Saturday, September 06, 2014

"The King and I" A marketing shot for an upcoming production at Zach Theatre.

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We shot against a white background but I spent some time adding color and texture to the background just for fun.
Friday, September 05, 2014

Morning Notes. It's Friday and we're off to a good start.

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" It's all about the light." A scene from 'A Christmas Story' at Zach Theatre November 2013. I started my ...
Thursday, September 04, 2014

Books, Depth of Field and Days Spent in the Studio.

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Many years ago I was running a regional advertising agency and our biggest client was a company called, BookStop Bookstores. Th...
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

I laughed when I read that people will always want to shoot with traditional digital cameras.

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Camera: Pentax 6X7 cm. Big, Loud and a pain in the ass to  load with film. Ten shots and time  to re-load.  I'll never switc...
Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Forget the viewfinder debates, we've got new HMI lights in the studio.

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K5600 Lighting. Alpha 200. This is a beautiful and compact HMI light  that is also a focusable spot. It's a wonderful  tool fo...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Child Departs for College. Forlorn Parent/Photographer takes to the streets with a camera. And other stuff.

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Boy says goodbye to the critical member of the family, The Studio Dog. So it's all played out now. We drove the boy to the Austi...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Kirk Tuck's Free Course, Professional Family Portraits, has racked up over 70,000 viewers. That's a lot of people watching a photography class...

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I've been concentrating on letting people know about the novel, The Lisbon Portfolio, lately but I was amazed when I went to the C...