After learning the ins and outs of your camera, the next thing you generally want to do is to start working on your portrait skills. One of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to get really good lighting without spending more on lighting than you did on your camera. I have been promoting a …
One of my favorite charity events I do each year is the annual Veteran’s Benefit Banquet at Cal State University Fullerton. Last year they wanted the shots on a basic gray background but this year I decided to try to spruce it up a little. Using the same gray background I wanted to try to …
I was quite thrilled to be asked to be an instructor at today’s SMUGMUG Lighting & Posing Event. This was the second opportunity I have had recently to shoot at Shutter Stories Studio. We had a great set of models and photographers that all came together to haver a great time shooting and learning. I …
It was my honor to be asked to speak again at the LA Shoot This group. This time I talked about getting your exposure and your white balance nailed in-camera. When it came to the shooting, the models were absolutely wonderful, there was enough of a breeze to keep us from overheating, and the location …
Mastering Your DSLR Workshop Sunday September 20th 10am – 2pm Tustin, Ca Are you wanting more out of your new camera but are stuck on the lousy automatic modes that never seem to get you the shot you want? Take control of your camera with the DSLR Workshop and learn how your camera really works. …
There are hundreds if not thousands of photography books available and choosing one can be a daunting task. I asked around for some suggestions and even made some tweets to ask what other people thought and I came up with this list of 17 (will explain in a moment) books you shouldn’t miss.
This week we have special guest host Maurice Naragon. Maurice has written some articles for Camera Dojo in the past and has been on the show before. Right now Maurice is working on a kill rail system project for the Canon 5D Mk II. Before the we get started with Zach and Jody, we talk …
In this episode I talk with Mark Robert Halper and discusses portrait shooting. During the show we talk about what goes into making a great portrait, working with the subject, lighting, and location issues. During the show we look at some of Mark’s work and you can follow along at: http://markroberthalper.com If you are interested …
Gavin Seim has recently been trying out some sales techniques that he picked up at the recent Wall Portrait Conference so Kerry and David wanted to spend some time with him and see how this has been working. Gavin talks about first getting the client into the “wall portrait mindset†from the initial meeting and …
It’s time once again to address some of the questions that have come in. We start off with Ramon Carcases’ question about posing different sized people and David throws out some ideas of using different lenses and poses while Kerry throws out some lighting ideas. Brian Noah asks about shooting in locations such as Union …