INEXPENSIVE SOLUTIONS FOR TABLE TOP LIGHTING
These are student examples. I hope they give you some insight and good ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwqb_jze88E&t=2s
Interview: Alex Strohl and Chase Jarvis
A very good discussion on personal style and how to create something that is personally expressive. Follow Alex: https://www.youtube.com/user/alexstrohl https://www.instagram.com/alexstrohl/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVXl1aKqvQE
MIXED GALLERY SEPTEMBER 22
ASSIGNMENTS: PHOTOGRAPH A STRANGER | SPLASH CLASS | FASHION CLASS
ROSH SILLARS WALKS YOU THOUGH AN SEO TUTORIAL
SEO Tutorial - A Compilation Of My SEO Insights Rosh Sillars knows his stuff. A longtime photographer in the Detroit area, Rosh is a compendium of knowledge and techniques for marketing and staying competitive in the tough times. This is a mix of several of his SEO...
WHAT IF YOU ARE JUST NOT FEELING CREATIVE?
How to create when you're just not 'feeling it'. Hey. It happens. To all creatives. More than you think. But that is simply resistance kicking your karma. Dudes and dudettes. We gotta move fast forward and find ways to get out of that slump before resistance wins....
SHARPENING AND REDUCING NOISE IN PHOTOSHOP
SHARPENING AND REDUCING NOISE IN PHOTOSHOP There are many techniques. Try these on for your work. Perhaps you like them, maybe you don't. The important thing is to be in control of your image from exposure to presentation....
THE POWER OF AN IDEA (W PETER MCKINNON)
THE POWER OF AN IDEA It doesn't have to be big. It doesn't have to be great. It doesn't even have to be all that interesting... at first. It has to inspire you to get off the gluteous maximus and stretch your mind into creating something. Anything. Creating is...
A GREAT TRIPOD FOR UNDER $100 (VIDEO)
FROM D4 DARIUS This bad boy goes to 60+ inches high. Sturdy leg design means it is quite stable. AAAAANNNDDDD... it has a fluid head for smooth panning and tilting. It would certainly work well for stills, BUT it does not have a portrait camera position. No verticle...
ASSIGNMENT: “COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER”
BRIEF: The client is a local/regional magazine. They are associated with a few trade associations but focus a lot on the groups that help people who have lost everything and still made it through. The article is about how people deal with massive...
A CHECKLIST FOR MAKING IMAGES
I have always used checklists. Because there was a time I didn't. And I know what happened on many of those shoots. (Like having to drive 50 miles back to a desert location to get the Polaroid back, and extra tripod left under a tree at the shoot.) Bam - the checklist...
MIXED GALLERIES: SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
FASHION CLASS SPLASH CLASS
CONTROLLING CONTRAST
Contrast control is one of the most important aspects of post-processing. Too much and we lose detail, not enough and we lose the 'pop' we wished we had in our images. Controlling contrast is one of the number one things you can master in the presentation of your...
HOW TO USE FREQUENCY SEPARATION AND FREE ACTION
Frequency separation is not just for skin tones. You can use it for metal, shiny surfaces, chocolate, and many other surfaces prone to hard to retouch blemishes. This tutorial comes with a free action to make the set up much easier....
MIXED GALLERY: 9-9-2018
CLASSES: PROJECT 52 PRO: STEMWARE LIGHTING ESSENTIALS: SPLASH CLASS 4 LIGHTING ESSENTIALS: FASHION CLASS 4
PEOPLE: AUGUST 2018
IMAGES FROM RECENT ASSIGNMENTS
FASHION CLASS THREE (MOON)
SPLASH CLASS PHOTOS
ASSIGNMENT: “THE MYTHS OF MONEY”
Well, currency to be exact. The job at hand is to create a photograph for a brochure cover. for a financial institution. The client is a financial services company. They help people take the mystery out of financial planning. The point of this brochure is...
Cleaning Up an Image: and Free Freq Separation Action
This technique is very popular among portrait and fashion photographers. Here is another use of this technique to clean up metal, wood, chocolate and other difficult surfaces we all have to shoot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeTIcm4vQIw
ASSIGNMENT: CONSUMER PET MAGAZINE
Different versions for photographers with specialties they are pursuing. The assignment is for a new pet food or pet accessory – your choice depending on how you want to work this into YOUR book. (Note: the use of an animal is, of course, optional, but...