Announcing the Portland, Maine Workshop

I am very excited to announce that we are doing a workshop in Portland, Maine on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. It will be a full day workshop with models, lunch and lots and lots of lighting and shooting. There will be a pre-workshop meetup on Tuesday, June 17th. I am...

Audio Interview with Ken Epstein

Here is a discussion with Ken Epstein on web sites, Web 2.0 sites, and how he keeps really busy at his Phoenix Studio. You can visit Ken’s website here. We haven’t launched his new site yet, but you can see what he does here. Ken is a busy commercial...

Versatile Softlight for Portraits

Sometimes you need a simple, easy and quick way to create soft, pretty light for portraits – especially if there is a large group of portraits that are going to be presented in a similar fashion. Whether staff or employee photos, pageant and events, or simply a...

Fill Flash: Two Examples

Fill flash is a wonderful tool for opening up shadows and creating some light where the situations call for it. In using fill flash we many times refer to ‘Ratios.’ The ratio refers to the amount of light that we add to the ambient. If you think of them as...