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How I Shot It | Clouds in the Mirror
I live in Flower Mound which is a beautiful city situated north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We’ve enjoyed some amazingly great weather this winter with many days of cloudless sunny skies and unseasonably warm weather. Perhaps it’s the result of global warming but for now I’m enjoying every minute of it.
How We Shot It: 15 Minute Self-Portrait Under The Stars!
Have you ever wondered how people take pictures of the stars, when there is almost no light at all? Your light meter can’t be trusted, and autofocus is downright useless.
Portraits of Denzel Washington and Michael Phelps
The morning of the shoot I quickly tried to determine where I would be making my portraits. The only space available to me was an all black small studio with curtains and a giant window.
How You Shot It: Wasted by Ronnie Chan
This is a shooting tutorial that was submitted by Marcus Wong in the SLR Lounge Forum.
How We Shot it – Environmental Portrait with Singer-Songwriter Sabrina
This environmental portrait is part of an editorial assignment that I had for Sabrina Claudio, an up-and-coming young singer-songwriter from Florida. In an environmental portrait, the surrounding tells just as much of the visual story as the subject. The client also wanted the lighting to look natural, so the trick here is to add just enough ambient lighting to balance out the three Einstein monolight strobes that I used to light this image.
How We Shot It – The Vogue Styled Portrait Session
In this article we show you guys our shooting and lighting setup for how we pulled off this magazine styled portrait session.
Dramatic Black & White Portraits [Getting The Shot – Episode 1]
Alright, it’s time for a new series! Welcome to “Getting The Shot” with your camera-geek host, Matthew Saville. The goal of this series will actually be to explain (in a NON-geeky way) what goes into making a photograph. Instead of going crazy with techno-babble and assumptions of reader skill level, these articles will focus on three simple things:
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