I’ve reshot my bio photo self-portrait, shot a second, more challenging portrait with my archery bow, and I share the process in this week’s post.
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Traditional Japanese Dress Portrait Shoot (Podcast 415)
At the end of March I did a studio shoot with two families in traditional Japanese kimonos, and was able to get some behind the scenes shots of the professional kimono fitter actually dressing some of the subjects. Today I'm going to walk you through the studio set up...
Podcast 310 : Location Portrait Shoot – Behind the Scenes
After a bit of a roller-coaster summer where I found that I had a brain tumor, had some pretty scary surgery and then spent the last four months or so getting my strength back, last Sunday marked my full return to being a working photographer with a location portrait...
Some Cool New Profoto and Westcott Light Modifiers
I love it when a package arrives from B&H, and today was no exception. When ordering some 24" rolls of Hahnemuhle Photo Rag a few days ago, I checked my Wish list, and found that the Westcott 7' Octabank was down in price by a couple of hundred dollars, and I have...
Podcast 275 : Xmas Party Portrait Shoot – Part 2
On December 17th 2010, I did a portrait shoot at a Xmas party, where I set up my studio in a large room in a restaurant here in Tokyo, and ended up shooting nine groups of people. Last week we looked at the Studio setup and I talked about some of the other...
Podcast 274 : Xmas Party Portrait Shoot – Part 1
On December 17th 2010, I did a portrait shoot at a Xmas party, where I set up my studio in a large room in a restaurant here in Tokyo, and ended up shooting nine groups of people. Today I'm going to take you through the idea behind all of this, and some of the...