If you are like me, there are times when an exotic location or even professional studio is a luxury rather than something you have regular access to.  Thankfully, you don’t always need an exotic location to get the type of shot you want.  Sometimes a driveway is really all that you need. Read more »

Great, your DSLR shoots video.  Who cares?  I thought you were a photographer?  All of these things ran through my mind the minute I heard that some DSLRs were now equipped with video.  Who would really care about that if they were a serious photographer, right?  Wouldn’t you want to spend your money on something that went more toward improving the camera than adding in something extra like video?  Well, up until a few days ago I was a skeptic, and that is putting it mildly. Read more »

I received a really cool birthday present this year from my mom.  It was a Flip UltraHD video camera.  Complete with rapid charger and HDMI cable.  My current video camera (some older model Sony) is not bad, with the exception of the batteries not holding a decent charge.  But being a gadget geek, new gadgets will always appeal to me.  So I took the Flip for a few test runs. Read more »

You hear it time and time again from photographer after photographer: get it right in the camera.  Many times, Photoshop and post-processing is viewed negatively, almost as if your inability to get the shot 100% perfect right off the bat means you are a horrible photographer.  Well, what happens when there is no way possible to get the shot exactly the way that you want it in camera? Read more »

So this article has two purposes. The first was for me to test a new screen recorder application that I have been wanting to use. I am working on some Photoshop screencasts and figured this might be a great testing ground.  The second purpose was to offer a little insight into some post-processing that goes into some of my work. Read more »

This is a quick video from a South Atlanta Flickr model shoot held at our studio, Studio 42.  This was not compiled with any intentions of winning some filmmaker award, but merely to show some of the fun that we have at the monthly model shoots.

If you are anywhere near the studio, you should join us.

While this is not a complete, step by step tutorial, it does give you a little insight into some of my typical creative workflow when working on postprocessing photos.  This image, which is a self-portrait, was merely an experiment with my new lights, trigger, with a bit of make-up thrown in the mix. Read more »