by Donald Giannatti | Mar 2, 2016 | LE News and Info
Still Life by Window Light Tutorial by Heather Gill, Las Vegas A very simple use of window light to make a softly lit still life This is using a single light source and in this case, natural light on black. I had planned to use a strobe but when I started to set up...
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 | Mar 1, 2016 | LE News and Info
The pour shot may be one of the most challenging of commercial photography’s many challenges. Getting the pour to look right, making sure the liquid is lit so that it looks great, catching the action as it happens… so many things to monitor as the...
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 | 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 25, 2016 | LE News and Info
"FRAGRANCES OF SPRING" ASSIGNMENT PROJECT 52 ; THE ASSIGNMENT: Provide the images for an advertorial designed for a consumer magazine. The layout was furnished to the students with only minor changes allowed. Everyone got the same assignment, and look at the amazingly...
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