Monday, July 21st, 2008
Ever have a chance to photograph a car in a studio? At Daylight Photo we're not completely set up for car photography but we had a chance to do this fun shoot, thanks to the Ohio Valley Camera Club, who rounded up the vintage Chevrolet. Though the auto doesn't fit ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
What do all successful photographers have in common? They're problem solvers. When faced with a challenge they conjure up solutions, using experience and creative thought as a guide. Whether it's a photojournalist seeking access to a story, a portrait photographer with a difficult client or a commercial shooter with a ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
This is probably my favorite video yet, a dramatic tabletop shot created using just one light and a handful of mirrors and silver cards. I remember the first time I used mirrors, that was years ago and they are still my favorite tabletop light modifier.
The original series of images may ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Today "the look" in advertising and editorial work is often a clean white background. At Daylight Photo we've set up a semi-permanent large white sweep for just these jobs. White seamless paper was too temporary a solution and a permanent cyc wall (cyclorama) would be too costly for what we ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
This video shows the process of thinking like a studio photographer working with environmental product photography. We've covered many techniques in previous videos (all are in the video library) but haven't really had a "review" video where the techniques get tied together. That's what we'll be doing here, throwing in ...
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