by Donald Giannatti | Jan 9, 2016 | Featured, LE News and Info, Lighting, PROJECT "52"
What We Learn From Making Portraits Portraiture Can Enhance All of Our Photography ; Want to increase your photography chops? Try portraiture. When we are working with another person, and trying to make a great portrait of them, we have many challenges that confront...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 13, 2015 | Featured, LE News and Info, PROJECT "52"
This past week we have been reviewing the CD cover assignment for the Project 52 2015 group. The assignment was for a cover and back image for a String Quartet performing Samuel Barber’s String Quartet Op 11. The assignment specifically noted that the string...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 16, 2015 | Featured, PROJECT "52"
The goal of the portrait classes I teach is to look at a prominent portrait photographers work, and find those aspects of the work that resonate with our work. The goal is NOT to copy those we study, but to be inspired by their work. This week we looked at the work of...
by Donald Giannatti | Sep 3, 2015 | Featured, Going Pro, LE News and Info, PROJECT "52"
One of the most difficult parts of commercial photography is shooting to layout. A designer or art director has an approved layout, and your shot must work within the elements on the page. We see it a lot in catalog, advertising, collateral, and web oriented...
by Donald Giannatti | Aug 12, 2015 | Featured, PROJECT "52"
The assignment was given with a “napkin” layout. A very simple sketch similar to what we get from AD’s from time to time. Then the photographers got to download the layout – and shoot to that layout exactly. It is one of my favorite assignments...
by Donald Giannatti | Aug 10, 2015 | Featured, Going Pro, PROJECT "52"
The 8 Week Portrait Classes are now finished. I added a bonus photographer on for each of them (9 photographers per class) and this is the gallery of inspired images from the bonus photographer for the 8 Week II class, Mark Tucker. We look at the work of the...