by Donald Giannatti | Jun 9, 2016 | LE News and Info
2015 PROJECT 52 ROAD TRIP BOOK PDF FREE FOR READERS OF LIGHTING ESSENTIALS ; Every year we go on a roadtrip and all of the Project 52 members can come along. It is not a workshop, although we do photography nearly all the time. There is no charge for it, members...
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 7, 2016 | LE News and Info
Examples from the Still Life Class here at Lighting Essentials. Finished photos and the BTS shots of the lighting used. (cover image by Carla McMahon) A big shout out to the students for such wonderful work. And the BTS shots. Photographer: Doris Rudd...
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 1, 2016 | LE News and Info
From Anna at the Porto Photography Experience: “As photographers living in Porto, Portugal, we feel privileged: the UNESCO World Heritage area backdrops to shoot in, the kind of sights all photographers dream of; amazing food; great weather for most of the year;...
by Donald Giannatti | May 31, 2016 | LE News and Info
PHOTO BY NEAL RANTOUL FROM THE PORTFOLIO “WAVES” “Look, the practice of making pictures used to be hugely craft based. You needed to study photography and the making of pictures hard to be good at it. It used to be difficult to do well. As a...
by Donald Giannatti | May 28, 2016 | LE News and Info
; “I don’t think using film per se makes someone stand out in a digital world,” he says. “That’s never been a motivation to me. It’s essentially a photographer’s understanding of his craft and sensibility and way of seeing that makes him stand...
by Donald Giannatti | May 27, 2016 | LE News and Info
“Snapchat brings the reader into the story. Each viewer becomes a part of the assignment. They are my travel companions,” Stanmeyer tells TIME. “When millions of readers pick up the magazine each month, they only see 12 to 15 photographs. But so much more takes place...