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Why shoot tethered?

6 years ago, shooting tethered on advertising shoots was really cool, and new and amazing. Without Adobe raw file processing, checking highlight values and shadow values was very important: if you didn’t nail it, there was no going back and using sliders to correct your over or under exposure. A photographer could also check [...]

11 images make a final photograph

Here is an example from our latest resort shoot where 11 images were combined to make the final image. We aren’t finished with the final yet, but this is one new way to produce images…. keep the camera on a tripod and make an exposure for each area of the image that will be used [...]

Shooting Stills and Video at the same time is tricky

I just got finished with a shoot at a resort in the Outer Banks of NC. The idea going into the shoot was to set up for stills and “b-roll” video at the same time. If we light the interiors with hot lights balanced for daylight, I reasoned, then we could shoot stills and video [...]

New Photographer Monday: Kasey Keown

This week’s new photographer is new SCAD Photography BFA grad, Kasey Keown, of Newnan, GA.

Fed-X let me down!

For the first time in my career, Fed-X didn’t deliver and did not even call me to tell me that the package went to the wrong airport! I had to call them and spend 30 minutes asking them questions about where my package was….
No gyro for the helicopter!

Been Shooting at a Resort all week….

I’ve been shooting at a resort all week… and haven’t had any time to blog with 4:45AM call times and finishing at 10PM.

Back soon – Shooting this week

Apologies for the lack of content – we’re on location shooting this week. Coming soon – an interview with top stock photographer Shannon Fagan, and reviews of new iPad magazines.

Bad Santa

Parisian Storefront

Men’s Room Oasis