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The Portfolio Workshop is Coming Up
We spend a good amount of time working with the photographers to develop the theme or story for the portfolio. Work is shot deliberately, and it is then edited and put together for flow. We have five group meetings and then a one-on-one with me to finalize the...
So You Want to Be a Photographer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlhPK0cJ978
Seven Product Shots Deconstructed For You
Enjoy the video. Lots to talk about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbAWDQJUFBM
Is Posting to Social Media the Same as Working For Free?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtOmKlxRwDc
Bring Back the Drama That May Have Been Lost in Exposure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GaT66Rut1c
Still Life Images Deconstructed: Lighting You Can Do
Here are some still life shots with the lighting deconstructed for you. Take these ideas and make some still life art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVtv_uFkvDw&t=2s IMAGES: [gallery link="file" columns="4"...
Creative Portraits: Images Inspired by Skrebneski
These are a few portraits made by my students in the 8 Week Portrait Workshop. We look at many different photographers and study their style, their approach, and the ways they use portraiture to convey their art. Ours is not to steal or copy, but to be inspired by....
In Search Of…
IN SEARCH OF Tuesday morning I got up later than expected for my drive to San Diego. My short journey/road trip was to see Dan Winters, a favorite photographer of mine, do a talk on his photography. The venue was the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, so...
The ARC of Beauty: A Lighting Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3cU6w3w6s&t=1s
Using Cheap Lights for Food and Still Life Photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPtYC4YsS5Y
Thinking in Black and White for Better Monochrome Images
BLACK AND WHITE SHOULD BE MORE THAN AN AFTERTHOUGHT TO COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9x0o5zZr_w A mediocre picture becomes more alive when it is reduced to tones and design. [gallery columns="2" link="file"...
Dennis Dunbar: Professional Photo Retoucher, Los Angeles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt3XyyuAraU Dennis is a highly sought after digital retoucher in Los Angeles. He sat down with me for a chat about the business of retouching and what it is like to work with photographers and movie studios. Contact Dennis at his...
FIVE SIMPLE THINGS TO DO TO FIND MORE CLIENTS
Try these for a real boost to your client list SEO. Yes, SEO. It is so very important these days. I know we keep hearing that SEO is dead, but that is really just BS. It is alive and kicking. If you are unable to do it well, hire someone who can. I found a few very...
7 Assumptions We Make About Professional Photographers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIUZtk9ntF0
Three Books That Will Boost Your Success Quotient
These are three books that I think every photographer should read. I believe it is best to read them in order left to right, but do it any way you want to do it. They are full of practical examples, actionable processes and scripts to get you thinking...
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A Premium Filter System from K&F Concepts
Filters come in all shapes and sizes... and qualities. This is a premium product, clear, well made, and a bit thinner than most of the cheap filters out there. I use them when I am on the motorcycle, and when trekking. Usually I take them off when I shoot,...
Lighting Class: Classic Side Light (Part One)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2qmiime7KI
Review: The Under $100 35MM, F2.0 Lens by Yongnuo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOdjllTzp0w I saw this lens on Amazon and thought, "Oh what the heck. It's less than a $100 and if it sucks, so what." It doesn't suck. It's fast, clean, full-frame, and bright. Pretty sharp where it counts. It...
Lighting Class: Classic Beauty Lighting
Using one main light, and reflector boards, a photographer can do an amazing classic headshot lighting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47J3TAkyZ0 Here are the work slides for you: And these are my...
Lighting Class: Bottles (Learning to see Reflected Light)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J4TXq9WmHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8sY8vYY7r0
Does It Really Take 10,000 Hours To Become a Good Photographer?
When Malcolm Gladwell wrote his book, "Outliers" he had a chapter devoted to the "10,000 hours" rule that intimated that it took 10,000 hours of practice to become good at something. I think this single criterion has been fairly criticised by people who think that it...
BLACK FRIDAY IS FREE at Lighting Essentials
SPEND BLACK FRIDAY WITH DON GIANNATTI Well, that was a lot of fun. Had a few technical glitches, learned what not to do next time and how to what I want to do better. Next time coming soon. Really soon. We recorded each session and the videos are here on the page for...
8 Week Video Class Five
Assembling Assets: A Roll / B Roll / Audio This week we are going to go a little deeper into the shoot experience. The next video we do will be one a bit more advanced than what we just did. We are going to blend several features together to make a video...
The Image Is The Thing
Becoming a “Photographer” - or being a “Photographer”… what does that mean, really? Does it mean that you now have a top of the line camera? Does it mean a bag of lenses? Does it mean an awesome set of studio lights? Or a light meter? Boom? Storbs? (inside joke,...
PROJECT 52 PRO IS NOW A SUBSCRIPTION COMMUNITY
After 6 years of single start dates, it is time to move the workshop to a monthly subscription service that allows you to join, do assignments, communicate with and learn from peers, and most of all have a highly creative experience. We call it Project 52 Pro System...
10 Questions That May Predict Your Success as a Photographer
Commercial photography is a lot of fun, and it is a lot of work. Hard work. Some of it mind-numbing boring work, but more important than most anything else you do. Understanding what we do, who we do it for, and what its value is can be a crucial part of getting work...
A New Workshop for Learning Video
CREATE A 2-3 MINUTE VIDEO FOR SELF PROMOTION LINK to Enroll. We do it together. Creative Approach > Storyboard > Simple Special Effects (Slow Motion, B Roll, etc…) > Shoot Video to Storyboard > Assembling Assets: A Roll / B Roll / Audio > Building Video...
You Must Believe BEFORE You Will Ever See Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrtT-WIka8s
Are Free Images Destroying the Professional Photographer?
IS UNSPLASH DESTROYING THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY?NOTE:MY BELIEFS HAVE EVOLVED QUITE A BIT.I LOVE UNSPLASH AND AM A VERY ACTIVE CONTRIBUTOR.Edited July 2, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VDR7mI5dJM&t=3sA recent article in PDN noted that Unsplash...
