Having a lighting theme all this week, I can’t hit the topic without talking about the newest resource for photographers on the scene, Kevin Kubota’s Lighting Notebook. It’s all about on location lighting and so new I’m not sure it’s even shipping yet. 
Here’s the mark of a great photographer and educator, great content…watch the demo video and as [...]

One of the chapters Tony and I share in our careers is working together at Hasselblad. I hired Tony out of Brooks Institute to come to New Jersey as the first Dean of Education for Hasselblad University.  I still consider talking Tony into giving up his view of the Ocean and mountain side in Santa Barbara for [...]

With the post yesterday about Dean Collins, you can’t really talk about teaching lighting today without Tony Corbell’s name coming up. Tony and Dean worked together for years. Thanks to Profoto, there’s a lot of great material out there, starting with two videos I decided to stack as part of today’s post. They feature Tony [...]

One of the things I find sad with today’s younger photographers is the lack of appreciation for the history of the craft. Everyone is obviously digital, many of you have grown up on Photoshop and you’re up to date on all the latest plug-ins to create some amazing images, but here’s what you’re missing.
If you have an appreciation [...]

This post from good buddy Matthew Jordan Smith just ran last week on his blog, but I know there are too many of you who didn’t see it. While it’s photography 101, so many of you take short cuts and it often shows in your work, either in the end results or the time it [...]

Two weeks from today on August 2, eight photographers are going to be teaching two hour workshops at Summer School, most of them on lighting. Reflected light is so often either misunderstood or just plain missed.
I’ve seen Bambi Cantrell pop in a little extra light with the back of a poster board sign. Joe Buissink [...]

The fun for me about Summer School is getting time to hang out with a whole bunch of old friends while making new ones at the same time. Sure it’s great to have an incredible network, but it’s the friendships that come out of the mutual love for the craft that really make it all worth [...]

With Summer School coming up in a few weeks, whether you’re joining us or not, I thought it would be great to share some portrait components of various techniques and images, this time from Matthew Jordan Smith.  Most of you don’t shoot the way Matthew does, but I know you want a certain look to [...]

Great photography is about passion, not just for the craft itself, but for life, friends and the human spirit. It’s also about positive energy and good old enthusiasm!
Since meeting Catherine Hall at WPPI a few years back, I’ve never seen her when she wasn’t passionate about our industry. She was the second annual WPPI [...]

In 1987 I joined Hasselblad USA as president, following Roland Polhem, who had passed away months earlier. They were big shoes to fill. One of the projects Roland had agreed to fund was Dean Collins, who was going on the road with a thirty city tour.  There were three partners in the tour, Sinar Bron, [...]