The Making of "Broken Doll" By Carla McMahon (NOTE: This image won the Annual Kelby One Photo & Design Contest) This is a composite of about 5/6 images. My camera was on a tripod and every image was taken from the exact same angle and focal length. First an image...

A Simple and Easy Background Stand By Virginia Smith Every photographer needs a simple portable backdrop for portraits, headshots, product photography.  If we had the budget of Annie Liebowitz then we’d all have Handpainted Oliphant Canvas Backgrounds, only the finest...

The assignment was to use one very large light source for the shot. Bring it in close, and use the magic of soft, diffused light to present the subject. The students in the still life workshop also photographed their setups for us. They say a picture is worth a...

The Making of “Chocolate Indulgence” Creative Director, Photographer, Retoucher: Sam Breach http://www.sambreach.com Hair and Make...

How to modify an image to fit an alternate format by Chris Aldridge. Here’s a walkthrough of how I modified an image to fit a particular format. There are several methods used here to widen the overall image so that it fits a wide but squat format. The layout required...

Still Life by Window Light Tutorial by Heather Gill, Las Vegas A very simple use of window light to make a softly lit still life This is using a single light source and in this case, natural light on black. I had planned to use a strobe but when I started to set up...

Choosing a Point of View for a Still Life Tutorial by Lily Dale, Illinois For Don's Still Life Workshop, our class was assigned to photograph objects from three points of view: oblique (shooting from straight on), natural (shooting from a standing position) and...

The pour shot may be one of the most challenging of commercial photography's many challenges. Getting the pour to look right, making sure the liquid is lit so that it looks great, catching the action as it happens... so many things to monitor as the photographer...

We humans love to think in terms of beginnings and ends, and where, in reality, January 1 carries no more significance than any other day, we see it as a beginning of a new year full of promise. And that is fine with me. 2015 was a difficult year for me, and I am...

I love portraits. This week the students looked at Peter Lindbergh and were inspired by his elegant simplicity. See the images after the jump. [gallery columns="5" link="file"...

This past week we have been reviewing the CD cover assignment for the Project 52 2015 group. The assignment was for a cover and back image for a String Quartet performing Samuel Barber's String Quartet Op 11. The assignment specifically noted that the string quartet...

One of the most exciting and ultimately satisfying things I am doing is the 8 Week Workshop courses. We mostly focus on portraits, but are beginning to expand out with an upcoming Still Life Workshop as well. And more ideas are in the works. This last week, we studied...

If portraiture is your interest, we are starting the 8 Week Portrait Workshop 102 in January. There are still a few openings if you are interested. See the workshop page for more information on this unique class. Lots going on in that class, and if you love...

Matt Dutile is a young, emerging, and very talented people photographer who specializes in travel and lifestyle editorial. His newest project is a book of his more enigmatic imagery. What started as a promotional piece, has grown into a larger, more robust publication...

From the current 8 Week Class: Inspired by Skrebneski.