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...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 22, 2009 | LE News and Info
One of the ways to separate the subject from the background is to use a spray light. The light creates a ‘halo’ of light to dark behind the subject and helps make a flat background more dynamic. It is a fairly simple technique with a lot of variations...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 16, 2009 | LE News and Info
Here we are for our second Tech Sheet of the year. How to create a natural light look to a photograph when there is little to no ambient light to be had. We will be using a couple of speedlights for this Tech Sheet. It has been a wild first couple of weeks for me, and...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 13, 2009 | LE News and Info
I have been working on a personal project, shooting some of the old mining towns in Eastern/Central Arizona. Sometimes I shoot natural light and sometimes I like to pull out my speedlights for a little drama. Let’s take a look at some easy ways to add a sense of...
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