by Donald Giannatti | Nov 8, 2016 | LE News and Info, PROJECT "52"
PHOTOGRAPHING CHOCOLATE: A SWEET CHALLENGE ; Photographing chocolate is very challenging. For one thing, humidity and temperature can play a big part in what the chocolate looks like. And chocolate is very susceptible to damage from fingerprints, casual bumping...
by Donald Giannatti | Nov 3, 2016 | Lighting
For the last time this year, I am running this very popular class on Black and White Portraiture. Lots of information on shooting people and converting the images to monochrome (black and white, sepia, toned etc…). Please check out the page for a lot more...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 30, 2016 | Featured, Lighting, PROJECT "52"
Paying attention to the tiniest of details is one of the jobs of a commercial photographer. And rarely do details matter more than when shooting chocolate. Chocolate dust, scratches, fingerprints, and the chalky white of damaged edges can draw the eye to the problems...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 24, 2016 | Featured
Photograph of me making a photograph on my iPhone in Rocky Mountain National Park by Grey Gibbs Recently, my friend and fellow artist Jerry OConnor and I took a drive/ride to Superior, AZ to do a little video of me blabbing about being a “photographer”. I...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 2, 2016 | LE News and Info
I was truly disappointed that my Alaska trip was cut so dramatically short. I didn’t expect it, and I was not really ready to give up on that idea. (I will do it next year, or the year after if I have to.) The back pain forbade me doing any camera work, or...