by Donald Giannatti | Mar 1, 2016 | LE News and Info
Choosing a Point of View for a Still Life Tutorial by Lily Dale, Illinois For Don’s Still Life Workshop, our class was assigned to photograph objects from three points of view: oblique (shooting from straight on), natural (shooting from a standing position) and...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 21, 2016 | LE News and Info
HOW WOULD YOU SHOOT A FORK? IMAGES FROM THE P52 FORK ASSIGNMENT ; (NOTE: This is a repost of an article that was corrupted and caused the outage of the site last week.) “How would you shoot a fork?” That was the question I asked my Project 52 Students for...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 1, 2016 | Featured, LE News and Info
The “LONG GAME” Approach to Photography One of the things I notice about the culture lately is that there is more focus on the easy route, the quick way, ‘getting to done’ without really knowing what got done. There is a quickness to many...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 9, 2016 | Featured, LE News and Info, Lighting, PROJECT "52"
What We Learn From Making Portraits Portraiture Can Enhance All of Our Photography ; Want to increase your photography chops? Try portraiture. When we are working with another person, and trying to make a great portrait of them, we have many challenges that confront...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 18, 2015 | LE News and Info
I love portraits. This week the students looked at Peter Lindbergh and were inspired by his elegant simplicity. See the images after the jump. If you would like to join us for an 8 Week Portrait Class, and be introduced to the work of 8 master portraitists, check out...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 16, 2015 | LE News and Info
THE "REAL LIFE" MYTH IT'S ALL A LOAD OF CRAP MEANT TO DISTRACT YOU FROM YOUR GOALS ; Truer words never spoken: “And lastly, never, never ever give-up. You must believe in you when, no one else does. You must hang-on to your dreams when there is no reason to even...