Archive for May, 2008

semi private sonoma workshop sold out

May 30th, 2008 – 10:38 pm

The semi-private 2-day workshop in Sonoma has been sold out for June 28 and 29. The model is none other than our favorite, Luana Lani. It should be an interesting couple of days.    I am looking forward to some wonderful weather and some great shooting. I’m really excited about this one because I just love [...]

mark’s wine list – conundrum

May 28th, 2008 – 1:02 pm

Okay, okay – so it has nothing to do with photography. But as anyone who’s met me knows, I’m a wine guy.  I’ve been really enjoying Conundrum lately, which is only $24 a bottle. The really nice thing about this white wine is that it’s great to drink any time, it’s not pretentious, and models [...]

mapquest vs google maps

May 28th, 2008 – 12:56 pm

Okay, this is one of those times I just have to rant. I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t know why people are stilling using it. Mapquest. If you wanna get somewhere, come on people, use Google Maps. Mapquest, quite frankly ummmm, sucks?

light meters de-mystified

May 28th, 2008 – 12:47 pm

Let’s talk light meters. There seems to be a great deal of confusion out there about meters.

assistants – gotta love ‘em!

May 27th, 2008 – 10:55 pm
Tagged as: photography

Okay, let’s talk about assistants… It’s one of those people that you can’t live without…and I guess you can’t live with either.

lighting terminology

May 27th, 2008 – 10:29 pm

I’ll go over some lighting terminology here to get you a more familiar understanding of the language of photographers. This post contains definitions and diagrams.

names and definition of lights

May 27th, 2008 – 9:15 am

fill light – lights everything the camera sees equally, controls depth of shadows and lighting contrast main light – creates shadow, shape and form, shows texture of an object rim light / accent light / hair light – creates separation and draws attention

semi private workshop, one more person needed

May 23rd, 2008 – 9:58 pm
Tagged as: workshops

I have a semi-private 2-day workshop scheduled for the weekend of June 28. We already have two people signed up but we need a third person to keep the costs down. The location is a gorgeous cabin in Sonoma, California. The models will be chosen by the attendees so this is a chance to shoot [...]

anyone interested in a prague workshop?

May 23rd, 2008 – 9:50 pm
Tagged as: workshops

My production manager, Luana Lani, has suggested we do a group workshop in Prague (Czech Republic) or somewhere in eastern Europe. I’ve had a few people express interest in participating in this. I’ll work on the details and post more information in the next coming weeks. 10 attendees would be ideal so if you’re interested, [...]

la and glamourcon workshops last week

May 21st, 2008 – 9:59 pm
Tagged as: workshops

I wanted to thank everyone who attended any of the workshops in LA last week. We had a great time and I think everyone learned a lot and came away with some great images.