Senior Photos

April 27, 2008 | Filed Under seniors | Leave a Comment 

April is not the typical time of year for shooting senior photos, but because a family moved from Illinois to Maryland during the school year, trying to get a photograph for the yearbook before the deadline, and also get some nice casual shots, this was a great time of the year.

Warm weather, spring blooms, and sunshine was the perfect mix for capturing a wide variety of outdoor photos for Tyrel. Before heading outside, I setup at his home lighting and a backdrop to take several formal photos in his suit and also in his cap and gown. The image for the yearbook needed to be submitted by May 1 — heck, we had 5 days to spare!

Lighting Essentials Workshop

April 21, 2008 | Filed Under models | Leave a Comment 

Arizona Photographer Don Giannatti, flew out to Baltimore to give 12 lucky area photographers his Lighting Essentials Workshop last Saturday.

This workshop is a hands-on 8 hour lesson in lighting. Don showed us how to use sunlight, portable and studio lights, reflectors, etc. in creating great light to photograph people.

The workshop took place in a studio as well on the streets of Baltimore. Don would give a lesson and then we would go out and put that information just learned into action by doing. For me, this was a fantastic way to learn.

I left dead tired, and full of new ideas, techniques and great photographs. I am anxious to use my newfound knowledge.

Baltimore Meetup

April 20, 2008 | Filed Under models | Leave a Comment 

Last Friday night I metup with about a dozen local photographers and a few models at a studio in downtown Baltimore to bounce ideas off one another and create some great images.

My friend Bill Millios headed up the effort of organizing this get together. Bill provided all the eats and drinks for us during the four hours we had access to the photo studio.