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Lighting that ROCKS!

Direct afternoon sun NO PROBLEM!

Nobody Does it Bestor
I promised a few weeks ago to post some images from my super fun shoot with Kurt Bestor. The shoot was done at the Covey Art Center. When Kurt came in I introduced myself, and Kurt said: "I know you, you photographed me back in the mid eighties, I still have the picture, I like it but not the clothes I was wearing in it :-)))" We both connected back

Fun with 650 watt Fresnel spot outside
The Photographing People Part 2 class last Saturday was a blast. We went through so many different light sources and ways to use them. The craziest moment was photographing a wedding couple a few feet from a train passing by full speed ( Image 1). You can also see in image 2 the same technique under more normal circumstances. This lamp is a Lowel 650 watts Fresnel spot, one of many great things about fresnel spots is that they can be focused. It's so excellent to use in cloudy weather to replace a nic

"Maximizing Your Potential as a Wedding Photographer"
Are You Ready for The Wedding School                                        The International School of Photography presents the Wedding School, November 16-18th @ InStudio in Orem, Utah. If maximizing your potential as a wedding photographer is your goal then this course is the answer you've been looking for. Three days of intense instruction from internationally renowned photographer Kenneth Linge M.Photog. Cr. CPP. PFP.XXV. is just the thing to take you to the next level. This course includes both classroom theory and actual application demonstrations on

Midday Sun, another tip :-)
Midday sun solutions. This image is from a wedding I did in The Canary Islands. The sun is high and it's hard to light them without interfering with what's between them and me. Too bright for my spots etc. A mirror would have  been the best "try". My personal rule photographing people outside is: If you can't get good light on them, don't have them look in the camera! Dark eyes looking at you is like an autofocus hitting a white wall, you just keep searching and searching without getting contact. If I had wanted an image with

Family of "4"
  I think this image speaks more then a thousand words.