure of working with Coni of Glacier Design and her client, Alicia on a big catalog project. It was to be a couple...

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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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Shooting Food On Location – With a Twist

Posted by on Jul 7, 2008 in Studio Lighting |

My client called and needed a job turned around right away. Her client needed their entire menu shot for some collateral and web materials...

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Shooting Earrings Without a Net: Guest Post by Josh Targownik

Posted by on Mar 29, 2008 in Studio Lighting |

On a recent popular forum post, Los Angeles photographer Joshua Targownik posed a challenge. Faced with the following job he wanted to...

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Classic Setup for Photographing Jewelry

Posted by on Mar 23, 2008 in Studio Lighting |

Classic, for me anyway, method that I shoot jewelry. Most of the time my clients want clean, easy to see pieces that show off the finish...

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