One Poison Apple

Over the summer, Douglas Little hired me to shoot a campaign to launch one of his new extravagant products. If you can remember Mr. Little from this previous post, he creates curious but gorgeous goods. He’s mainly famous for his decadent candles, and this new product was surely going to top the list of all things sinful and delightful. Douglas’s new candle was a Swarovski crystal layered candle that retails for a cool $420 bucks! Since the name of the candle is Poison Apple, he wanted to play with the Snow White theme. He sent me one comp, that’s it. He wanted one single image to promote the product with, but the image was well thought out and planned. He wanted to use his girlfriend, the illustrious burlesque dream girl Leila as our model since she naturally has a Snow White essence to her. With her jet black hair and snow white skin, she really was the perfect choice for our model.

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When Debra Weiss speaks, Photographers NEED to listen

It’s not very often that I will run out and attend a photography seminar anymore. It’s not that I feel I don’t need them, it’s just that over the years I’ve been to so many that most of them don’t really grab my attention to want to attend. But when I heard Debra Weiss was speaking last April on the business of photography, I sure as hell went. And I took notes on every thing she had to say. I’ve known about Debra for years. She is probably one of the most important figures in the photography business because she is actually out there insisting on fair treatment and payment to us photographers. She is knowledgeable in all areas of our business and is passionate about protecting photographers’ rights. I can easily say that she is part of the backbone of the photography business and it is people like her that keep our industry running fairly and competently.  I asked Debra if I could write about her on my blog because I believe she is someone my readers should know about. She very kindly agreed and sent me her bio. Read on….

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10 Steps to Take Gorgeous Fashion Photographs - 10 steps to creating gorgeous, engaging and captivating fashion photographs including tips on light and model interaction.
Defining a Style in your Fashion Photography - How to go about defining your photography style to conceptualize and create your vision.
Attempting to explain “The Process” -  The importance of the creative process in creating memorable fashion photographs.
Styling and Fashion Photography 101 - Understanding the importance of Selling Clothing.
How I Got Started - Melissa Rodwell talks about getting started in the industry and how she got her foot in the door of fashion magazines
Advertising Vs. Editorial- Visual Examples and an Explanation on the Differences between the two

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New and Improved!

Since I enjoyed the last seminar I held in July, I decided to do another one! The opportunity to meet such great people from all over the world was an amazing experience for me! And all that talent in one room was humbling!! Come to find out, I have some very talented and accomplished photographers reading my blog and it was such a blast to meet some of them!

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Understanding Light - Understanding how light and paintings relate to photography.
Beauty Lighting - Teaches you how to light a model for Beauty Photography Campaigns. As well as what a “Paramount” lighting set up is, and what a “Beauty Dish” is.
Dancing in the Dark - Using minimal light to maximize the potential of a photograph.
One Big, Beautiful Light - Using One Light to Create Extraordinary Fashion Photographs.
One Light: Redux - Using One Light part 2.
Lighting the Cyc - What you should know when lighting a Cyclorama.
Shooting Denim - What you should know about Lighting Clothing and Denim.

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