by Donald Giannatti | Feb 9, 2009 | LE News and Info
Some amazing work gets shown on the Lighting Essentials Flickr Group, and we like to take a few minutes and share some of our favorites. There are many that I am sure should be on this list that didn’t make it, and our apologies. I need to do this more often....
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 5, 2009 | LE News and Info
We are excited to announce our first Lighting Essentials Photography Contest. February 2009 Contest. Editorial Assignment: Portrait in an environment. Show the subject’s relationship to the environment. Final Submission Date: February 28, 2009. Special thanks to...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 4, 2009 | LE News and Info
There is so much talk on some forums about the ‘softness’ of shoot-thru umbrellas and how much it works to provide a soft light. And there is certainly some truth to that statement… especially with umbrellas at a distance. But finessed lighting that...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 31, 2009 | LE News and Info
Our Tech Sheet on using a meter will be next time, we decided for a variety of reasons to bring you this Tech Sheet on beating the sun for effect instead. Explanation could come soon on why, but I wouldn’t wait for it… heh. It just happens when you are a...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 30, 2009 | LE News and Info
Well, it is tech-sheet Friday, but that will have to be tech-sheet Saturday this week. The tech sheet I am working on is about using a meter, and there are a few more images that must be shot before it is ready to go. So I have instead decided that it would be good to...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 27, 2009 | LE News and Info
This post features two shots from this past weeks workshop in Phoenix. My Phoenix Workshops are fairly intimate affairs because I draw smaller groups and my studio is rather intimate as well. In the first half of Saturday we work on portrait lighting and working with...