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March Madness: 20; Making the Image by Making the Shadow

March Madness: 20; Making the Image by Making the Shadow

by Donald Giannatti | Mar 20, 2016 | LE News and Info

David Travis is a Project 52 member, and a quite wonderful photographer. For the Still Life Class, the assignment was to create powerful images using a “point source” light which would create a powerful shadow. In fact, the shadow should define the subject...
March Madness: 19; On Going Pro After Working Corporate

March Madness: 19; On Going Pro After Working Corporate

by Donald Giannatti | Mar 19, 2016 | LE News and Info

GOING PRO? Quitting the day job for a life as a freelancer? OK… but here is something to think about. You can quit that soul-sucking cubicle job, but can you let it go? I think that is going to be the toughest challenge you face. Corporate life and the life of a...
March Madness: 18; Photographing Chocolate

March Madness: 18; Photographing Chocolate

by Donald Giannatti | Mar 18, 2016 | LE News and Info

The P52 Assignment Brief: Chocolate. Bret Doss “A square image that screams chocolate, with a bit of an editorial look if possible.” That is the extent of the brief; the rest is up to me.  It allows a lot of possibilities, of course, which is both wonderful and...
March Madness: 17; Building a Backdrop for Table Top Photography

March Madness: 17; Building a Backdrop for Table Top Photography

by Donald Giannatti | Mar 17, 2016 | LE News and Info

How to create a background for table top photography by McGunn Media.
March Madness: 16; Photographing a CD Cover

March Madness: 16; Photographing a CD Cover

by Donald Giannatti | Mar 16, 2016 | LE News and Info

SHOOTING A CD COVER By Alex Baker I was asked by a local string quintet to create some images to be used for their debut cd which they recorded in December. I’ve made a few album covers before and although you can go in pretty much any direction, there are a few...
March Madness 15: Introduction to a Lightroom Edit

March Madness 15: Introduction to a Lightroom Edit

by Donald Giannatti | Mar 15, 2016 | LE News and Info

An introduction to the basics of Lightroom by Brian Miller:
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