by Donald Giannatti | Dec 19, 2016 | Featured, Lighting
What does this mean to you? It means you can watch it free, no charge, toll exempt, dinero not necessary! Consider it a Holiday Gift from the great folks at CreativeLIVE and your host here at LE. From the CL class page: Basic Product Photography. Don Giannatti returns...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 12, 2016 | Featured, Interviews
Mike Moore is a Project 52 alumni, and has been building his business in Encinitas, CA for a few years. His specializes in food and lifestyle, especially beach lifestyle. This is a personal project Mike shot at a surf event in Encinitas, CA. 1.) Tell us a little about...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 5, 2016 | Featured
One of the things I like to do is to play visual games. I have several to share with you, but this one is one that anyone can do. Anywhere, any time. First; I believe that if we are to call ourselves photographers, we must photograph. Make pictures. Make images....
by Donald Giannatti | Nov 15, 2016 | Featured, PROJECT "52"
THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN A Project 52 Assignment ; Just before Halloween (October 31, 2016) the assignment for the Project 52 students was to shoot to layout for this fictitious piece. The magazine layout is a two page (spread, or “double truck”) and calls...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 30, 2016 | Featured, Lighting, PROJECT "52"
Paying attention to the tiniest of details is one of the jobs of a commercial photographer. And rarely do details matter more than when shooting chocolate. Chocolate dust, scratches, fingerprints, and the chalky white of damaged edges can draw the eye to the problems...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 24, 2016 | Featured
Photograph of me making a photograph on my iPhone in Rocky Mountain National Park by Grey Gibbs Recently, my friend and fellow artist Jerry OConnor and I took a drive/ride to Superior, AZ to do a little video of me blabbing about being a “photographer”. I...