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 [...]

Next week I’ll get things back to focusing on the “how to” aspect of photography, kicking off the week with a great guest post from Catherine Hall.  However, for now I’m left with absolutely nothing pressing to write about this morning! That’s happened, at best, maybe three times in the last two years!
So that puts me in [...]

For a year and a half I’ve talked with buddy and business partner, Scott Bourne several times a week. We founded GoingPro together, then PWSPI and he’s been a key part of Summer School starting with the very first program in 2009. At that time he had just 24,000 followers on Twitter. This week he [...]

Bambi Cantrell and I have written three books together and just this past winter she taught a workshop here in Ohio as part of the Akron Photo Series. Besides being a good buddy for a whole lot of years, there are few photographers as diverse as Bambi. As recently as five years ago her business was [...]

Okay, it’s a loaded question, but in this case it’s happening because Akron Children’s Hospital is about to open an Expressive Therapy Center and the most recent donation from the Akron Photo Series (APS) is going directly to help them!  (scroll down on the link and see if you recognize anybody!) Expressive Therapy is all [...]

There’s been a lot of excitement at RETV this week with the two scholarships they’re giving away for Summer School, (Hit their fan page and put in “I want to go to Skip’s Summer School” for a chance to win one of two scholarships.)  So,  it seems like a great time to share with you some of the [...]

We all tend to pick up on different things in everything we read and watch. This post byJoe Farace is a good example. While many of you will be focused on Joe’s technique and the explanation of how he’s using a Westcott Spiderlite, for me it’s all about the interaction with his subject.  I love [...]

Today’s blog might sound like an infomercial, but there’s simply no excuse for holes in your skill set.   There are websites, blogs and especially hands-on programming available, literally to EVERYBODY.
Akron Photo Series: I’m making it the first on the list, but it’s only because last week’s programming was pretty remarkable. We got Bambi Cantrell to the [...]

This week Bambi Cantrell, in her all day workshop as part of the Akron Photo Series, showed some of her images from other projects. Her scenic and fine art images are as spectacular as her best known wedding images, family and children’s portraits. 
Well, looking at some of David Ziser’s work over the years I found [...]

WARNING – This is definitely an infomercial!
If you’re anywhere near Akron, Ohio we’ve got a block buster program on Monday night, February 28 with Bambi Cantrell. Bambi does a terrific program and is the winter lead-off speaker for the Akron Photo Series. Over the next few months, following Bambi, we’ve got Jasmine Star, Eddie Tapp [...]