When I was seventeen I wanted every lens and light I could find. I thought, if I only had one more lens or one more light I could do so much more. I thought my photographs would be better if I simple had more. I'm not sure when I snapped out [...]
One of the best props to always have handy in your studio is a fan or wind machine. One mistake I often see is the fan being used at too high a speed or blowing the subjects away. A little fan is great but a lot of wind can destroy your images and [...]
The Profoto beauty dish is one of my favorite light shaping tools. I have used it many times as my main light for years but today I want to show how to use the beauty dish as a fill light. The two images shown are both created using the beauty [...]
I received a call last week from a TV Show that was interested in using an image from a shoot I did a while back. When the producer mentioned the shoot they were interested in I knew it right away because it was my first time shooting a fashion [...]
I am working on a new series of environmental portraits and this past Friday I made one of the first images for the series. I selected a good friend and artist, Chaz Guest as my first subject. Not many living painters can say they have one of [...]
I am often asked how to handle shooting in bright sunlight during the middle of the day. Twelve noon is probably the worst time of day to take pictures because the sun's angle gives harsh shadows. When possible, I try not to shoot during this time [...]
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