Over the last few months I’ve run a number of great videos leading up to Summer School. In fact, I’ve found great videos on just about everybody, with the exception of Jules Bianchi and her sister Joy Bianchi Brown and Roberto Valenzuela, but both of them did a couple of terrific guest posts. Jules and [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2011 in How2 Series, Lighting
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 [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2011 in Lighting
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 [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2011 in Sunday Morning Reflections
Okay, so I admit it – I miss doing weekend posts. I was approaching burn-out and decided to move Skip’s Photo Network to five days a week and take the weekend off. That was at the beginning of the year, but I honestly miss the weekend posts. The weekend gave me a chance to veer off course from imaging [...]
Posted on June 02nd, 2011 in 2011 Summer School Profile, Lighting
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, [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2011 in 2011 Summer School Profile, Lighting
It’s hard for me to remember a time when Tony Corbell wasn’t one of my very best friends! I know we met in 1987 and have worked together, traveled together and most important of all I can’t begin to count the number of times we’ve laughed together! He was working with the legendary Dean Collins [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2011 in How2 Series, wedding photography
It’s 5:00 a.m. on a Friday morning and I’ve got nothing in the pipeline for the blog today. There are no guest posts that I really want to run, but I do seem to have a lot of attitude. After all it’s Friday! Now remember, I’m not a wedding photographer, so as the weekend approaches [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2011 in Summer School, Upcoming Events
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 [...]
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One of the keys to greatness as a professional photographer is taking the time to just experiment with your gear. We were all creative as kids, when we used to play with our toys. Well, just because we’re adults doesn’t mean that creativity needs to stop.
I had a whole guest post from Matthew Jordan Smith [...]
Last week I posted a piece about hand-posing from my old buddy, Don Blair. I was reminded by Martha Dameron of another of Don’s signature techniques, outdoor use of bare bulb. So, running through Don Blair’s Guide to Posing and Lighting Body Parts, I found one of my favorite images. This one was created while [...]
