Lighting, posing, and other aspects of creating in the studio.
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If you’ve been looking for an excuse to subscribe to Professional Photographer magazine, this is the best one I’ve heard yet (view a sample issue).
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Tonight at DPPA, Claude Jodoin presented his program, “Lighting Magic with your Flash.” I’m going to live-blog for a bit, hopefully it will make sense! Claude is planning to do live demonstrations of lighting, and then we will examine the SOOC camera images after he creates the images.
Myth #1 Dispelled – Lights do [...]
Are you curious what work goes into the cover image for Macworld? Peter Belanger shares his secrets in this time lapse video. There are three parts of the movie: photography, Photoshop, and InDesign. Find out a few more details on Belanger’s blog post: cover creation.
I enjoyed watching this video because it really highlights [...]
This is a cool still motion video created by Andrew Kornylak. To learn more about the back story of this video, check out Kornylak’s interview with Robert Benson. Benson asks some very intriguing questions, including a few I’ll list here as a teaser:
Why did you use strobes, why not ambient light or [...]
Ok, so getting your subjects isn’t always the easiest — especially when working with kids or pets. But, it can be done. I know from personal experience (I have 6 nephews and a niece — I have to be kid-smart, right?).
The key is to keep your portrait session fun. Don’t stick with one thing for [...]
Lighting: for Portrait Photography, by Steve Bavister, is a compilation of images created by different photographers. Each image is accompanied by diagrams and discussion. I found this book enjoyable because I think it’s interesting to see how other photographers set up their images and arrive at the finished photograph. The format, film, [...]
In Wedding Photography: Creative Techniques for Lighting, Posing, and Marketing, Rick Ferro discusses his strategies for wedding photography, from before the consultation through the proofing process. Although it’s important to develop your own strategy, learning from others and finding ways to improve your business never hurts. The analysis of a consultation appointment was [...]
I enjoyed Photographing People: Portraits – Fashion – Glamour
primarily because of its unique setup. Instead of a discussion of lighting techniques and how to use studio equipment, the book provides a visual glossary of terms, and then shows you many images. Each full-page image is accompanied by another full page containing the photographers’ notes, [...]
I bought Bill Hurter’s
The Portrait Photographer’s Guide to Posing because of the wide variety of images shown and discussed, and also because of how well the sections covered typical topics.
While the images are not directly referenced in the text that I noticed, that was ok with me — I was not looking for a cookie [...]
I bought Posing Techniques for Digital Portraits to use as a studio reference because it has easy to find sections and samples of “good” and “bad” angles. This book isn’t meant to be an in-depth review of posing, but a quick and easy to understand guide.
Useful features include sections on the various “problem” body parts, [...]
Betsy is a Michigan-based portrait photographer, and a contributing writer for Professional Photographer. In college, Betsy majored in Business Management and Studio Art, giving her a unique viewpoint of the industry.Betsy delivered much needed info on blogging and how we as photographers are able to take advantage of such an effective marketing tool.
— Marc Benjamin, California
