One of the interesting aspects of the Photoshop World Expo is the Westcott Photo Shootout. The company sets up four sets with great design. They hire professional models and light them with their continuous lights – Spiderlite TD5 and some softboxes. Show attendees are welcome to shoot the models and this area gathers quite a...
About a year ago, I attended my first Photoshop World conference. Not only did I learn a great deal, but I had a blast doing it. So much so that I decided to attend the next one in Orlando earlier this year. Once again, I learned a lot and had fun doing it. That was...
How do you light a Wookie? It’s not the kind of question most photographers need to ask themselves. It can be challenging, though. Look at those deep eye sockets. How are you supposed to bring out the soul within? Is it proper to whiten his teeth or Liquify his hips? I grabbed this shot a...
Considering I have another workshop this month for a swimsuit shoot, I thought I’d review my old shots to find images that I didn’t like. The idea is to be mindful of past mistakes and concentrate on making entirely new ones. This photo shows a number of problems in one image, none of which are...
Last fall, I wrote about a good experience I had attending a workshop put on by my friends John & Susan at Cuba Libre. They run Harmon’s School of Photography and regularly have classes ranging a wide spectrum of photography – basics of photography, courses on Lightroom, small flash lighting to studio lighting courses are...
