About-Photography Podcast #24: Luke Copping
October 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
Commercial Portraiture with Luke Copping. Luke Copping is a portrait, beauty, and commercial photographer based in Buffalo, NY. He is also the Chapter President of ASMP Western New York www.asmp.org. We talk about his work and views on the industry. Subscribe to download our podcasts on iTunes. What we talk about: Where does Luke’s inspiration [...]
Simple Headshot: Two Lights and a Backdrop
October 12, 2011 By 7 Comments
In areas with high concentrations of actors, dancers, and other performers, headshots are the bread and butter for many photographers. You can easily create a professional-looking studio portrait like the one shown here with minimal lighting. For this quick example, I placed a Canon 580 EX II on a stand high and to the camera-left [...]
About-Photography Podcast #23: Moving (video) Portraits
October 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Lou Noble, a portrait photographer in Los Angeles, joins me to discuss moving (video) portraits. Subscribe to download our podcasts on iTunes. What we talk about: How does the length of a video portrait affect it? The applications of video portraits (advertising, digital frames) Relating to the subject, video vs. still Is video more honest [...]
Portraits of Strangers, Street Photography by Danny Santos II
October 10, 2011 By 4 Comments
Every time I’m out in the streets, I would often encounter faces that make me look twice… faces that just stood out of the crowd without even trying… faces that are by no means ordinary. They range from the exquisitely beautiful to the strangely wonderful. Sometimes I would try to steal a shot without being [...]
About-Photography Podcast #21: Zen and the Art of Portrait Photography
September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Zen and the Art of Portrait Photography: JimmyD We talk with JimmyD about his new eBook, Zen and the Art of Portrait Photography. Subscribe to download our podcasts on iTunes. For more in-depth instruction and advice, I strongly recommend Jimmy’s ebooks. Check them out here: Zen and the Art of Portrait Photography Guerrilla Glamour Guerrilla [...]
Portraiture in the Park
September 27, 2011 By 5 Comments
If you’ve read at least of one of my eBooks on portraiture, you might recall some advice about finding cool people to photograph. I talk about asking friends, or friend of friends, or even using Craigslist to put the word out that you’re looking for someone interesting or just plain expressive. I don’t necessarily want [...]
The Rules of Cropping
July 21, 2011 By 3 Comments
James asks: “In shooting models what are the ‘rules’ on cropping, what poses require or permit cropping at certain points as in arms, legs and other places?” This is a pretty common question for photographers, especially as they start to look at what their doing with a more critical eye. Just as with composition, there [...]
Jay P. Morgan: Portrait Lighting
July 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
I love how Jay P. Morgan demonstrates the traditional portrait lighting patterns in this video.
Video Portraiture
April 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I shot a video portrait based on my X-Reel series. Portraiture doesn’t have to be limited to still photography. There are times that I feel a model or client can suggest a story in motion, with a series of movements and expressions, that can’t quite be captured in a still image, or even a series [...]
