A Beautiful Promo

My bud Dave Siegel sent this to me. I think it is very powerful. Showing the before shot next to the final image makes the package more informational as well, and provides the viewer a glimpse into what Dave can do for them. Email promotion.

Deconstructing a Portrait

I want to take a closer look at some of the portraits the students in the 8 Week Portrait Class are doing. Decontructing an image is a very valuable exercise and one that can garner much insight into the way the portrait was conceived and produced. The image above, by...

What We Can Learn from Portraits

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...
2015: A Postmortem and Retrospective.

2015: A Postmortem and Retrospective.

We humans love to think in terms of beginnings and ends, and where, in reality, January 1 carries no more significance than any other day, we see it as a beginning of a new year full of promise. And that is fine with me. 2015 was a difficult year for me, and I am...
Portraits for a Friday Afternoon

Portraits for a Friday Afternoon

I love portraits. This week the students looked at Peter Lindbergh and were inspired by his elegant simplicity. See the images after the jump. Sherri vonSternberg Richard McDonald Richard Skoonberg Paige Henderson Marjorie Decker Linda Luu Kiefl Leonardo Ferri Joe...