by Donald Giannatti | Mar 26, 2009 | LE News and Info
Recently I had the pleasure of working with Coni of Glacier Design and her client, Alicia on a big catalog project. It was to be a couple of dozen shots. Most are what I would call a “drop and pop,” or simple product shot. Well, of course nothing is as...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 27, 2009 | LE News and Info
This post features two shots from this past weeks workshop in Phoenix. My Phoenix Workshops are fairly intimate affairs because I draw smaller groups and my studio is rather intimate as well. In the first half of Saturday we work on portrait lighting and working with...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 22, 2009 | LE News and Info
One of the ways to separate the subject from the background is to use a spray light. The light creates a ‘halo’ of light to dark behind the subject and helps make a flat background more dynamic. It is a fairly simple technique with a lot of variations...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 17, 2008 | LE News and Info
Well this one is kind of fun. I found this in the archive box and remembered that it was a kinda fun little slide show. This “soundslide” offers a look into how I took a single lighting setup and shot it two ways. I use a big softbox often when I am...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 8, 2008 | LE News and Info
‘ Britney Spears “Kill the Lights! Don’t be scared, make a move, see me now” A model has a role in lighting? What? Unheard of? Crazy? Not so much. A model has to do more than smile prettily and pose, she has to be aware of her environment, from...