Branding Tips For You Or Your Business
Branding is essential to be successful in this world. If you're reading this blog, it means that you are still looking, and that your brand is in the early stages. So here are my thoughts. Your brand is what your logo represents, but it's more than just your logo....
read morePhotography Tip: Compositing
I'm not going to walk you through how to use Photoshop to composite images, because there are many many tutorials for that (Lynda.com is a good one), but what I'd like to discuss here is what backgrounds to use for what subjects. Above is an example. I had taken the...
read morePhotography Tip: Long Legs vs. Short Legs
Here is another important photo tip: this image is an exagerated example of a shot of a dancer taken from a low angle. If you look at dance shots done by professional dance photographers, they are always taken from a low angle in order to ensure that their legs...
read moreTip For Dance Photos: Keep the Focus!
This is a very important tip for doing beautiful dance photos. It's the focus issue, when doing movement. It's a big challenge to keep the focus when you're doing movement. The way I deal with it is that I take the focus ahead of time (where the dancer is going to...
read moreMy Favorite Photographers
I have a list of my favorite photographers whose sites I go to when I need inspiration. I share it with you all and I highly recommend these pros to any photographer wanting to expand his or her horizons and get inspired to create and come up with new ideas. I...
read moreTip For Dance Photos: It’s All In The Timing!
Photographing dancers is a timing thing. I was a ballet dancer in my youth, so I have an understanding of how movement works, and when to click to catch the best image possible. The trickiest thing is to click at the right time, which is at the end of the extension...
read moreWedding Photography: My Surprise Trip To Paris!
Here is a shot I took from the window overlooking the street where I was staying. I had been invited to Paris by my friend Paul to come for my brother's wedding - a December wedding. I was raised in France so I speak fluent French, and I still have a lot of my...
read moreParty Idea: A Silly Photo Session
I had a wonderful time the other day at a friend's party and I thought of sharing the idea with everyone. I don't know about you, but I always like to have a happening during my parties. It seems to bring everyone together and it makes the party more fun. So here is...
read morePhotography: You Are Your Brand
Let's talk about branding and how important it is for an individual such as an actor, or a model, or a writer, or a businessperson to actualize what their brand is. THEY are their BRAND. And what's a brand? It's what makes you immediately recognize a person or thing...
read morePhotography: How to pose to get the best photos
Photography tip: How to pose to get your best shots How do models learn how to get the best out of their image? Practice, practice, practice. What else is new? It's always the way to go: to practice. First of all, where does one stand in front of the camera?...
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