by Donald Giannatti | Jul 22, 2010 | LE News and Info
And I should add to that headline… “and not giving a damn?” Today’s RANT on common sense. A recent post at Blackstar Rising has created a mini fire-storm there. The post, by John Harrington, who runs the very popular and quite informative Photo...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 20, 2010 | LE News and Info
A bit of a Rant – a bit of a Rave. Something for everyone. I just had lunch with a photographer friend of mine, Ken Easley. We were chatting about business when Ken brought up a recent assignment he had finished. It was a shoot of 13 or 14 corporate head shots....
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 13, 2010 | LE News and Info
A reader left this rather innocuous comment on the post about gear, ‘What We Mean When We Say “It’s Not About The Gear'”. I read it a few times then decided that it was one terribly difficult question followed by one that may be even more thorny. Just...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 7, 2010 | LE News and Info
Increasing Strobe Power with Photoshop. Yeah… that’s right. We can actually create an impression of more power with our speedlights by carefully thinking about the images we make. Photoshop gives us the edge. But it takes careful planning and attention to...
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 18, 2010 | LE News and Info
I am a voracious reader. I love it. I read all sorts of stuff, and love to learn something new. I also suffer fools badly, so if someone thinks they are gonna say stuff and I will just take it, well… sometimes they get an earful. It is something that makes me...
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 17, 2010 | LE News and Info
UPDATE: OUR WINNER IS Rasheid Scarlett! Congratulations, Rasheid. Well, here we launch into our first big contest. Shooting to layout is a very important part of shooting commercially. And there are some tricky issues if you are not familiar with doing it. It...