Evie Lovelle Gallery and Shoot – Hollywood Glamour Photography

After about a month of battling the Flu and a back issue, I am finally getting this gallery and post up regarding the Evie Lovelle Shoot. The day I shot Evie I was actually coming down with the flu, and for the following two weeks had the flu and then back issues, from popping a [...]

Hollywood Glamour Lighting Video and Diagrams

I have people wanting to know how I set my lights up and how I get some of the effects I do for Hollywood Glamour and Film Noir Lighting. Most times when I do Hollywood glamour photography I use Fresnel lights, the same type of lights they use in Hollywood on movie sets. In fact [...]

Photography Lighting Techniques for Hollywood Glamour Photography

Photography Lighting Techniques are sometimes huge mysteries, at least to the beginning photographer. Sometimes to the seasoned pro too, only because maybe it was such a simple setup that it just couldn’t be that easy, right? I know I am that way sometimes when my friends tell me how they lit a set or how [...]

Annie Leibovitz – Behind the scenes with Profoto Founder Conny Dufgran

Annie Leibovitz is one of my favorite photographers.  Her work is well known, spans several decades, and several magazines including Rolling Stone and Vogue. In this video she is photographing the founder of Profoto, Conny Dufgran, for a 40Th year anniversary head shot and celebration. Profoto is some of the finest equipment in the industry [...]

Photographic Therapy – A Free Photography Book – by Rolando Gomez

Photographic Therapy – a Free Photography Book – by Rolando Gomez
Rolando Gomez, well known author of several photography books, has a new site called Free Photography Books. Go there, sign up for his mailing list and you will be notified of more free photography books he puts out. His current free book is “Photographic Therapy–The [...]

Hollywood Glamour Photos and How To Take Them.

I’m asked all the time “How do you do that?”, the style of Hollywood Glamour Photography I do. I had a great teacher, George Hurrell. Someone introduced me to the work of George Hurrell a while back, and so I Googled George and I fell in love with his work. Since then I have collected [...]

Photographing Bauhaus and David J of Bauhaus.

I have always had a camera in my hands, in some way or another. I have not always had the best cameras either, but I always made due with what I have had. My parents always gave me cameras when I was a kid and I always shot black and white film. I have since [...]

3 Facts about Pictures, Photography and the Law
you may not know.

3 Things about Pictures, Photography and the Law you may not know.
Copyright Law states “Copyright is a property right. Under the Federal Copyright Act of 1976 (effective January 1, 1978 and amended when the USA joined the Berne Convention in 1989), photographs are protected by copyright from the moment of creation.”

Did you know: You cannot [...]

Black and White or Color, which would you choose?

I have a question for my readers. I have images that I edit, some in color and some in black and white. Both look great but you can’t have both, you have to choose one or the other. Which would you choose? How would you choose?
Let’s say you have a contest to enter and you [...]

4 Reasons to use a Makeup Artist before ANY Photo Shoot

Why You Should Use a Makeup Artist.
Many times new photographers ask the question of  “Why should you use a makeup artist before a shoot?”. I will tell you some of the reasons why I use a makeup artist with my photo shoots, and why I always recommend to client and new photographer to use a [...]

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