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Portraits Inspired by Victor Skrebneski

by Donald Giannatti | Jan 13, 2015 | Featured, Lighting, PROJECT "52"

In the 8 week portrait class we looked at the work of famed Chicago photographer Victor Skrebneski. The students were asked to make a photograph inspired by what they saw in Skrebneski’s work. Not to copy it, but to be inspired by it. Here are the remarkable...

One Light Portraits: A Collection

by Donald Giannatti | Sep 26, 2014 | Featured, LE News and Info, Lighting, PROJECT "52"

The assignment was to shoot a portrait with one light. Studio Portrait: Clean background, Simple Light; Forceful, Expressive Portrait Specifics: A very clean portrait shot on a flat field background (wall, seamless, cyc, material, cloth, canvas…) Tightly focused and...
Dark Field Lighting: With McGunn Media

Dark Field Lighting: With McGunn Media

by Donald Giannatti | Jun 23, 2014 | "Summer School", LE News and Info, Lighting

DARK FIELD LIGHTING: A PRIMER Anna and Filipe walk you through the making of these shots. They have a full course on shooting table top and still life work at Udemy. See more of McGunn Media’s work at their website.

A Food Shot for a Blog: Daniel Fenwick

by Donald Giannatti | Jun 20, 2014 | "Summer School", LE News and Info, Lighting, PROJECT "52"

Reno Photographer Daniel Fenwick walks us through a simple, but well crafted food shot for his blog. Daniel Fenwick / website / Food Blog MANY OF THE TUTORIALS DURING “SUMMER SCHOOL” ARE BY PROJECT 52 PRO MEMBERS EITHER CURRENTLY ENROLLED OR...

One Umbrella on Location

by Donald Giannatti | Jun 18, 2014 | "Summer School", LE News and Info, Lighting

  I am a Photoshop guy who is finding a lot of love in Lightroom. I would say that about 80% of my work goes from LR (or CR) into Photoshop for finishing. But the other 20% is done totally in Lightroom. Briana and I did this shoot last year for some new portfolio...

Fitness Model on Location with Hiram Chee

by Donald Giannatti | Jun 11, 2014 | "Summer School", Lighting

I was aiming for a clean catalog feel. We shot this image at high noon in a football field. I used an Einstein F13 in a Softlighter without the sock for fill. I also used a -3f stop ND filter on my 85mm F1.8 to get the blue sky and blurred background. I was shooting...
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