REALLY GREAT WORK from our second assignment (2) free Tabletop Workshop for those who are not able to get out and do things. And for those of you who are, but just want to up your skills.
Here are the top ten images this week:
Are You Using Emotional Lighting?
I am restless. Unsettling so. I am finding myself wondering aloud what the point is of the image in front of me. Is it to delight? Is it to show my how sharp the lens is? Is it to make me see something I may not have usually seen? Is it to show me how many lights the...
See Ya, 2009… Looking Toward 2010 With Excitement
Well, here we are. The last year of a decade filled with innovation and stagnation, amazing highs and devastating lows. We enter the second decade of the 2000's in 365 days. A year of endings and beginnings, 2010 may be a defining year in so many photographers...
8 Essential Sites for Emerging Professional Photographers
A recent posting elsewhere with "5 Essential Photography sites" or whatever, didn't sit well with me. I don't consider a vendor an essential. My vendor may be essential to me, but they are not essential to you. I found the list rather dreadfully full of vendors. So I...
Introducing the New Category: Rants & Raves
Time for a new category here on LE. I want to share a lot of things with you all, but it needs to be done on a near daily basis. And that causes some problems with how the longer posts get distributed. The "Rants & Raves" pages may appear daily, with the longer...
42 Wonderful Images from the LE Flickr Forum
Well, we enter that last week before the holiday week. That is the week between Christmas and New Years. Another fun post of images from the Lighting Essentials Flickr Pool. Some of the best Flickr photography around. And speaking of that forum, I have decided to kick...
Pittsburgh Overview: A fun and challenging workshop
Well, this was the second to last workshop for 2009 and it had its own challenges. The weather wanted to be a problem, and we were unsure of out talent pool. Talent was wonderful and the weather... while being a little stubborn on Sunday, finally opened up and gave us...