Umbrellas for Off Camera Lighting: Shoot Through and Reflective

I received an open question recently on a discussion board from a member of the Off-Camera Lighting Group I run, wondering if a kit with light stand and umbrella would work for taking a self-portrait of himself and partner for Christmas. In the interest of spreading information, here’s what I wrote in reply: Good questions, […]

Help Portrait 2011: Scheduled for 12/10

HELP PORTRAIT is doing it again this year and I’m helping to organize an event for SW Ohio. HELP PORTRAIT is a global movement of photographers using their time, gear, and expertise to give back to those in need. It may be anyone in your community; single parents, elderly, recently downsized, caught in the mortgage […]

Lightroom 3 Seminar

Hey gang – For those of you who use Photoshop and Lightroom, or want to know more about it, there is an excellent all day Adobe Lightroom 3 Training Seminar in Indianapolis this coming Fri Oct 28. It is part of Scott Kelby’s KelbyTraining.com and is presented by Matt Kloskowski, both names many of you […]

New Studio, New Site

Well, it has been a journey and a half getting to this point, from being on the road 24/7/50, to recently opening a new studio and art space here in SW Ohio. Networking with models, makeup artists, stylists, and other photographers & creative people in just one metropolitan area–that of the ever-more-blending-together Cincinnati-Dayton-NKY area–has been […]