Helping Each Other Out: Paying It Forward...

Helping Each Other Out: Paying It Forward
Sometimes, I wish I had a posse — a group of skilled photo folks to help me with my shoots. All of us who work alone know how difficult it can be to do something complex, particularly on location. Some shoots require an extra set or two of hands, another set of eyes, and a sounding board for ideas.

Lighting Like MacGyver...

Lighting Like MacGyver
For many, “available light” photography is synonymous with “natural light” photography — the use of the sun as the main light source. But, for us MacGyvers, the meaning is a bit different. To us,  it means using whatever light is “available” — be it the sun or any other source of illumination we can create or put our hands on. It’s a subtle, but...

Honoring Creative Rights: ASCAP Music Lice...

Honoring Creative Rights: ASCAP Music Licenses
Whether or not it is best to use music during a shoot is open to debate. Some feel it relaxes the model and helps him or her find a “rhythm” that creates a dance like partnership with the photographer.

Survival Tips From Hanson Fong...

Survival Tips From Hanson Fong
Nowhere is the pressure of competition greater than in the world of wedding photography. So, I turned to one of the world’s best known and most successful wedding photographers, my friend Hanson Fong, for answers to the question

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