Inspiration Photography Photography Education How to Light Paint a Corvette Several years ago a friend and client of mine purchased a new 2021 Corvette. Keep in mind that he is a HUGE fan of Corvettes, as well as fighter jets. He knew that I did light paintings and so he hired me to come document his latest purchase. We decided to pose his latest vehicle […] Written by Chris Hanoch June 20, 2024May 1, 2024
Inspiration Photography Photography Education Learn How Hair Became Inspiration for Award Winning Photography “All About The Hair” was shot for my son’s senior portrait. He is passionate about basketball and his hair has always been a staple of his unique features. Truly makes everyone envious! All real, no perm! I love to use this dramatic style in a lot of our work. I used a neutral gray shirt […] Written by Nathan Ham June 18, 2024May 1, 2024
Inspiration Photography Photography Education How Film Photography Was Used to Create Award Winning Photography “Sibling Rivalry” came about a few years ago – June of 2022 to be exact. I have been making “Sandlot Style” baseball portraits since 2014 but have found not doing as many as I have in the past as other opportunities have kind of pushed them to the side. I guess that is somewhat the nature of […] Written by Pete Rezac June 6, 2024April 22, 2024
Inspiration Photography Photography Education How Taking a Different Perspective Can Offer New Photographic Opportunities I was on a personal project doing underwater photography in the Bahamas on my first live-aboard dive trip. Each day consisted of multiple dives, but this capture was in between dives. Conditions were perfect and the lighting beautiful, so I decided to practice some freediving, encouraging my (now) wife to model some poses over the […] Written by Paul McDermott June 4, 2024April 15, 2024
Inspiration Marketing Photography Education Could Your Response Time be Faster? Over the last few years I’ve been surprised at how slow so many business owners are to respond to an email or voicemail. And I’ve heard virtually every excuse for why an email went to spam, or a completed contact form on a website never reached its destination. Here’s my point – One of your […] Written by Skip Cohen May 28, 2024April 29, 2024
Inspiration Photography Photography Education How a Self Portrait Project became Award Winning In an effort to take creative breaks from my client’s work, I started experimenting with self-portraits as a way to express myself creatively as an artist and learn new techniques. I’m inspired by visuals that unpack emotions and ideas with symbolism and a surreal twist. I created True Colors as a personal rendition of the […] Written by Tonya Wilhelm May 21, 2024March 26, 2024
Inspiration Photography Wedding Photography – Being Prepared for Photographic Opportunities “Almost Time” was created during Liliana’s wedding day. Right after the ceremony and on our way to do Family portraits, I asked the bride to walk back to the altar and wait while her family came back to the church. I immediately saw the Center Composition and the symmetry was perfect, but the lighting was […] Written by Andrea de Anda May 16, 2024March 18, 2024
Inspiration Photography Photography Education Embarking on a Journey of Love and Motherhood I invite you to join me on a journey through the lens, where pixels transform into a tale of profound love and the intricate journey of motherhood. Now, let’s dive into the technical intricacies that breathe life into this visual story. Picture this: the aperture meticulously set at 3.2, a steady shutter speed of 160, […] Written by Samantha Leon May 9, 2024March 11, 2024
Inspiration Photography Photography Education How to Find Inspiration for Print Competition How did this image happen you may ask? Well the simple answer is, I needed some inspiration for some competition images, and I started searching classical famous Art. Works from Michael Angelo, Picasso, and so forth. The initial thought process was what can I mimic using skeletons to create something the judges have never seen […] Written by Ken Stoecklin April 18, 2024April 18, 2024
Inspiration Photography Photography Education Learn How Award Winning Celestial Photography is Made When I was first contacted by Marathon Press about my image, “Celestial Visitor”, I wondered why they didn’t use the full title. Then I remembered that I simplified the title for image competition! I figured if I used the real title, “The Virgin, the Watchman and the Celestial Visitor”, there was little chance that the […] Written by John Grusd April 11, 2024February 21, 2024
