by Donald Giannatti | Jul 26, 2008 | LE News and Info
Let’s look at a way to create some interesting, and somewhat ‘ethereal’ light on location without taking 200 pounds of lighting gear with us. We are going to use two strobes to ‘sculpt’ the subject and a bit of careful angling to get the...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 17, 2008 | LE News and Info
Our trip to the East was a really fun experience. I want to share a few of the images we made on the trip and discuss them as far as lighting and generally what we were doing. This trip took us on planes, trains, automobiles and boats. Every mode of...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 12, 2008 | LE News and Info
The sun is a wonderful light source as we all know. It provides hard, direct light, diffused light, bounce light… heck, it’s an allover lighting machine. There are many ways to use the sun for main light and fill, but today we are going to look at a few...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 9, 2008 | LE News and Info
There are times when the light you have doesn’t match the light you want. The drama of moody skies are rendered useless if they are overexposed and the muddy, dark skin tones of heavily overcast days can make the most competent Photoshop Guru moan in agony. What...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 4, 2008 | LE News and Info
It’s Second Nature: Now, for me, performance is second nature. It’s at the roots of my craft and my nature. Now, it’s not always a good performance. Sometimes it’s downright cheesy, but… it’s often different than what others expect. (A few photogs out...